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The proposed tax increases are confiscatory

by Aven Piramide - July 10, 2025 - 12:00am

In the last two weeks of his membership in the Sangguniang Panlungsod of Cebu City, Councilor Noel Wenceslao aired a request to the new set of Cebu City Council to continue working on the revision of the Real...

Street dwellers, bane to Cebu City

by Aven Piramide - July 6, 2025 - 12:00am

There is a good number of glowing ratings Cebu City has been accorded with in relation to other cities of the world.

The Talamban-Pit-os road project

by Aven Piramide - July 3, 2025 - 12:00am

A few months ago, I decided to write again in this column my unwholesome traffic experience each time I visit my small garden in the mountain barangay of Paril.

Montesquieu and O’Connor and Archival and Baricuatro

by Aven Piramide - June 29, 2025 - 12:00am

I came upon the name Montesquieu in my College of Arts years.

Ouch! 10 most corrupt Filipinos

by Aven Piramide - June 26, 2025 - 12:00am

A most shocking Facebook post was forwarded to me the other day by a retired trial court judge.

How about a landfill, Mayor Archival?

by Aven Piramide - June 19, 2025 - 12:00am

Cebu City, many years ago, owned a garbage dumpsite.

Foolish (nay, devious) ideas from idle minds

by Aven Piramide - June 15, 2025 - 12:00am

For the purpose of writing this column today, I researched for an explanation of the popular saying “an idle mind is the devil's workshop".

The environment and Mayor Archival

by Aven Piramide - June 8, 2025 - 12:00am

I could not hide my smile when the partial results of the May 12 election started getting shown at the social hall of the Cebu City hall with then candidate and now Mayor-elect Nestor Archival registering an early...

Constitutional breaches by Escudero et al

by Aven Piramide - June 5, 2025 - 12:00am

I was terrified to have observed some certain recent grave acts of the Philippine Senate, under the leadership of Senate President Francis Joseph "Chiz" Guevara Escudero that, to my mind, disobeyed and...

Our mandatory economic war against China

by Aven Piramide - May 29, 2025 - 12:00am

A survey conducted about a year ago revealed that three out of every four Filipinos consider China to be the biggest threat to our country.

Our senatorial election, half tragedy?

by Aven Piramide - May 22, 2025 - 12:00am

Is there such a thing as “half tragedy”?

Challenges of Governor-Elect Pamela Baricuatro

by Aven Piramide - May 18, 2025 - 12:00am

Few days ago, I heard two reports coming from the fields of economy and politics.

Sandy Cay not just a sandbar

by Aven Piramide - May 15, 2025 - 12:00am

What is a sandbar? I picked from the internet a clearer and more exacting definition of a sandbar than what I had observed since my youthful explorations to and in such mostly alluring places.

My list of incompetent senatoriables

by Aven Piramide - May 8, 2025 - 12:00am

I am not afraid to be rebuked by everybody when I state my position on the issue of competence of some, not all, of the candidates for senator.

Wrong Filipinism, wrongly placed

by Aven Piramide - May 1, 2025 - 12:00am

I was in high school when I first heard the word Filipinism.

Politics wastes principles

by Aven Piramide - April 27, 2025 - 12:00am

Confession is good for the soul. I heard these words as an opening statement from a politician, now retired, during a non-political forum many years ago.

Negative side of the gov’s propa

by Aven Piramide - April 24, 2025 - 12:00am

The political campaigning in the province of Cebu seems to be getting unpredictably interesting.

A dog day afternoon discovery

by Aven Piramide - April 20, 2025 - 12:00am

My time yesterday after lunch qualified the meaning of “dog day afternoon” as a hot sleepy afternoon.

My interpretation of survey surge

by Aven Piramide - April 17, 2025 - 12:00am

A top honcho of a well-respected poll survey group was quoted, few days ago, as having observed a surge in favor of one of the two contending groups of senatorial candidates.

Stop political dynasties

by Aven Piramide - April 10, 2025 - 12:00am

I have long wanted to find out if etymologists have come across or even thoroughly studied the word regroove as it was used by some radio announcers years ago.

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