Opinion 12/11/15 (Philippines, elections, climate, Cebu, Duterte, human rights)
Inquirer on Kobe Bryant KOBE BRYANT will go down in history as the best player of his basketball era. The numbers that he accumulated throughout his career as a member of the Los Angeles Lakers do not pay him sufficient homage. He is more than the championship trophies, the MVP awards, the statistics, the jerseys, the arena seats sold, and the fans collected. [full text] Sun.Star Cebu on Cebu politics “Weder-weder lang” surfaced in the months going into the mid-term elections in 2013 with the suspension by MalacaƱang of then governor Gwendolyn Garcia, allowing LP stalwarts to take over the Capitol for the duration of the campaign period. One Cebu gubernatorial bet Pablo John Garcia eventually lost to the LP’s Hilario Davide III. [...] Yesterday, officials of the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) 7 implemented MalacaƱang’s order to suspend Cebu City Mayor Michael Rama for 60 days. [full text] Manila Bulletin about P...