Officer who tried to serve arrest warrant fights for life
By BEN SERRANO Correspondent BUTUAN City––A policeman is now struggling for life in a government hospital in Tagum after he was shot while trying to arrest a farm worker on court orders in Agusan del...
View ArticleCandy chosen because no one wanted to fight Uy: Dacer
By NITZ ARANCON Correspondent THE Padayon Pilipino decided to adopt Councilor Lourdes Darimbang as its candidate against Rep. Rolando Uy in the 1st District because no one in the party founded by...
View ArticleHero seaman from Misamis loses foot
By LITO RULONA, Correspondent A SEAFARER and his group saved 22 people but it cost the man one of his body parts. The seaman, who is from Misamis Oriental, lost a foot in a freak accident while he was...
View ArticleAll our days are counted
Mariano Carrasco TWO weeks ago, I was subjected to dialysis—the medical process whereby blood is processed and cleansed by a wondrous machine when the kidneys malfunction. After almost 20 years of...
View ArticleFoolish weakness
Netnet Camomot “SASARA ang bulaklak, bubuka ang bulaklak, papasok ang reyna, pakembotkembot pa.” Calling MTRCB? Hmmm, no need. Those words are part of this game that children play for pure clean fun....
View ArticleThe mayor has a happy problem
Bencyrus Ellorin NOT the controversial, fighter-type, Mayor Oscar Moreno may not be your natural news fodder, built in the mould of a corporate executive driven by targets after target, his...
View ArticleMindanao in limbo
Butch Bagabuyo “Fire tries gold, misery tries brave men.” – Seneca MILLIONS unabashedly cried while a few mortals pretending to be leaders were embarrassed after Davao Mayor Rodrigo “Super Digong”...
View ArticleOca submits proposed P4.8-billion budget to city council
By SHIELA MAE BUTLIG Correspondent MAYOR Oscar Moreno has submitted his proposed budget of P4.8 billion for city hall next year, this paper learned from the city council’s finance committee. Moreno...
View ArticleInitao town to honor homegrown hero seaman
By LITO RULONA Correspondent OFFICIALS of Initao, Misamis Oriental are contemplating on officially declaring 48-year old homegrown seaman Rudyard Payusan as a “local hero” for saving 22 passengers and...
View ArticleMarzo to stay as acting mayor of Iligan: DILG
By BONITA ERMAC, NORA SORINO and TOMASITA ASEQUIA of GSD-Iligan Bureau ILIGAN City––The Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) has ruled to make Vice Mayor Ruderic Marzo serve as the city’s...
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Candy becomes openly pro-Dongkoy overnight
By LITO RULONA and NITZ ARANCON Correspondents COUNCILOR Lourdes Darimbang yesterday said she would campaign for ex-mayor Vicente Emano’s bid to take back control of city hall next year to...
View ArticleOlaguera asks Alagar to send group to locate Cocpo’s missing guns
Lito Rulona and Nitz Arancon CITY police director Senior Supt. Faro Antonio Olaguera yesterday said he has asked Camp Alagar to create a group that would locate missing firearms, and look into the...
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Abducted mayor, son found dead
By BEN SERRANO with NITZ ARANCON Correspondents Mayor Dario Otaza of Loreto before he was killed BUTUAN City––The mayor of the town of Loreto in Agusan del Sur and his son were found dead in Purok 2,...
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Chevrolet PH launches all-new 2016 Trax
Atty Albert Arcilla with the Chevrolet Philippines Dealer Principals IN a move to expand its product line of versatile vehicles, Chevrolet Philippines unveiled its new contender in the crossover...
View ArticleThe poor as the new elite
Fr. Roy Cimagala WE have to be most careful that in our laudable effort to love the poor, we end up making them the new elite, and the rich guys end up prematurely judged and condemned, ostracized and...
View ArticleWhy I’m running for senator
WITH distinct pride and honor, I filed my COC for senator with the Comelec Manila last 16 October 2015 together with former ambassador and incumbent OFW Family Club partylist Congressman Roy Seneres...
View Article130 faces of madness
H. Marcos Mordeno MALAYBALAY City––Reports said 130 individuals have filed certificates of candidacy for president. One may find this news amusing given that most of the aspirants are likely to be...
View ArticleWinning at all cost
Ben Contreras WHO’S afraid of going to jail? It seems the LPs are. The grand design is to make Liberal Party candidates win, no matter the cost. The money is huge, bottomless, and it doesn’t matter...
View ArticleEndorsement for a fee?
Churchill Aguilar AS politicians formally filed their certificates of candidacy, I found myself in much hesitation to either endorse or criticize any candidate for that matter. It is a different case...
View ArticleFarmers take to the streets, bash PNoy
By NITZ ARANCON Correspondent SOME one thousand activists and farmers from all over northern Mindanao yesterday staged a rally here in time for Farmers’ Day, and to express their grivances against the...
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