City Hall rescues nine ‘abandoned’ kids

Inna Gian Mejia, USJ-R Intern Rosalie O. Abatayo 10/25/2017

Cebu City social workers rescued nine minors aged between 8 to 15 years old from roadside shanties which they occupied along the North Reclamation Area (NRA) and in downtown Cebu City. All of the nine rescued children…

DAY OF HOMAGE

Ador Vincent S. Mayol, USJ-R Intern Rosalie O. Abatayo 10/19/2017

People from all walks of life came to the Cebu Metropolitan Cathedral to pay their last respect to and mourn the death of Cebu Archbishop Emeritus Ricardo Cardinal Vidal Edith Bontuyan, 65, never had a personal interaction…

Security up for All Saints’, All Souls’ Day

USJ-R Intern Rosalie O. Abatayo 10/18/2017

Cebu City Hall in contact with military to monitor Maute remnants Cebu City Hall is coordinating with the military and the National Intelligence Coordinating Agency (Nica) to prevent a spillover of violence from the Marawi City siege.…

SRP makes Cebu country’s 4th richest city

Jose Santino S. Bunachita, USJ-R Intern Rosalie O. Abatayo 10/17/2017

CEBU City has maintained its position as the only city in the Visayas to make it to the Commission on Audit (COA) 2016 list of top 10 richest cities in the country; and credit goes to the…

Illegal quarry ‘hurts’ Budlaan

Doris C. Bongcac, USJ-R Intern Rosalie O. Abatayo 10/17/2017

A fallen mango tree and loose soil covered the mountain road in Barangay Budalaan, Cebu City, early on Tuesday, obstructing the flow of traffic in the area. Half of the two-lane road was already passable to motorcycles…

Sticker posting, house visits in Pajo

Norman V. Mendoza, USJ-R Intern Rosalie O. Abatayo 09/25/2017

Rather than spray-paint houses that identified them as drug dens, Barangay Pajo Chairman Junard Chan and the Lapu-Lapu City police used a different tactic in yesterday’s visit at Sitio Paradise. Chan and Senior Supt. Rommel Cabagnot posted…

764 CV cops get promotions

Benjie B. Talisic, USJ-R Intern Rosalie O. Abatayo 09/25/2017

A TOTAL of 764 policemen in Central Visayas were accorded their respective promotions in a ceremony held at the St. Ignatius chapel located inside the Police Regional Office in Central Visayas (PRO-7) compound on Monday morning. Police…

Garganera: No program to solve flooding

Jose Santino S. Bunachita, USJ-R Intern Rosalie O. Abatayo 09/22/2017

JUST a few hours of rain on Thursday afternoon caused heavy floods and monstrous traffic in major streets in Cebu City. The same problem that the residents have been facing regardless of who the sitting officials are…

LPA causing heavy rains

USJ-R Intern Rosalie O. Abatayo 09/22/2017

A low pressure area (LPA) spotted 195 kilometers east of Legaspi, Albay, caused the downpour of rain for the past two days, according to the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration in Visayas (Pagasa). Pagasa Visayas…

Rama camp vows to retake council majority

USJ-R Intern Rosalie O. Abatayo 09/22/2017

WITH Presidential Assistant to the Visayas Michael Dino on their side, Cebu City councilors affiliated with Barug Team Rama hope to see a new majority in the council with their nomination of Renato “Junjun” Osmeña Jr. to…

Elderly woman, son, two men nabbed in Pasil; P100K shabu seized

USJ-R Intern Rosalie O. Abatayo 09/15/2017

NEARLY P100,000 worth of drugs were seized by police from an elderly woman, her son and two others in Sitio Lawis, Barangay Pasil, Cebu City Friday morning. The 64-year-old suspect identified as Evangeline Oyao admitted that she…

Gov’t needs P1B for rehab of quake-hit areas in Leyte

USJ-R Intern Rosalie O. Abatayo 09/08/2017

Around P1 billion is needed to rehabilitate earthquake-stricken towns in Leyte province. The estimate is contained in a report by the members of the Post Disaster Needs Assessment (PDNA) team of the National Economic and Development Authority…

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