OTBT yields P5.2M in shabu

Benjie B. Talisic, Jessa Mae O. Sotto 12/06/2018

POLICE arrested at least 12 persons, rescued two minors, and seized P5.2 million worth of illegal drugs in separate anti-drugs operations in Cebu City on Thursday. No one was killed. The simultaneous raids were part of yet…

CRUSHED HOPES

Delta Dyrecka Letigio and Inquirer.net, Jessa Mae O. Sotto, JOSE SANTINO BUNACHITA 12/05/2018

Implementation of second fuel excise tax in January crushes hopes of a continued downward trend in oil prices The series of rollbacks in fuel prices in the last quarter of this year is apparently too good to…

THREE E-GATES AT MCIA TO HASTEN PROCESSING OF PASSENGERS

Jessa Mae O. Sotto 12/05/2018

THREE new electronic gate (e-gate) machines at the Mactan Cebu International Airport (MCIA) are expected to cut the processing time of arriving Filipino travelers. Nelson Gallentes, chief of the Bureau of Immigration (BI) at MCIA, said at…

P2.4B budget pushed for 2019

Jessa Mae O. Sotto 12/03/2018

MANDAUE CITY’S EXECUTIVE DEP’T’s PROPOSAL The Mandaue City executive department is proposing a budget of P2.4 billion for 2019. The proposed budget will be almost two times less compared to the 2018 approved budget of P4.7 billion.…

LTFRB execs to tackle formula for predetermined PUV fare

Jessa Mae O. Sotto 12/02/2018

  The Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board will try to come up with a formula for a predetermined fare for public transportation in the country. Members of the LTFRB’s technical working group (TWG) which will meet…

Music that tugs the heart

Jessa Mae O. Sotto 12/02/2018

It was a Sunday afternoon when passersby caught a glimpse of a blind man playing with an old guitar and a harmonica all at once. Along Zamora and S.B. Cabahug street in Barangay Centro, Mandaue City, 74-year-old…

Expect colder days ahead says Pagasa

Jessa Mae O. Sotto 12/01/2018

BRACE for colder days ahead as a slight drop in temperature is anticipated in the month of December, the state weather bureau said. Engr. Alfredo Quiblat Jr., acting chief of the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services…

Help clean streets, not just homes, Lapu folk urged

Jessa Mae O. Sotto 12/01/2018

PROPER waste segregation and disposal and other best eco-friendly practices at the household level were reiterated during yesterday’s launching of the “Go Green” program of Lapu-Lapu City Hall. In a speech, Regional Director William Cuñado of the…

‘Prepare selves for prayers, not parties’

Jessa Mae O. Sotto 12/01/2018

FAITHFUL TOLD As the world entered the first day of the last month of the Western calendar year, the Catholic Church called on their faithful to “spiritually prepare themselves” for the annual observance of the Advent season.…

Slight drop in temperature expected

Jessa Mae O. Sotto 12/01/2018

With the start of December, expect a slight drop in temperature, the weather bureau Pag-asa said. Weather Specialists Jomar Eclarino of Pagasa Mactan said they anticipated about a temperature ranging from 24 to 30 degrees Celsius this…

Advent season starts Sunday

Jessa Mae O. Sotto 12/01/2018

Catholics in Cebu and the rest of the world today welcome the season of Advent, the start of another liturgical year. Advent, a Latin word meaning adventus or “coming,” has a two-fold character, said Msgr. Joseph Tan,…

DENR to Apo workers: Quarry ban stands

Jessa Mae O. Sotto, Rosalie O. Abatayo 11/29/2018

Despite the appeal of Apo Cement Corporation (Apocemco) employees, the Department of Environment and Natural Resources in Central Visayas (DENR – 7) stood firm on its decision to suspend the company’’s quarry operations. DENR – 7 Regional…

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