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Cimatu has done right for Manila Bay

by Bobit Avila - September 15, 2020 - 12:00am

I really don’t know why there is a controversy over the use of Dolomite grains, which come from Alcoy, Cebu.

Is Russia winning the race for a COVID-19 vaccine?

by Bobit Avila - August 14, 2020 - 12:00am

Let’s face it, people are agog that Russia President Vladimir Putin announced last Tuesday that Russia has developed the first vaccine against the coronavirus.

A COVID-19 cure by September?

by Bobit Avila - August 13, 2020 - 12:00am

I read this report-cum-announcement by the management of Escario Central on their Facebook page that they are still open for business, despite the fact that certain clients were found to be positive for COVID-19....

Now the Anti-Terror Law goes to SC

by Bobit Avila - July 7, 2020 - 12:00am

President Duterte signed into a law the Anti-Terror Bill just six days before it would have lapsed into a law.

No one knows the Father except the Son

by Bobit Avila - July 5, 2020 - 12:00am

It is the 14th Sunday in Ordinary Time and today we are still under Enhanced Community Quarantine, which means our churches are still closed and therefore we hear our Masses through live streaming over televisi...

Senate should stop P8.9 billion building construction

by Bobit Avila - July 2, 2020 - 12:00am

I have lived long enough in my 69 years to have seen the many political changes in the Philippines.

We need to restart our ill-fated economy

by Bobit Avila - June 18, 2020 - 12:00am

This Sunday, June 21, is Father’s Day -- a day when men from all over the world observe when they finally had children of their own and a family.

What you need to know about our independence

by Bobit Avila - June 12, 2020 - 12:00am

Today is supposed to be the 122nd Independence Day of the Philippines, which for me is putting Philippine Independence Day in the wrong date because during our youth, when we still had our Reserve Officers Training...

All lives matter

by Bobit Avila - June 11, 2020 - 12:00am

Everyone knows that protests turned into violent riots clearly orchestrated by left-wing and right-wing groups have turned America into a turmoil all because of the death of George Floyd.

Focus on the economy

by Bobit Avila - June 10, 2020 - 12:00am

It seems that we, residents of Cebu City, run the risk of being reverted to modified enhanced community quarantine if the number of COVID-19 cases in the city continues to rise before evaluation of quarantine status...

Remembering the Tiananmen Square Massacre

by Bobit Avila - June 5, 2020 - 12:00am

Today is a holiday for freedom-loving Chinese people living in Taiwan and Hong Kong.

VFA no longer suspended

by Bobit Avila - June 4, 2020 - 12:00am

If there was a huge story last February, it was that President Rodrigo Duterte formally informed the United States on February 11 that it was ending the Visiting Forces Agreement with the US that would have been...

What’s happening in America these days?

by Bobit Avila - June 3, 2020 - 12:00am

Let it be known that Cebu City Mayor Edgardo Labella issued Executive Order No. 79 Sunday declaring the city under a state of GCQ effective 12:01 a.m. of June 1, 2020 until 11:59 p.m. of June 15, 2020 “or unless...

IATF should allow churches to open ASAP!

by Bobit Avila - June 2, 2020 - 12:00am

Finally, after nearly three months under enhanced community quarantine, we have shifted to general community quarantine, which means that many businesses that were shut down during our lockdown period can now resume...

It’s time for Duque to go

by Bobit Avila - May 26, 2020 - 12:00am

The Philippine Star wrote that President Rodrigo Duterte is reportedly scouting for somebody to replace Health Secretary Francisco Duque III amid calls for his resignation by members of the Senate and other sectors...

The great commissioning by our lord Jesus

by Bobit Avila - May 24, 2020 - 12:00am

Today is the Solemnity of the Ascension of our Lord Jesus back to the right side of the Father, which the Vatican observes today as World Communication Day.

Wanted: Permanent night market

by Bobit Avila - December 12, 2019 - 12:00am

It is time for me to talk about the supposed night market that Cebu City has apparently started without meeting with the businessmen who are taxpayers, which means, the officials of the city must also look into their...

History and the need for political change

by Bobit Avila - November 29, 2019 - 12:00am

Today should have been our National Heroes' Day a national holiday to celebrate and pay homage to the heroes of our nation who died in the defense of our country.

The tale of the Filipino crabs

by Bobit Avila - November 28, 2019 - 12:00am

Honestly, I really did not want to write anything about our hosting of the 30th Southeast Asian Games, except that the social media has been very busy putting even the most minute negative detail as its headline,...

Let’s face it; Leni can’t do Duterte’s job

by Bobit Avila - October 30, 2019 - 12:00am

There is no doubt that the question as to who killed Mayor David Navarro of Clarin, Misamis Occidental, last Friday afternoon has yet to be answered. It turns out from the news reports we read yesterday, no less...

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