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The city as a psychological space
by Atty. Ian Vincent Manticajon - July 8, 2025 - 12:00am
In his first week in office, Mandaue City Mayor Jonkie Ouano ordered a city-wide cleanup and vowed to install more streetlights to ensure public safety and improve night visibility across the city.
Good early signs – and the usual transition woes
by Atty. Ian Vincent Manticajon - July 5, 2025 - 12:00am
It’s only been five days since the new administrations in Cebu City and Cebu Province assumed office, and I’m already seeing visible improvements, particularly in traffic flow along the Banilad-IT Park...
Mediated truth: media literacy as a moral responsibility
by Atty. Ian Vincent Manticajon - July 1, 2025 - 12:00am
Today, allow me to revisit one of my favorite topics which is media literacy or social media responsibility.
When Law professors remind the nation
by Atty. Ian Vincent Manticajon - June 7, 2025 - 12:00am
Members of the University of the Philippines College of Law Faculty released an open letter aptly entitled “To Forthwith Proceed,” urging the Senate to commence the impeachment trial of Vice President...
Post-election travel notes from Korea
by Atty. Ian Vincent Manticajon - May 20, 2025 - 12:00am
A few days after the midterm elections, I took the opportunity to travel to South Korea from May 15 to 18, 2025, to visit the RCE Sejahtera Forest and Sejahtera Center in Tongyeong, which is about a 1.5-hour bus...
The real work begins
by Atty. Ian Vincent Manticajon - May 13, 2025 - 12:00am
As I write this piece, the midterm local and national elections are taking place across the country.
Conscience, contrast, and Cebu
by Atty. Ian Vincent Manticajon - May 6, 2025 - 12:00am
In less than a week, Filipinos will once again head to the voting centers to cast their ballots in the midterm local and national elections --three years after the last one. For me, however, three years feels like...
‘Na-budol’ by disinformation
by Atty. Ian Vincent Manticajon - April 29, 2025 - 12:00am
Reports that disinformation agents backed by China are trying to influence the outcome of the Philippine midterm elections do not surprise me.
When good candidates step aside
by Atty. Ian Vincent Manticajon - April 22, 2025 - 12:00am
A news item on page 3 of The FREEMAN last Easter Sunday caught my attention.
Trapped by dynasties
by Atty. Ian Vincent Manticajon - April 15, 2025 - 12:00am
The Holy Week falling within an election cycle is an opportunity for us to reflect on the local and national candidates and to help us decide who among them deserve our votes.
Putting healthcare on the ballot
by Atty. Ian Vincent Manticajon - April 8, 2025 - 12:00am
The Supreme Court concluded last week the oral arguments on three consolidated petitions challenging the legality of the transfer of ?89.9 billion in excess funds from the PhilHealth to the national treasury.
Not sitting out
by Atty. Ian Vincent Manticajon - April 1, 2025 - 12:00am
It is officially election season as the official campaign period leading to the May 12, 2025 local elections kicked off last Friday. Prior to becoming a lawyer, my participation in electoral exercises had been limited...
The ICC and the fallacy of foreign interference
by Atty. Ian Vincent Manticajon - March 18, 2025 - 12:00am
I am returning to my social media hiatus, which I began a few weeks ago as an experiment but was cut short due to the irresistible social media chatter following the arrest and turnover of former president Rodrigo...
Strange and concerning
by Ian Manticajon - March 11, 2025 - 12:00am
An online content creator, more popularly known as ‘vlogger,’ reportedly caused the usually slow-moving traffic along the highway in Consolacion to come to a standstill recently after performing a stunt...
Social media, unhinged
by Atty. Ian Vincent Manticajon - March 4, 2025 - 12:00am
In the first part of this column, I cited the urgent need for regulations on social media platforms and content creators, particularly in light of their insidious influence and ambient manipulation.
Social media, unhinged
March 1, 2025 - 12:00am
The Cebu Citizens-Press Council has a slogan that highlights the role of the press in society: “Being accountable comes with being free.” The Philippine Press Institute echoes a similar stance: “In...
Lessons from EDSA at 39
by Ian Manticajon - February 25, 2025 - 12:00am
Today, February 25, 2025, the country celebrates the 39th anniversary of the 1986 EDSA People Power Revolution. Like most, if not all, social movements in this country, EDSA remains an unfinished revolution --unfinished...
Tourism’s double-edged sword
by Ian Manticajon - February 18, 2025 - 12:00am
Recent news about Cebu’s tourism has exposed the challenges that local communities face in managing the influx of tourists.
Misplaced invocation of Cebuano-Bisayan identity
by Ian Manticajon - February 11, 2025 - 12:00am
Senator Ronald “Bato” dela Rosa apologized on Sunday for his insult regarding the physical appearance of Akbayan Partlist Representative Perci Cendaña
Beyond the bluff
by Ian Manticajon - February 8, 2025 - 12:00am
Every second semester of the academic year, my former alma mater, UP High School Cebu, assigns me a four-unit teaching load for the subject Media and Information Literacy for senior high school students.
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