Godofredo Roperos: A long love affair with writing
Godofredo M. Roperos died 10 a.m., Monday, Jan. 28, 2019, following a bout with pneumonia. He was 88. Eldest daughter Maria…
Dying declaration dooms suspect in murder of Pagadian announcer
CEBU, Nov. 27, 2010 — WHAT is a dying declaration and what is its weight as evidence in court? The question…
Cerge Remonde: the ‘probinsyano’ beat reporter who became Press Secretary
Local journalists who weren’t yet walking the beat in 2010 won’t know or, more likely, will only ‘know of’ Cerge Mamites…
Remember the newsboys? They may have been forgotten in the age of digital media
Painfully absent in the conversation about how newspapers are transitioning to digital and the evolution of the next printed media product…
Journalism in the time of Duterte
CEBU CITY, PHILIPPINES — The claim used to be that this archipelagic Southeast Asian nation has the freest media in Asia.…
Shooting oblique
A large part of getting a shot accurately unto a target is getting the stance and presentation right. This is indisputable.…
Are reporters prepared to cover gunfights?
When Johanna Bajenting learned from a colleague that the military was already engaging suspected Abu Sayyaf bandits in Inabanga, Bohol, she…
At stake
THE election period has formally begun and it will be five months till local shooting events resume. Gun club members will…
A rough start
WITH this piece, I hope for the start of regularity; that there will be no more missed deadlines for this gun-loving…
Keeping it within reach
PEOPLE who have permits to carry their firearms outside their homes are free to bring their guns around for protection for…