WIFE ATTACKS ‘RIVAL’ WITH BAT

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 02/28/2015

Pregnant spouse of Ronda vice mayor  bashes  female lawyer in Cebu City parking lot; placed under hospital arrest Jealousy drove a pregnant wife  to attack a female lawyer with a baseball bat  on  Thursday  in Cebu City.…

Cebu city to chase April 2016 World Bank deadline for CCMC

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 02/28/2015

Mayor’s memo forms  new bidding committee; De los Santo is dropped Cebu city would have to rush its rebidding for construction of the new Cebu City Medical Center (CCMC) if it wants to avail of a World…

‘Leaks’ of COA reports bother City Hall officials

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 02/28/2015

“LET us answer first.” This was the appeal of Cebu City officials to the Commission on Audit (COA) after lamenting that audit reports were being “leaked” to the media. “All confidential information should first be received by…

‘Don’t keep coins in piggy banks for too long’

Melissa Q. Cabahug 02/28/2015

The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) is asking the public not to keep coins in the piggy banks for long periods of time to avoid coin shortage. Remedios Ilagan, senior currency specialist of BSP said saved coins…

Policeman accused of mauling suspect

Chito O. Aragon 02/28/2015

A policeman assigned at the Guadalupe Police Station in Cebu City was accused of mauling a 23-year-old man whom he arrested after allegedly stealing his daughter’s valuables in their house in barangay Bulacao last Sunday dawn. PO2…

Cebu City cop warns against poser using his name to collect debt

Melissa Q. Cabahug 02/28/2015

A POLICEMAN is complaining that some people are using his name in demanding payment for credit card debt. PO3 Rommel Oporto of the Investigation and Detention Management Branch (IDMB) of the Cebu City Police Office (CCPO) warned…

Noon fire razes 11 houses in Lapu-Lapu City

Norman V. Mendoza 02/28/2015

AS THE yearly observation of the Fire Prevention Month nears, 11 houses were razed in a noon fire that broke out in barangay Basak, Lapu-Lapu City yesterday. The fire reportedly started in the house of Jerry Monar…

7 Million Pesos shabu seized

Chito O. Aragon 02/28/2015

A MAN was arrested while P7 million worth of suspected illegal drugs were seized in a buy-bust  operation in barangay Labangon, Cebu City yesterday afternoon. Jonathan Cañada was allegedly capable of selling more than a kilo of…

Boy charged for rape

Norman V. Mendoza 02/28/2015

A COMPLAINT for statutory rape was filed against a 17-year-old boy accused of raping three minors in Lapu-Lapu City. The boy was accused of repeatedly raping his two step sisters aged six and seven and his three-year…

Capitol’s turn soon to give aid to elderly

Victor Anthony V. Silva 02/27/2015

A census will be made of senior citizens in Cebu province before the Capitol decides on how much to grant them as an annual allowance,  an official said yesterday. The  financial aid, promised in October last year,…

Carcar closes garbage dump

Melissa Q. Cabahug 02/27/2015

THE open dump site of Carcar City in south  Cebu  was officially closed last Wednesday after two years of operation. Its operation in sitio Palanas, barangay Poblacion I  was protested from the start by environment groups for…

Airshed board works for better air in 2015

Bencyrus Ellorin 02/27/2015

Cebu city air quality is ‘fair to good’ but Naga’s is worse than Metro Manila Closer air quality monitoring in  Metro Cebu  is expected  with the installation of more pollution monitoring stations by  midyear. Three devices capable…

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