Her name is Michelle Iva “Isa” G. Eguia. She’s one of those naturally-gifted people who can brighten up anyone’s day no matter how somber. She’s not difficult to get along with, has a heart bigger than ...

The main avenue that traverses the North Reclamation Project has no traffic lights. Yet, that road gets busier and busier as more establishments rise up.

Already the Cebu Doctors’ University is there, in itself a source of heavy traffic. Then there’s the increasingly popular Parkmall.

On some days, perhaps when the Mandaue city traffic enforcers are feeling good about themselves, ...

The Banilad-Talamban flyover is taking excruciatingly slow to finish. When construction began the contractors estimated it would be finished by August. The latest word, however, is that the flyover would be fully operational on Oct. 15.

Tomorrow, Sept. 5, was supposed to be the deadline. Now, the contractors are rushing, employing more laborers to work 24 hours. Karon pa! They should ...

In the latest shooting –there were several in the past 3 weeks– lawyer Richard Sison was gunned down in broad daylight by assailants who didn’t bother to cover their faces. Several witnesses, in fact, were able to give police artists clear descriptions of them.

Why have these killers become bolder? There are 2 theories I can think of.

1. They’re ...

In a country where we often see bitter rivalries in politics, organizations and, yes, even in churches, it’s a breath of fresh air to witness two bitter political enemies kiss and make up.

When Gov. Gwen Garcia trooped to Bogo last Thursday to promote the province-wide tourism project, "Suroy Suroy sa Sugbo" (Tour Cebu), Bogo City Mayor Celestino "Junie" Martinez ...

The target month of completion is around July. Meanwhile, traffic is from painstakingly slow to standstill. Slow traffic, in fact, was the reason why City Hall gave the go-ahead to construct the flyover. And when Mayor Osmeña says, "Go," it’s ...

These children are former street children, children in conflict with the law, abused and disadvantaged children taken into shelter by various non-government agencies recognized by the Cebu City Task Force on ...

A poignant scene unfolded yesterday during the graduation rites of the College of Nursing of Cebu Doctors’ University. Vicente Ruba marched onto the stage to posthumously receive the diploma of his daughter, Ruby Jade Ruba.

Everyone in the auditorium, which included university president Potenciano Larrazabal, other officials, faculty and students, rose to give Ruba a standing ovation.

Ruby Jade Ruba ...

Any entertainer worth his salt who has performed in Cebu will tell you that Cebuano audiences are the hardest to please. But when they fall in love with you, they become fiercely loyal.

Apparently no one told this to Rodolfo Noel Lozada, Jr., star witness of the Senate inquiry into the ZTE-NBN corruption scandal. So Jun Lozada came, he saw, ...

What Lapu-lapu city Mayor Arturo Radaza should do is answer the corruption charges being hurled at him by businessman Efrain Pelaez. Instead, he unleashes "attack dogs" on Pelaez, questioning his motives and reputation. He then tries to shore up support from his barangay captains and various cause-oriented groups.

As long as Radaza hems and haws, flips and flops and tries ...

I’m a person with a disability (PWD). I walk with a long leg brace and a cane. As such I can’t walk long distances. However, I can drive a car, albeit one with an automatic transmission.

Thus, parking spaces for PWD’s are essential to me. There are quite a number of establishments in Metro-Cebu that enforce the ...

In a recent issue of Sun-Star Daily, the leading newspaper in Cebu City, there was an item on Cebu Gov. Gwen Garcia. She was quoted as calling a recent business report of the Philippines being the most corrupt in Asia as “misleading.”

Yet, all around that news item were stories and sub-stories of the over-pricing of lamp ...

Valentine’s Day is less than a week away. If you’re still wondering where to spend your love night, I suggest you spend it with Lea Salonga at the Waterfront hotel’s grand ballroom on Feb. 14. She’s having a concert there entitled, “In Love with Cebu.”

However, it’s not Lea I want to write about. Rather, it’s what ...

I’m writing this blog on my laptop under battery power because of a power failure in Labangon where I live.

I called up the Visayan Electric Co. (Veco) and they couldnt tell me when the lights would come on again. They said the power failure was due to a power shortage in one of their substations and, when ...

Architect Manuel Guanzon, irked by criticisms that the Cebu International Convention Center (CICC) wouldn’t be finished by Nov. 15, offered a bet of 1.5 million pesos that it would.

And who accepts the bet? Former Senator John “Sonny” Osmeña.

I can’t help but admire the man! By publicly accepting the bet he set 3 conditions: one, he wanted ...

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Street vagrants (better known as “taong-grasa”) are being rounded up and sent back to their families or the DSWD in preparation for the coming Asean Summit. Maybe they should ...