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The Church must continue to use its prophetic voice in speaking out “against systems of corruption and injustice that keep people in poverty,” said Cebu Archbishop-designate Alberto S. Uy. Uy will arrive in Cebu today, Sunday, for his formal installation on Tuesday, September 30. Organizers said there would be festive but simple ceremonies in line [ ] The post Church must continue to speak out…
A beach resort in Boljoon, a townhouse in Mactan, a mansion in Banawa, a condo in Cebu Business Park, and another condo in Banawa are allegedly some of the properties amassed by Monsignor Roberto Alesna. “How many properties does one priest need to serve one Church?” wrote the Facebook page whispers from the walls, which [ ] The post Enrichment charges raised against Cebu priest; archdiocese won’t…
People started leaving one hour and 30 minutes after the scheduled start of Saturday afternoon’s forum on heritage with Cebu City Mayor-elect Nestor Archival. An academic and top university official I shared a table with said she, like many, was promptly at the venue on the scheduled start. The forum, Bililhong Bahandi (Treasured Heritage), was [ ] The post Stakeholders wondered whether heritage…
Cebu Archbishop Jose Palma said the problem on sexual abuse by the clergy needs a “new paradigm.” Palma issued the statement in reaction to the publication by a US watchdog of a list of 82 priests and brothers publicly accused of the sexual abuse of minors. Of the 82, 10 have links to Cebu. Palma [ ] The post Archbishop Palma’s statement: Encouraging but we need action appeared first on Leon…
TWO executives of a Cebu-based business process outsourcing (BPO) company have been arrested along with a United States-based officer for allegations of defrauding elderly authors in the US of almost $44 million or more than P2.5 billion. The information was posted in a press release published by the United States Attorney’s Office Southern District of [ ] The post Cebu BPO linked to P2.5 billion…
Cebu Governor Gwendolyn Garcia will announce legal action against the National Museum of the Philippines (NMP) over four pulpit panels stolen from the heritage church of Boljoon in southern Cebu. Garcia will hold a press conference to make the announcement Monday noon. It will be streamed live over the Sugbo News Facebook page, in case [ ] The post Gov Gwen to announce case against NMP; DOT offers…
I used TurboScribe.ai to automatically transcribe the press conference held by Cebu Archbishop Jose S. Palma Tuesday and was surprised at the high degree of accuracy in its Bisaya transcription. In several minutes when Archdiocesan media liaison officer Monsignor Joseph Tan spoke in Cebuano, TurboScribe was about 97 percent accurate. That was more than good [ ] The post TurboScribe vastly improves…
From mid-year releases, the annual audit report (AAR) of government agencies are now uploaded to the Commission on Audit (COA) website from December 1 to 15. They now also come with an update on what the audited agency has done to address findings. The changes are contained in a COA memorandum issued in July, COA [ ] The post Changes in COA annual audit publication helpful to journalists appeared…
The mix-up in the identity of the patron saint of Dalaguete should be corrected, its parish priest Father Prudencio Elbao told me on Saturday. The church is officially the parish of San Guillermo de Acquitania. But priests I interviewed for my Rappler story said the identity of this San Guillermo is a conflation of three [ ] The post We have to correct the error in Dalaguete’s patronage, church…
The Christmas tree lighting at the lobby of Sheraton Cebu Mactan Resort last Saturday evening reminded me why I love dining there. After the ceremonies, we had buffet dinner at 5 Cien and I gravitated, as is my wont, to the seafood station. The star for me was the tuna sashimi. Its freshness made it [ ] The post Sheraton Mactan does seafood right appeared first on Leon Kilat: The Tech Experiments…