Mayor Binay ordered suspended anew

06/30/2015

  The Office of the Ombudsman has issued a second suspension order against Mayor Jejomar Erwin Binay and other city officials over their participation in the alleged anomalous construction of the Makati Science High School building. Claro…

Probe says death of rookie cop an accident

Apple Ta-as 06/30/2015

Police investigators yesterday said the death of PO1 Christopher Ruiz Jr., who touched a live wire during a field  training exercise, was an accident. “I  already received the result of the investigation. They found out the incident…

Labra leaves PRO-7 to be police attaché

Apple Ta-as 06/30/2015

AFTER almost three years of holding a key position in the Police Regional Office Central Visayas (PRO) 7 as the head of the Regional Intelligence Division (RID), Senior Supt. Paul Labra II will soon vacate his post…

Cigarette butt may have caused blaze

AP 06/30/2015

TAIPEI, Taiwan — Investigators in Taiwan were focusing yesterday on the possibility that a cigarette butt or spark caused the blaze that burned 498 people at a weekend water park party when colored powder sprayed from the…

2 men charged for ’killing’ woman

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 06/30/2015

Two men were charged with murder before the Regional Trial Court in Cebu City for  the fatal shooting of a woman who was sleeping on a bench outside her residence in barangay Tejero, Cebu City. The Cebu…

33 City Hall workers use drugs

Nestle L. Semilla 06/30/2015

From January to June,  33 Cebu City Hall employees have  tested positive of drug use. Two are regular employees.  The rest are casual and job order employees. For the month of June, 18 employees tested positive of…

5 MOP brothers take vows

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 06/30/2015

Palma urges new members of Missionaries of the Poor to cherish the gift of mission As the Catholic Church yesterday celebrated the feast of Saints Peter and Paul, five young men have decided to leave life’s comforts…

DOE provides solar power in Bayawan, Negros Oriental

PR 06/30/2015

THE Department of Energy (DOE) installed 2,300 solar power facilities in households of indigenous peoples (IPs) in 15 remote barangays in Bayawan City, Negros Oriental. The off-grid hinterland barangays in Bayawan under the coverage of Negros Oriental…

Envoy visits Cebu for LGBT Pride Month

PR 06/30/2015

THE United States Embassy in Manila celebrated the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) Pride Month with a reception in Cebu hosted by US Ambassador to the Philippines Philip Goldberg last June 24. This was the first…

Dealing with drug addicts

06/30/2015

In the June 20 editorial “Stemming the tide of illegal drugs” we noted how police operations resulted in the arrest of drug pushers and confiscated more than P200 million worth of drugs within a span of three…

Rockin’ in the Free World: Neil Young vs Donald Trump

Gerard Pareja 06/30/2015

Salins Hulbot Neil Young, grand daddy of grunge, kumpitensya ni Bob Dylan, mihimo sa mga kantang “Heart of Gold,” “Like A Hurricane” ug mi-cover sa “Four Strong Winds.” Nasakop kadiyut sa CSNY ug leader sa Crazy Horse…

Getting in the way

Ricky Poca 06/30/2015

Think Bits I find  amusing the letter of the Regional Development Council (RDC) to Cebu City Mayor Mike Rama asking for his support and appealing that he not object to the number of road projects endorsed by…

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