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Liga ng mga Barangay Cebu backs 5-year term for officials

By Mitchelle L. Palaubsanon | 8 days ago

Cebu Provincial Board Member and Liga ng mga Barangay (LnB) Cebu Provincial Federation President Celestino Martinez III welcomed the Senate’s approval of a bill extending the term of barangay and Sangguniang...

Cebu News

Tining backs move extending barangay officials’ terms

By Mitchelle L. Palaubsanon | August 30, 2026 - 12:00am

The proposal to extend the term of barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) officials has gained the support of Cebu Provincial Board Member Celestino “Tining” Martinez III, president of the Liga ng mga...

Cebu News

Westernized AI attack and monkeys

By CTALK | By Cito Beltran | July 20, 2026 - 12:00am

The Philippine government has been the target of much criticisms and accusations largely from its citizens. On top of the dung heap being hurled at elected officials are their thievery, corruption, arrogance and...

Opinion

Salubrious SALNs

By Joseph Gonzales | April 26, 2026 - 12:00am

Those pesky SALNs (Statement of Assets, Liabilities and Net Worth). How many more public officials will they trip up?

Freeman Opinion

Remulla to sue BFP officials over extortion

By Mark Ernest Villeza | February 7, 2026 - 12:00am

Criminal charges will be filed, possibly beginning next week, against about 40 current and retired Bureau of Fire Protection...

Nation

Fallout in Minglanilla:Town execs suspended

By Jonnavie Villa | February 3, 2026 - 12:00am

Minglanilla’s top officials—including Mayor Rajiv Enad and Vice Mayor Lani Peña – are set for a one-year...

Cebu News

EDITORIAL — Preying on the poorest

December 13, 2025 - 12:00am

At all levels of government, it seems, public officials are busy robbing the people blind.

Opinion

EDITORIAL — They should have stayed

November 12, 2025 - 12:00am

Several high-ranking government officials are now in hot water for leaving the country as well as their constituents despite...

Freeman Opinion

Stranger than fiction

By QWERTYMAN | By Jose Dalisay | October 13, 2025 - 12:00am

If Sen. Alan Peter Cayetano and his cohorts in the Senate minority wanted to rile the people even more, they couldn’t have done it better than by having Cayetano challenge Sen. Tito Sotto for the Senate presidency,...

Opinion

Public works officials should resign

By Atty. Josephus B. Jimenez | August 27, 2025 - 12:00am

The admonition "mahiya naman kayo" should primarily be addressed to the officials in the DPWH and COA and other related agencies which have control, supervision, coordination, and oversight functions over...

Freeman Opinion