Bullet meant to scare, hits boy

Apple Ta-as 02/27/2014

A 15-year-old streetchild was shot in the leg by a security guard after he was allegedly caught trying to break into a restaurant in Cebu City yesterday morning.   The suspect, Gleen Culanag of CQB Security Agency,…

Road-sharing experiment

Editorial 02/27/2014

The monster traffic congestion in Manila caused by some road projects have given ecology advocates yet another field day to lobby their “road sharing” plan to the riding public in Metro Cebu. Noted environmentalist lawyer Antonio Oposa…

DSWD to ‘level up service’ amid disasters

Victor Anthony V. Silva 02/27/2014

The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) regional office  marked its 63rd anniversary with a commitment to deliver “faster, smarter and better” service to the public. During their anniversary celebration at the Crown Regency Hotel in…

Rama distributes 59 homelot titles

Doris C. Bongcac 02/27/2014

Cirpriano Perolino, 72, now owns the lot that he has been squatting on for 54 years in Spolarium Street, Barangay Duljo Fatima in Cebu City. Perolino was one of the 59 recipients of the lot titles distributed…

City Council OKs funding of P1.3M JO money claims

Doris C. Bongcac 02/27/2014

The Cebu City Council yesterday approved a resolution authorizing the release of additional funds to  pay  the salaries of 20 job order employees who were  assigned to act as security personnel of the Pasil Fish Port. Councilor…

Filinvest not giving up fight for MCIA project

Doris C. Bongcac 02/27/2014

Filinvest-Changi Airports International Consortium vows to build one of the “best airports in the world.” The  consortium which gave the second-highest bid for the Mactan Cebu International Airport (MCIA) Expansion Project said they are  proposing to build…

YOLY BUDGET CUT: Capitol slashes rehab fund request to make it ‘more realistic’

Peter L. Romanillos 02/27/2014

From P26.8 billion, Cebu is now asking Malacañang to just shell out P9.4 billion to bankroll the rehabilitation of towns flattened by supertyphoon Yolanda. Cebu Gov. Hilario Davide III yesterday said they revised their funding request to…

Smart offers mobile satellite service

Aileen Garcia-Yap 02/27/2014

Smart Communications yesterday launched the first prepaid mobile satellite service called SmartSAT. The satellite phone proved to be the gadget of last resort when all else fails, said Jane Paredes, Visayas head for corporate communications, as she…

MIXERS ARE KINGS

Calvin D. Cordova 02/27/2014

What once looked like an untouchable record has just been shattered. American head coach Tim Cone  made himself the winningest coach in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) last night after steering the San Mig Coffee Mixers to…

Mike’s night

Malou Guanzon Apalisok 02/27/2014

Last Monday, members of the Rama clan, friends, guests from the media, diplomatic circle and national government agencies joined Cebu city government officials to honor outstanding individuals and organizations in a testimonial dinner marking the city’s 77th…

Why the promise of Edsa eludes us

Jobers R. Bersales 02/27/2014

Once again we witnessed the spectacle of celebrations that remember the 1986 People Power Revolution last Tuesday right here in Cebu. Those among us who were privileged to be student activists in the years that eventually led…

Tourism players ink pact to protect reef

Norman V. Mendoza 02/27/2014

TOURISM stakeholders in Cebu yesterday signed a covenant to protect Lapu-Lapu’s coral reefs. The covenant signing was triggered after a plate coral at the Kontiki Wall in barangay Maribago was vandalized. “We are here to protect and…

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