Telcos post robust growth in postpaid subscription in Q1
RIVAL telecommunication companies Smart Communication and Globe Telecom both posted double-digit growth rates in their post paid subscription base in the first three months this year, averaging higher...
View ArticlePresident Aquino signs into law consolidated bill amending Rural Bank Act
PRESIDENT Benigno S. Aquino III has signed into law a consolidated bill amending the Rural Bank Act to allow foreign capital infusion in rural banks. Deputy Presidential Spokesperson Abigail Valte...
View ArticleSun Postpaid treats parents with peace of mind this school year
IT is never easy to be away from your loved ones, especially for parents who have to send their children away for college this coming school year. Living the urban life for children can be fearsome and...
View ArticleKorean fashion brand Basic House opens store in Cagayan de Oro
Fresh, preppy, classic and youthful looks in latest collection Fans of Korean street style are definitely going to be spoilt for choice with the Philippine arrival of Basic House, a Korean fashion...
View ArticlePolitics more fun before martial law
By Manny Valdehuesa BEFORE the Marcos-Enrile takeover of our society in 1972, politics was more fun in the Philippines, and more challenging. There was freedom, respectability, open competition, and...
View ArticleCoalition is a must
By Butch Bagabuyo “The ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their food in the summer.”––Proverbs 10:25 IN the last senatorial elections, the Liberal Party knew it could not match the fire...
View ArticleTrinitarian man and woman
By Fr. L eo Pabayto TODAY, the Holy Trinity is at work in the world for the salvation of mankind through visible instruments. The visible instruments are those who have received the Holy Spirit, first...
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Pipo sees no value in Emano’s poll protest
By Nitz Arancon COMMISSION on Elections (Comelec) regional director Noli Pipo has belittled the election protest filed by Mayor Vicente Emano against Mayor-elect Oscar Moreno, saying he doubted if it...
View ArticleWhen violence takes another form
By Cesar Gorillo A FRIEND and a catechist in the parish has been undergoing violence from his wife through another form. He could have filed a case against his wife for violence against her husband...
View ArticleDon’t take teeth for granted, groups tell govt, schools
By Ben Serrano BUTUAN City––Citizens’ groups have urged the health department in Caraga to step up the campaign for dental health awareness in the region, saying this was something being taken for...
View ArticleFormer Oro beauty queen sues city exec for calling her ‘mistress’
By Ben Balce FORMER Miss Cagayan de Oro-Tourism ’98 Jasmin Borja has pressed charges against a close aide of Mayor Vicente Emano for allegedly calling her a mistress and making her look like a pervert....
View ArticleDILG orders creation of transition teams
THE Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) has directed local governments to fasttrack the creation of their transition teams to ensure the smooth turnover and assumption to office of newly...
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Barangay exec facing raps over uncle’s shooting
By Nitz Arancon THE barangay chairperson of Pigsag-an here is facing a frustrated murder complaint after he allegedly shot Fausto Orasan, a tribal chieftain in his barangay, apparently due to partisan...
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Gen. Lucero dies while on diving trip
By Froilan Gallardo of Mindanews BRIG. Gen. Daniel Lucero, commanding general of the Army 1st Tabak Division in Zamboanga del Sur died while on a diving trip in Tukuran town on Sunday afternoon, his...
View ArticleCity hall worker: ‘Emano made our lives miserable’
By Nitz Arancon LEONOR Esparcia was the average worker’s life until she received an order in October 2009 from the then Vice Mayor Vicente Emano for her to take the graveyard shift at the City Library....
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Valencia kid wins big in PGT 4
THIRTEEN-YEAR OLD Roel Manlangit of Purok 2 in ValenciaCity in Bukidnon won the Pilipinas Got Talent Season 4 competition aired live on ABS-CBN Saturday evening from the Pagcor Grand Theater in...
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Cebu Pacific airplane skids off runway, no passenger hurt
A CEBU Pacific Airbus carrying 165 persons on board from Manila veered off the runway shortly after initiating touchdown in Davao around 7:30 pm Sunday, damaging its nose gear and left engine....
View ArticleThe family and the Holy Trinity
By Fr. Leo Pabayo THE family lives the life of the Holy Trinity in the world. It is the life of the Holy Trinity that we share that makes a family. The life of the family is always relational or is...
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Principal asks Oca’s help for congested school
By Nitz Arancon THE principal of one of the the most densely populated public schools in the city yesterday. LASS OPENING. Children flock to the City Central School, one of the city’s busiest public...
View ArticlePhivolcs warns of more aftershocks, urges local execs to check schools
THE Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) urged local officials to ascertain the structural soundness of schools in North Cotabato following a magnitude 5.7 tremor that struck...
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