Manual vote recount in 19 Cebu precincts

Sheila Mae Gumapon 06/02/2016

A RANDOM manual audit committee has been verifying the ballots of 19 clustered precincts in Cebu province and one in Bohol province since last Tuesday. The ballot audit was intended to reassess the accuracy of the vote-counting…

CCTVs, Wi-Fi hotspots for two Apas schools

Sheila Mae Gumapon 06/02/2016

WHEN classes start on June 13, students in two schools in Barangay Apas, Cebu City will have 16 security cameras to monitor the school premises for their safety 24/7 and a bonus of 16 free Wi-Fi hotspots…

Manual count done for Cebu, Bohol precincts

Sheila Mae Gumapon 06/02/2016

A RANDOM manual audit committee in coordination with the Commission on Elections (Comelec), National Citizens Movement for Free Elections (Namfrel) and Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) conducted a manual verification of the ballots from 19 clustered precincts in…

200 families due for eviction in Calamba seek city govt’s help

Nestle L. Semilla, Sheila Mae Gumapon 06/01/2016

AT LEAST 200 families, who are facing eviction and the demolition of their homes in Sitio Almacen, Barangay Calamba, sought yesterday the Cebu city government’s help in their relocation. The families made the call after the court…

DEFIANT 42

Chito O. Aragon, Jose Santino S. Bunachita, Sheila Mae Gumapon 05/26/2016

To about 42 barangay captains in Cebu City, the city-owned vehicles assigned to them are not mere decorative or status-symbol items that City Hall could get back at will. They have “life and death” uses, the barangay…

CCTO: Expect heavy traffic due to Gabii sa Kabilin

Sheila Mae Gumapon 05/26/2016

Heavy traffic is expected in downtown Cebu City tomorrow evening as roads will be closed due to the 10th Gabii sa Kabilin (Night of Heritage). “We are expecting a heavy traffic this coming Friday. This is going…

City plans to put up water stations in drought-affected areas

Sheila Mae Gumapon 05/24/2016

TO address water shortage, the Cebu City government is planning to put up water stations in areas affected by the dry spell. “We were thinking of putting up water stations around the city, but first we have…

Village execs willing to return cash incentives

Jose Santino S. Bunachita, Sheila Mae Gumapon 05/19/2016

SOME barangay officials in Cebu City are willing to return the cash incentives they received from the city government last year that was recently disallowed by the Commission on Audit (COA). But others, including Association of Barangay…

Allegations fly over vote buying

Carmel Loise Matus, Jameela Antoniette I. Mendoza, Jose Santino S. Bunachita, Julit C. Jainar, Michaela Jaycel L. Dolores, Nestle L. Semilla, Sheila Mae Gumapon 05/08/2016

Opposing political camps in Cebu, Mandaue and Talisay cities yesterday accused each other of buying votes, as insinuated by some photos circulated through social media. All the candidates were quick to deny the allegations. In Cordova town…

Multi-sectoral group to help monitor polls

Rhobie A. Ruaya, Sheila Mae Gumapon 05/05/2016

A MULTI-SECTORAL group called on the public to exercise and protect their right to vote on the May 9 elections. Organized last month, the Ecumenical Movement Against Electoral Fraud and Violence voiced support for the Cebu Citizens…

Bar exam results out today

Sheila Mae Gumapon 05/02/2016

THE results of the 2015 Bar examinations will be released by the Supreme Court (SC) today. Some 6,600 aspiring lawyers completed the exams held in all Sundays of November at the University of Santo Tomas in Manila.…

Man posing as CIDG nabbed

Sheila Mae Gumapon 04/27/2016

A man was arrested for posing as a police officer in Liloan town, Cebu last Monday. Mario Delos Santos, a 41-year-old resident of Guian, Eastern Samar posed as an agent of the Criminal Investigation and Detective Group…

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