Biggest obstacle to peace
By H. Marcos Mordeno WE may have different views of and attitudes toward the peace process in general and the Bangsamoro Basic Law in particular. Let’s accept the fact that not all of us are in favor...
View ArticleUncertainties bring ‘Ilaga’ back to life
By LITO RULONA Correspondent TENSION brought about by uncertainties as a result of the damage to peace efforts and the fallout of the Jan. 25 Mamasapano carnage in Maguindanao, has brought back an old...
View ArticleProtest mars Caraga 20th anniversary celebration
By BEN SERRANO Correspondent BUTUAN City––Over 300 placard-bearing protesters yesterday stormed the venue for Caraga’s 20th anniversary program, shouting anti-government slogans and expressing dismay...
View ArticleYap bares Xavier awards for Deles, Ferrer, Iqbal
XAVIER University yesterday announced it would honor and confer awards to Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process Teresita Quintos-Deles, government peace panel chair Miriam Coronel-Ferrer, and Moro...
View ArticleMiss Global 2nd runner-up a Cagayanon, wants to help Oro tourism
By NITZ ARANCON Correspondent MAYOR Oscar Moreno proudly presented Miss Global 2014 2nd runner-up Catherine Marie Almirante at the city hall grounds yesterday morning as he pointed out that the...
View ArticleCheers, jeers greet Xavier awards plan
By NITZ ARANCON Correspondent CHEERS and jeers yesterday greeted the Jesuit-run Xavier University’s announcement that it would honor presidential adviser on the peace process Teresita Quintos-Deles,...
View ArticleOne voice
By Ben Contreras APOLOGIES to the MILF and readers for an error I made in my previous column. The answer given by them on my question “Do the Bangsamoro people consider themselves citizens of the...
View ArticleComelec dismisses recall petition against Moreno
By NITZ ARANCON Correspondent THE Commission on Elections en banc has dismissed the petition for recall filed against Mayor Oscar Moreno. Lawyer Palmer Palamini, city elections officer, said the...
View ArticleAbaday seeks lifestyle checks on protectors of crime groups
By LITO RULONA Correspondent THE chairman of the Cagayan de Oro Anti-Drug and Abuse Council (Cadac) has called on the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) to start lifestyle checks on...
View ArticleBuki pa si Jose Rizal?
By Netnet Camomot THERE’S no school today due to the People Power or the Edsa Revolution anniversary. Students born after Feb. 25, 1986 would not be able to relate with this. They’d ask, What kind of a...
View ArticlePNP probers start 3-day mission to Mamasapano
GENERAL Santos City––The National Police board of inquiry embarked on a three-day mission to Mamasapano town in Maguindanao starting yesterday as part of the final phase of its ongoing investigation...
View ArticleGovt troops, MILF clear areas pestered by BIFF men
PIKIT, North Cotabato––The military has given the go signal for the evacuees in this town to return home after the Army and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) cleared the village of Kabasalan and...
View ArticleMotorela group asks RTA, Cocpo to act vs ‘colorums’
THE Federation of Motorela Operators and Drivers Cooperative (Femodco) has complained about the proliferation of unregistered motorelas in the city. Femodco president Paul Sempron told a meeting of the...
View ArticleGonda blames narco-politics for removal of PDEA exec
By NITZ ARANCON Correspondent A RANKING official of the Cagayan de Oro City police Office (Cocpo) claimed crime groups specializing on illegal drug trade and with links to powerful politicians were...
View ArticleXavier’s position on awards
ALMOST two months before the Mamasapano tragedy, the Trustees of Xavier University – Ateneo de Cagayan at its regular meeting on 29 November 2014, approved the conferral of the following commencement...
View ArticleA wedding unlike any other
By Ben Contreras IT’S not one that you can call the “wedding of the century.” Every wedding ceremony––from the more traditional to the modern-day preparations––is unique. But I would like to write two...
View ArticleRights: vital to human life
By Aquilino Pimentel Jr. HUMAN rights make people’s lives worthy of human beings. Bereft of human rights, people are reduced to the status of animals. Beasts of burden of the affluent. Servants of the...
View ArticleAn ominous prelude?
By Patricio Diaz GENERAL Santos City––At no other time than at this critical period in the wake of the Mamasapano incident––as reported by The Philippine Star (February 16, 2015: MILF: Pass BBL with no...
View ArticleLove. Laughter. Live Music
By: Choco Portado UL Managerial Editor For 3 years now, Manuel Tan has been gracing the stage of County Village Hotel, cooking up a fantastic night for the hotel’s patrons as well as his own fans....
View ArticleXavier alumni opt to hold manifesto
By NITZ ARANCON Correspondent A GROUP of Xavier University alumni met on Tuesday night to finalize a manifesto against their alma mater’s plan to confer honors on Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF)...
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