Heavy rainfall hits Metro Cebu area

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 06/12/2016

MODERATE to heavy rains have hit Metro Cebu, prompting the Mactan office of the state weather bureau Pagasa to issue a thunderstorm advisory at 9 am today. Pagasa Mactan weather specialist Vhan Singson said the affected areas…

Oil spill reported off Piscador Island

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 06/11/2016

THE Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) in Cebu has started an investigation into an oil spill in the coastal waters of Piscador Island off the town of Moalboal in southern Cebu. PCG Cebu Station Commander Agapito Bibat said…

Classroom lack eased as 2 Lapu-Lapu schools get 3 new buildings

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag, Norman V. Mendoza 06/11/2016

THREE new school buildings with 37 classrooms, built at the cost of P62 million, have helped ease the shortage of classrooms in two public schools in Lapu-Lapu City. Dr. Marilyn Andales, Schools Division superintendent of the Department…

Cebu’s dried-up water sources are starting to recover, says Pagasa

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 06/11/2016

There is now a bigger chance the rainfall in Cebu will normalize before the end of June and allow the water sources that were dried up by the El Niño weather phenomenon to begin to recover, the…

‘PH should know more about Lapu’

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 06/11/2016

The country’s historians should conduct extensive research on the life of chieftain Lapu-Lapu whom President-elect Rodrigo Duterte wants to be honored as a hero. Balbino “Ka Bino” Guerrero, a local history enthusiast, heritage interpreter and at the…

Coast Guard looks into oil spill in Moalboal, Cebu

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 06/11/2016

Philippine Coast Guard is looking into the cause of the oil spill detected in the waters near Piscador Island, a known diving spot in Moalboal town, about 88 km southwest of here. Philippine Coast Guard Station Commander…

‘NO OVERKILL’

Ador Vincent S. Mayol, Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 06/07/2016

There were no signs of overkill and close-range firing. These were the initial results of the autopsy conducted yesterday by the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) forensic team from Manila on the remains of John Jason Montes.…

CHR forensic team conducts autopsy on remains of drug suspect

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 06/06/2016

CEBU CITY–A four man-team of the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) forensic division from Manila arrived in Cebu City on Monday afternoon to conduct an autopsy on the remains of John Jason Montes who the police claimed…

Cebu radio exec joins Duterte’s official family

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 06/05/2016

Another Cebuano has been chosen to become a member of the official family of President-elect Rodrigo Duterte. Juniño Padilla, station manager of Cebu-based dyRC, was chosen as the assistant secretary and head for media and press relations…

No vacuum at CCTO despite Gealon resignation

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 06/04/2016

THE Cebu City Transportation Office (CCTO) will not be left with a vacuum even with the resignation of lawyer Rey Gealon as executive director. Cebu City Acting Mayor Margot Osmeña said Joy Tumulak, CCTO operations head and…

Orphans can stay at Parian Drop-In Center

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 06/04/2016

THE Cebu City government has offered to take custody of the five orphaned children of a couple slain on Banacon Island a day after the bloody police operation against alleged drug lord Rowen Secretaria so they can…

Baby boy abandoned in Daanbantayan dies

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 06/04/2016

THE abandoned premature baby found in Barangay Maya, Daanbantayan last May 25 passed away last Wednesday inside the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of Vicente Sotto Memorial Medical Center (VSMMC). Heidie Aplece, Daanbantayan Municipal Social Welfare and Development…

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