THINGS THAT STOOD OUT IN THE YEAR THAT WAS
1. SHUTOUT OF MANILA LAW SCHOOLS FROM TOP 10
in bar examinations. Cebu’s University of San Carlos led “promdi” 2016 aspirants with Karen Mae Calma as the first woman #1 topnotcher from Cebu, with the rating of 89.05%. (The first in the country was Tecla San Andres Ziga in 1930 with 89.4%.)
2. ‘LIE OF THE YEAR’
Trump’s repeated claims that Russia didn’t interfere with the 2016 U.S. elections -- Politifact, a Pulitzer-prize awardee website, made the choice.
3. ‘GAME OF THE YEAR’
“The Legend of Zelda: a Breath of the Wild,” produced by Nintendo that Stuff Gadget Awards of 2017 says has created a superb video game far more riveting than the Trump-Kim Jong-un clash
4. INTERESTING TATOOS
Rose tattoo on President Duterte’s arm and a dragon-like tattoo on son Paolo Duterte’s back. Father Digong showed his but son Paolo refused, telling the Senate committee: “No way.” Sen. Antonio Trillanes contended it would prove Paolo’s membership with China’s Triad.
5. NO-HIGH-HEELS AT WORK PLACE, 5-YEAR DRIVER’S LICENSES
were among the popular changes made by Duterte.
6. AND YES, THE BURIAL OF RICARDO VIDAL, THE SECOND CARDINAL WHOM CEBU BURIED IN THREE DECADES.
The first was Julio Rosales in 1983. Vidal, 86, was the third archbishop of Cebu, after Gabriel Reyes, who died in 1952 while serving as archbishop of Manila, and Rosales). Vidal served Cebu for more than two decades.