SOME Barug Team Rama councilors supported yesterday the decision of Cebu City barangays to temporarily suspend the labeling of “drug-free” houses pending review. While they were mixed over the campaign initiated by Barangay Ermita, the opposition bloc were unanimous in saying that guidelines should be set that are acceptable to stakeholders especially the Commission on […]

The Police Regional Office said it will support the barangay tip box program of the Department of Interior and Local Governments (DILG). “The directive and project of DILG regarding the (tip box) is a welcome move to the police,” said Chief Supt. Jose Mario Espino, PRO-7 chief. DILG plans to put up boxes in each […]

To deter illegal drug use among minors, Vice Governor Agnes Magpale said it would be best for students in public and private high schools in Cebu to undergo random drug testing. Magpale said she does not see anything wrong with the Department of Education’s (DepEd) plan to require the more than 6,000 high school students […]

  Russia has offered to assist the Philippines in boosting the anti-terrorism capabilities of its security forces and support the Duterte administration’s intensive drive against illegal drugs, Foreign Affairs Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano said on Tuesday. Cayetano made this disclosure after meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on the sidelines of the East Asia […]

THE leadership of the House of Representatives said on Monday that it supported legalizing civil unions between same-sex and heterosexual people. In a press conference, Deputy Speaker Gwen Garcia said the times were calling for a law that would give property and custodial rights to heterosexual and same-sex couples. “I believe of great interest to […]

CEBU’S best practices in the war against human trafficking should be replicated and applied in other parts of the country, a top official of the Department of Justice (DOJ) said Thursday. “If Cebu has a good approach and proactive victim identification, let’s examine what makes it good and replicate it elsewhere,” said DOJ Asst. Secretary […]

Cebu Gov. Hilario Davide III yesterday declared his support for the construction of a second runway at the Mactan-Cebu International Airport even as the airport authority is still studying the unsolicited proposal from GMR–Megawide Cebu Airport Corporation (GMCAC) to takeover the runway and aviation services of MCIA. Davide, who also sits as one of the […]

THE fate of this year’s barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) elections, whether or not it will be postponed to 2018, is still pending at Congress, but Cebu governor Hilario Davide III expressed his disapproval on the possibility of selecting barangay chiefs through appointment. “No, I am not in favor of appointing the positions of barangay […]

THE Supreme Court is supporting the Court of Appeals in its legal tussle with the House of Representatives on the habeas corpus case of the six Ilocos Norte provincial officials who remain in detention after they were held in contempt more than a month ago. At a press conference, High Court’s Information Chief Theodore Te […]

CEBU Gov. Hilario Davide III is supporting the suspension of the implementation of Republic Act 10913, which is also known as the Anti-Distracted Driving Act (ADDA). The implementation of ADDA has drawn a lot of criticism after it was implemented last May 18 by the Department of Transportation and the Land Transportation Office. Davide said […]