Transport group to hold rally Wednesday

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 11/08/2015

THE militant transport group Pagkakaisa ng mga Samahan ng Tsuper at Opereytor Nationwide (Piston)–Cebu chapter will hold a rally on Wednesday, November 11, to protest the impending operation of the SM My Bus in Cebu and other…

Campaign for garden parks launched

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 11/08/2015

Forty urban barangays in Cebu City are being invited to join a campaign to convert idle spaces in their locality into gardens and art parks. The Great Urban Challenge was launched yesterday by the Youth for Livable…

Chinese consular office in Cebu to reopen soon

Apple Ta-as, Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 11/08/2015

The Chinese Consular Office in Cebu has a new acting head and is expected to resume operations soon except for the processing of visa applications. The office  was closed following the Oct. 21 shooting in Lighthouse Restaurant…

Skies clear, haze-free in Cebu

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 11/07/2015

  There’s no need to wear N95 masks anymore. The Environmental Management Bureau (EMB-7) yesterday declared Cebu as totally haze free. Bohol was also cleared. Dumaguete city’s  air quality was also found within standards, although an EMB…

Customs collector survives car ambush in Talisay City

Apple Ta-as, Michelle Joy L. Padayhag, Rene Alima 11/06/2015

A Customs official  survived an ambush on  Wednesday night while riding  home to Talisay City. Two men on a motorbike fired at his vehicle, injuring the driver,  past 7:30 p.m. on  Rabaya Street, Nonoc in barangay Tabanok.…

Cabbie loses license, but given chance to answer charges

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 11/06/2015

A TAXI operator turned over the license of its driver accused of groping a female passenger last month to the regional Land Transportation Office (LTO-7) yesterday. But LTO-7 operations chief Joel Maloloy-on said the driver, identified as…

BFAR 7, Coast Guard to work together to combat corruption

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 11/04/2015

THE Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) in Central Visayas and the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR-7) assured  they would  prevent corruption with higher fines and penalties under  Republic Act 10654 or the Act to Prevent, Deter…

Customs prepares warrant for confiscated used tires

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 11/04/2015

THE Bureau of Customs (BOC) Port of Cebu will soon issue a warrant of seizure and detention for the custody of the used tires which were seized from a warehouse in barangay Subangdaku, Mandaue City last week.…

EMB-7 to get more air monitor equipment

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 11/02/2015

THE Environmental Management Bureau (EMB-7) said it is expecting new equipment worth P11 million from the central office to monitor air quality in Cebu. EMB-7 Regional Director William Cuñado said the cities of Cebu, Mandaue and Lapu-Lapu…

Tourist vans impounded

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 11/02/2015

Drivers not allowed to pick up passengers in terminals Two tourist vans were apprehended by the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB-7) and Land Transportation Office (LTO-7) in separate areas last Saturday for picking up passengers,…

Advocates push for blast-free fish markets

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 11/01/2015

Various stakeholders in the campaign against illegal fishing agreed to work to ensure that fish sold in markets, especially Pasil fish market in Cebu City, would be dynamite-free. Doing this would require training consumers and fish inspectors…

Tombstones at sea for Cebuano diver

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 11/01/2015

Students and friends of the late dive instructor  Al Bernard Coyoca lay  tombstones under the sea in his favorite diving spot in Mactan island  and another where he was found after an unsolved  Sept. 30 dynamite blast…

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