CEBU CITY – Staring Saturday, July 2, motorcycles from 125cc to 399cc can start crossing the iconic Cebu-Cordova Link Expressway (CCLEX). The Cebu-Cordova Link Corp. (CCLEC) has issued a set of guidelines that motorcycle riders will have to follow for a safe driving in the expressway. CCLEC...
CEBU CITY – For Cordova town incumbent mayor Mary Therese Sitoy-Cho, the fight is not yet over. Sitoy-Cho is set to file a protest before the Commission of Elections (Comelec) to question the outcome of the May 9 elections in Cordova where she lost in her re-election bid. Sitoy-Cho lost to Didoy...
BANGUED, Abra -- The local political clans of the Someras in Pilar town, Abra crumbled and lost grip of their strongholds in the small town of more or less 10,000 inhabitants in the last election. Incumbent mayor Maro Somera lost miserably to a virtually unknown opponent in the mayoralty race,...
ENRILE, Cagayan -- A coordinator of incumbent Mayor Miguel Decena was shot dead by unidentified assailants along National Highway in Barangay Roma Norte, Enrile, Cagayan on Saturday. The Cagayan Provincial Police Office reported that the victim was identified as Reynaldo Buenavente, 53, and a...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has upgraded the classification of Pilar town in Abra from orange to red, in line with the alleged killing last March 29 of the staff of Vice Mayor Jaja Josefina Somero Disono of Pilar, Abra. MB file photo "Putting a certain area under Comelec control is a...
In his visit to Abra province, presidential candidate Senator Panfilo "Ping" Lacson publicly addressed the issue of political violence that could ruin everybody’s hopes for a peaceful conduct of honest and orderly elections on May 9, 2022. Lacson acknowledged that peace and order has always been...
Wanderings in Prague inspired by Franz Kafka STATUE OF KAFKA The author at the Head of Franz Kafka, outdoor sculpture by David Černý Dearest Father, You’ve long been gone. And the world has changed. The Berlin Wall has long collapsed. It did just a few months after you left us in 1989....
Presidential candidate Senator Panfilo ‘Ping’ M. Lacson has added the ‘One Town, One Product’ (OTOP) policy of the incumbent leadership to the growing list of programs that he plans to continue under his possible administration once he is elected as the 17th president. The OTOP is a...
BACOLOD CITY - A youth peasant organizer of Anakbayan Negros was arrested for alleged illegal possession of firearm, ammunition, and explosives in Barangay Camang-Camang, Isabela, Negros Occidental on Saturday, Feb. 19. A youth peasant organizer of Anakbayan Negros was arrested for alleged illegal...
Alabang Town Center helps find homes for adorable fur-babies! Valentine month at Alabang Town Center is not just for humans. It’s also for the loveable and adorable four-legged creatures who change our lives forever! From Feb. 18 to 20, visit the Barkyard and you may find your fur-ever dog or cat...
Presidential aspirant Vice President Leni Robredo wants to incentivize the business process outsourcing (BPO) industry and telecommunication companies in a bid to decentralize the industry and offer more work-from-home arrangements to Filipinos. Vice President Leni Robredo (Mark Balmores/MANILA...
Filipino customs and traditions when greeting a new year Our barrio was always most festive for New Year week, with activities surpassing those for Christmas and the town fiesta. Christmas was a day for church and presents for children from their godparents. The town fiesta was a day-long frenzy of...
