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Cakes Masterpiece
ArtWeekend By:Rhyan Casiño “As a mother of three super heroes disguised as little boys. (LOL) Every year I have the same ordeal of planning their ‘Best Birthday Party Evah!’ birthday celebration....
View ArticleSandwich day
(This column was supposed to have been printed yesterday. –Editors) WITH another holiday yesterday, I gotta feeling Pinoys were again rushing out of their comfort zones and hopping from one island to...
View ArticleMoral use of force
By Rafael Alunan III I DON’T know about you, but the way I see it, we have a serious situation where the government and the enemies of the state are together on one side, and the Filipino people are...
View ArticleThe cane cutter from Don Carlos
By Cesar Gorillo SEVEN years ago, the family of my wife decided to sell their only property in Don Carlos, Bukidnon for P2 million. We had expected that somebody who is rich from the same town will...
View ArticleWhat hindsight tells us
By Manny Valdehuesa AS they say, hindsight is 20/20 vision. Looking back, it is clear now how myopic the central government had been in its treatment of Mindanao, failing to help its peoples build...
View ArticleOrder amid today’s clutter
By Fr. Roy Cimagala WE cannot deny that today’s clutter has grown a lot more than in the previous generations. It has gone ballistic and viral, as they say, because the clutter mentality is highly...
View ArticleKey to Duterte’s presidency
By Butch Bagabuyo “I believe the first test of a truly great man is his humility.” – John Ruskin “AYAW lang ko, naa may daghan pang uban, dili pud ko qualified og labaw sa tanan wa koy kuarta” are the...
View ArticleHealth hazard
By Ben Contreras DOING business with the city government can be hazardous to your health. And if you haven’t learned your lessons in the province, then you’re bound to repeat the same mistakes again...
View ArticleThe sharing law challenge
By Egay Uy AS earlier announced by the infamous city council majority, the local legislature finally succeeded in passing an ordinance repealing Section 210 of the Traffic Code of Cagayan de Oro City...
View ArticleGuro kuno
By Netnet Camomot AT a birthday party last Tuesday, the birthday celebrant’s wife put a big pack of potato chips on our table. Those chips happened to be my favorite, but I commented I don’t buy chips...
View ArticleAliases and double standard
By Patricio Diaz GENERAL Santos City––Mohagher Iqbal, chief negotiator of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front, is in the news today (“Aliases may affect peace process – senators”, The Philippine Star,...
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Urban Life Awards 2014 CDO’s HMUA of the Year: Christy Sia
Urban Life Awards 2014 CDO’s HMUA of the Year: Christy Sia By:Choco Portado Beauty is art that has so many facets. It can be interpreted and applied in so many ways. A true artist can see the beauty...
View ArticleBagaipo’s kin out to unmask slay brains
By LITO RULONA and NITZ ARANCON with BEN BALCE, Correspondents POLICE are still facing a blank wall as to the motive behind the shooting death of former Gingoog councilor Marc Anthony Bagaipo but the...
View ArticleGovt to spend P81 million to list poorest families in N. Mindanao
By LITO RULONA Correspondent THE Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) would be spending some P81 million just to locate and identify the so-called “poorest of the poor” in northern...
View ArticleAmbush: 2 slain
ZAMBOANGA City––A village official and his aide were killed in an ambush by suspected members of the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) early Saturday in Sumisip, Basilan, officials said. Senior Supt. Mario...
View ArticleDA readies for cloud seeding to counter dry spell
THE Department of Agriculture (DA) has started preparations for the conduct of cloud seeding activities in parts of Region 12 in a bid to counter the worsening effects of the continuing “mild” El Niño...
View ArticleBudget Appeal
Budget Appeal MAYOR Oscar Moreno’s allies––councilors Roger Abaday, Teodulfo Lao, Enrico Salcedo, Zaldy Ocon and Lourdes Darimbang––have asked a regional court to reconsider its decision that denied a...
View ArticleWorld war is for real
By Erick San Juan IF we do the unthinkable — and allow another world war to erupt — there won’t be any winners, everybody on the planet will lose. The war that everyone fears we are moving inexorably...
View ArticleBack to the Dark Ages
By Cesar Gorillo THEe recent massacre of innocent children in Kenya has dramatized the horrible fact that the world is now going back to the Dark Ages. This brutal act was done by the group known as Al...
View ArticleGetting lost in the meaning of political words
By Ike Señeres EDSA I was a mutiny that turned into a rebellion. Edsa II was a concert that turned into a demonstration. Edsa III was a demonstration, period. The only reason why Edsa I gained the...
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