Entries Tagged as 'cebu news'

Do you have a complaint against a Cebu newspaper? File it online

December 1st, 2006 · 1 Comment

And here’s the link to the complaint form.
Our editor-in-chief, one of the driving forces behind the Cebu Citizens-Press Council (CCPC), asked me to build the council’s website in time for the Cebu Press Freedom Week celebration in September.
CCPC WEBSITE, as featured in a recent issue of Philippine Journalism Reports. Click on image to enlarge.
The [...]

Tags: Journalism · Open source · cebu news

Johnny-come-lately

September 22nd, 2006 · 8 Comments

I’m in Cebu Journalism and Journalists 2, a glossy magazine that comes out during the Cebu Press Freedom Week celebration. The magazine’s purpose is “to put between its covers people, institutions, and activities that have helped bring Cebu journalism to what it is now: dynamic and thriving.”
I wasn’t initially picked to be among the [...]

Tags: Personal · cebu news

A fire, a map, and a WordPress theme

July 26th, 2006 · 1 Comment

Fire gutted the landmark Plaza Fair building early morning Tuesday. Reports say the fire caused P20 million in damages. The blaze broke out just as we were finalizing the day’s newspaper issue. We no longer had time to include the story in the issue.
But I admit it was tempting to copy Michael Keaton in The [...]

Tags: Journalism · Work · cebu news

Close encounter of a different kind

June 16th, 2006 · 4 Comments

If you looked up the Cebu sky last night, you’d have the crap scared out of you. At least seven balls of light were clearly visible in a linear formation (if you squint hard enough and connect the dots, it could be the Grim Reaper’s scythe.) The lights were stationary and stayed visible for minutes.
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How to eat a suman or why Dennis Rodman walked out

April 28th, 2006 · 4 Comments

Dennis Rodman walks out after eating the banana leaf wrapping of the suman served to him.

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Iring is Bisaya for cat, iring-iring is…

March 8th, 2006 · 2 Comments

Something else. I’ve been trying to find its English equivalent but failed. It’s close to flirting but without the sexual connotation. It shares shades of meaning with courting but is less formal and doesn’t mean that the person wants to go steady with the object of the iring-iring.
My kumpare and colleague Myke Obenieta says there [...]

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