Kawasan Falls: A paradise lost to Queenie

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 11/30/2014

KAWASAN Falls – the multi-layered waterfalls considered as the pride of Badian town – was an unimaginable picture of devastation as the weather cleared the day after tropical depression Queenie unleashed its wrath over southern Cebu. Badian…

Typhoon-resilient Christmas tree set up in Fuente

Doris C. Bongcac 11/30/2014

Cebu City officially starts  its Yuletide season tomorrow with the lighting of the giant Christmas tree in Fuente Osmeña. This year a “typhoon-resilient” design of steel and wood will dominate the park. The 120-feet tree will resemble…

Additional P5M budget eyed for Operation Second Chance

Doris C. Bongcac 11/30/2014

The fate of Operation Second Chance, where minor offenders are detained, hangs in the balance. With plans of the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology  (BJMP) to pull out their police personnel, the Cebu city government has…

Rama meets families living in cemetery today

Edison Delos Angeles 11/30/2014

Cebu City Mayor Michael Rama will present the city’s plan to develop the Doña Pepang cemetery in barangay Carreta, Cebu City into a public park to the owners of the mausoleums and the relatives of the dead…

Lust for pork barrels

Ricky Poca 11/30/2014

Congress has become an incorrigible institution  madly in love or in lust with their wasteful pork barrel. Despite the Supreme Court decision declaring the PDAF or pork barrel unconstitutional, congress has once again inserted a provision for…

Drilon, Almendras aid sought for CCMC project

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 11/30/2014

The Cebu City government hopes to secure assistance from top national government officials to fund the P1 billion Cebu City Medical Center (CCMC) project. Cebu City Mayor Michael Rama said he wrote Cabinet Secretary Jose Rene Almendras…

Petition asks DPWH to continue reclamation

Marian Z. Codilla 11/30/2014

  A petition signed by 70 residents of the shoreline sitio of Talisay in Boljoon town asked  the government to continue its original plan for a reclamation project there. James Dellosa, district engineer, of the Department of…

Trike driver, tanod killed in Lapu-Lapu shootings

Norman V. Mendoza 11/30/2014

A tricycle driver and a barangay tanod were killed in separate shooting incidents in Lapu-Lapu City. Gerald Magsigay, 32, was fatally shot allegedly by his neighbor in barangay Basak around 3 p.m. last Friday. Police identified the…

Man threatens mother with chainsaw

Melissa Q. Cabahug 11/30/2014

A man was arrested after he allegedly tried to kill his mother and attempted to burn their house in barangay Sta. Cruz, Cebu City. Facing attempted parricide and attempted arson charges is Jerry Lim, 44. The man’s…

5 Fall in Lapu drug bust

Apple Ta-as, Norman V. Mendoza 11/30/2014

Five persons were arrested in a buy-bust operation in barangay Gun-ob, Lapu-Lapu City last Friday afternoon. Arrested were Kevin Tampos, 20; Niño Yara, 18; Jopeth Omingil, 23; Jomar Baguio, 21; and Arip Ambol, 28. The subject of…

Drunk Nigerian nabbed

Melissa Q. Cabahug 11/30/2014

A Nigerian national was arrested for drunken behavior inside a resto bar in barangay Sambag 1, Cebu City last Friday dawn. A drunk Dominic Lincoln, 22, was accused of destroying things inside the bar in sitio Tianggihan.…

Boy who stared death in the face wants to be a soldier

Victor Anthony V. Silva 11/30/2014

Right after playing a game of “bato lata” with friends, Jason Baldado made his way across the Saliring Bridge in barangay Sto. Niño, Malabuyoc town, southern Cebu, like he would do on any ordinary day yesterday. Smiling…

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