Fire victims: How to help, donate

Juli Ann M. Sibi, Nestle L. Semilla 12/31/2015

Donations and relief aid are being received for survivors of the post-Christmas fire in sitio Avocado in barangay Lahug, Cebu City. Cooked meals in styropacks, sacks of rice, used clothes and dry good continue to arrive at…

Emergency needs first before UP Cebu dialog, says Labella

Juli Ann M. Sibi, Nestle L. Semilla 12/31/2015

ACTING Mayor Edgardo Labella yesterday said the Cebu city government will  talk with the landowner of the burned sitio in barangay Lahug “after we attend to the emergency needs” of the fire victims. He said City Hall…

Binay bounces back

Editorial 12/31/2015

It’s not a miracle  but Vice President Jejomar Binay’s resurgence in the Pulse Asia and Social Weather Station (SWS) surveys, topping both  near the year end, is still enough to surprise anyone who counted him out of…

Use horns, not firecrackers for safe New Year revelry

Nestle L. Semilla 12/31/2015

Avoid the risk of firecracker blasts. Use toy horns (torotot) and other noisemakers to usher in the New Year. This reminder, issued before the yearend revelry, has officials of the Cebu City Health Department hoping that fewer…

P26M okayed for material recovery plants

Victor Anthony V. Silva 12/31/2015

THE Cebu Provincial Board (PB) approved over P26 million in cash aid to to local government units in the province for the construction of material recovery facilities (MRF). An MRF is supposed to be set up in…

Rizal Day reminds officials to cherish democracy, not bicker

Juli Ann M. Sibi 12/31/2015

CEBU City Acting Mayor Edgardo Labella yesterday called on public officials  to remember the heroism of Jose Rizal and their own duty to serve  the Filipino people. Labella spoke in Plaza Sugbu  at an outdoor ceremony marking…

P200K worth of seized firecrackers destroyed

Apple Ta-as, Rene F. Alima 12/31/2015

Police yesterday soaked  assorted firecrackers in drums of water  in a ceremony destroying seized goods  worth more than P200,000 at the Police Regional Office (PRO) 7 headquarters. The firecrackers were seized from street vendors in simultaneous crackdowns…

Fewer Capitol workers use drugs

Mary Claire U. Catado 12/31/2015

There were fewers cases of drug use among local government employees in Cebu province this year, said the Cebu Provincial Anti-Drug Abuse Commission (CPADAC). There were 48  cases among LGU  employees and 11 cases in the provincial…

Man stabbed by brother in father’s wake

Apple Ta-as, Rene F. Alima 12/31/2015

A 27-year-old man was stabbed and wounded by his older brother during the vigil wake of their father in Toledo City on Tuesday morning. Police said the attack may have been triggered by the emotional stress over…

Tricycle driver dead in Dalaguete collision

Apple Ta-as, Rene F. Alima 12/31/2015

A tricycle driver died after he was hit by a speeding delivery van in barangay Coro, Dalaguete town, southern Cebu Tuesday afternoon. Police said the  victim Fernando Villahermosa Jr. suddenly  drove his  tricycle across the road  when…

Preparing textbooks for 2016

Jobers R. Bersales 12/31/2015

Next year will mark two important events in the life of this country. We shall elect another president come May 9, 2016—together with local government officials—and a month or so later, the first batch of Grade 11…

OFWs in C. Visayas get Christmas treat

PR 12/31/2015

Around 1,600 overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) and their families flocked to The Terraces in Ayala Center Cebu to attend the OFW Family Day organized by the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration in Central Visayas (OWWA 7) last Dec.…

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