Memories and friends
This Bystander started this month bidding the Old Year 2012 goodbye, and welcoming this New Year of Faith 2013 with prayers for hope, peace and love as we move along with the changing times.
This Bystander started this month bidding the Old Year 2012 goodbye, and welcoming this New Year of Faith 2013 with prayers for hope, peace and love as we move along with the changing times.

Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile played Santa Claus last Christmas, making a list and checking it twice as he gave gifts to Senate members and personnel apparently on the basis of who were “naughty” or “nice.”
SM City Cebu gathered the street children under the care of the Cebu City Task Force on Streetchildren for a gift-giving activity at the Northwing Atrium.

The Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) called off a holiday truce with the government two weeks ahead of schedule, saying the Aquino administration reneged on the ceasefire deal.

Classes up to secondary level in all public schools nationwide will resume on Thursday, the Department of Education announced on Tuesday.
Year 2012 is now almost out the door. Was it an undiluted “Annus Horribilis” or “Year of Horror”?
Im sure many of us Cebuanos enjoyed a merry Christmas. I wish everyone a prosperous and peaceful New Year!
In this Year of Faith, two messages provide inspiration and promise for our troubled times.
Ninety-one-year-old Milagros Ouano looks forward to Christmas.
Next time you see President Aquino and he looks more relaxed than usual, maybe you should credit the horses for it.
She called it “the most unique Christmas celebration in my entire life.” Suspended Gov. Gwendolyn Garcia stuck to her word about not leaving the Capitol, and spent her noche buena with family and supporters in her second floor office.

Here’s a tip to children coming from no less than a Roman Catholic priest: Don’t grouse if you failed to see your godparents on Christmas Day to ask them for gifts. You still have until New Year’s Day to hunt them down.

President Barack Obama is likely to cut short his traditional Christmas holiday in Hawaii to return to Washington as lawmakers consider how to prevent the economy from going over the so-called “fiscal cliff,” the White House said Tuesday.