‘Kotong’ emboldened abusive drivers: Egay
By Nitz Arancon TASK Force Hapsay Dalan chairman Jose Edgardo Uy has expressed exasperation over the alleged corruption in the traffic police, saying it factored in the blatant disregard of traffic...
View ArticleBambi keeps an eye on 10 Misor brgys prone to landslides
THE capitol is now closely monitoring 10 villages considered as landslide-prone areas in Gingoog City as the low pressure area developed into tropical depression “Caloy” yesterday. Gov. Yevgeny...
View ArticleGovt, MILF sign historic peace pact next week
THE government and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) have firmed up preparations for the historic signing of the Comprehensive Agreement on the Bangsamoro (CAB) on March 27 in Malacañang....
View ArticleCruising the digital world
By Fr. Roy Cimagala WE have to learn how to cruise the digital world. It’s practically part of everyone’s life now, offering a lot of good but also a lot of dangers. We should know how to make use of...
View ArticleCrimea and West Philippines Sea
By John Q WE have witnessed a 21st century land grab of Crimea by Russia in a very well planned and executed manner, the takeover was easy because most of the population of Crimea are supporters of...
View Article‘Chubibo’
By Erick San Juan ACCORDING to Defense Undersecretary Pio Lorenzo Batino, “the new access agreement with the US will not require the signatures of either President Aquino or US President Obama. It will...
View ArticleDone deal
By Patricio Diaz GENERAL Santos City––That the Bangsamoro will be established by the time President Benigno Simeon C. Aquino III will step down on June 30, 2016 is a done deal. Will the ultimate...
View ArticleParasites threaten Misor’s agriculture
By Lito Rulona PARASITES that feed on plants’ saps and resistant to ordinary insecticides have invaded farms in the eastern part of Misamis Oriental and are threatening to suck the life out of the...
View Article‘Hapsay’ men under probe over missing market goods
TASK Force Hapsay Dalan chairman Jose Edgardo Uy has started an investigation into the alleged loss of vegetables and other wares confiscated from illegal street vendors by his own personnel. Uy said...
View ArticleChamber president downplays UK’s travel advisory
CAGAYAN de Oro Chamber of Commerce and Industry president Efren Uy yesterday merely smiled off the travel advisory of the United Kingdom that discouraged Britons from visiting Mindanao and called it an...
View ArticleNot so fast, says Mugot of Bambi’s Misor Cares program
By Ben Balce and Nitz Arancon A MISAMIS Oriental board member said Gov. Yevgeny Vincente Emano’s new health care program still needs the imprimatur of the province’s legislature. Any claim that the...
View ArticleLet’s foster optimism
By Fr. Roy Cimagala WITH all the pressures, challenges, trials, etc., that we have to face every day, all of them corrosive of our composure, we need to deliberately foster optimism if only to survive...
View ArticleImpeachment, clash of government powers
By Batas Mauricio IT is interesting to see how the projected impeachment complaint of Oriental Mindoro Rep. Reynaldo Umali, also a top official of the Liberal Party, will fare at the House of...
View ArticleThings in proper places
By Egay Uy AFTER only three weeks of implementation of the Pilot Project: Traffic Code-compliant Divisoria Area, the number of pedestrians who were apprehended for jaywalking has dramatically gone...
View ArticleIf Third World War erupts
By Mariano Carrasco THE Crimean-Ukrainian conflict, the territorial disputes with China, the unstable North Korea, and the ever-boiling bombings and killings in the Middle East—all these are a...
View Article‘Diyes kilos ang bilbil’
By Netnet Camomot WEDNESDAY last week, I had breakfast at 2 pm. That wasn’t brunch—it was more like afternoon tea, but with pork tocino, fried egg and rice. There are days when I’m really busy, and...
View ArticleOversimplification
By Butch Bagabuyo “There are painters who transform the sun into a yellow spot, but there are others who, thanks to their are intelligence, transform a yellow spot into the sun.”––Pablo Picasso...
View ArticleTax-take from Caraga’s small miners only P34.7m in 2013
By Ben Serrano BUTUAN City––The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) collected some P34.7 million in taxes from Caraga’s small-scale miners last year, a relatively small amount given that mining has long...
View ArticleStudent shoots, kills classmate in Claveria
By Lito Rulona and Nitz Arancon AUTHORITIES yesterday pressed murder charges against a 19-year old after he allegedly shot and killed his own classmate in Barangay Rizal, Claveria, Misamis Oriental,...
View ArticlePolice step up hunt for suspects in Kyla’s Bistro killer blast
By Paola Gaabucayan and Shiela Mae Butlig POLICE have stepped up the manhunt for the suspects in the July 27, 2013 bombing at Kyla’s Bistro, Limketkai center in Lapasan. The National Police’s City...
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