Suspects in King murder arrested

Bencyrus Ellorin, Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 06/23/2014

Third update: 2: 38 p.m. Police on Sunday nabbed three suspects in the murder of businessman Richard King. Police sources identified the suspects as Paul Molina, Rodel dela Cerna and Rommel dela Cerna. The same sources said…

Boholana missing in CDO whitewater rafting accident

Bencyrus Ellorin 06/15/2014

The prime tourist attraction of Cagayan de Oro – whitewater rafting – may have been dealt a big blow when a local guest fell into the rapids and had gone missing last Friday. Azzi Calipusan Balbin, 26,…

More cars, radios for cops

Bencyrus Ellorin, Doris C. Bongcac 05/31/2014

Cebu City’s chief of police is not at all bothered with the statistics that show an increase in criminality in his area of responsibility. Senior Supt. Noli Romana said he’d rather have an accurate crime picture and…

Weather bureau asks public to take ‘extreme caution’ under the sun

Bencyrus Ellorin, Jose Santino S. Bunachita 05/05/2014

The rising mercury in thermometers may not be the only thing Cebuanos need to watch as they sweat in the summer heat. The heat in the past few days is cause for “extreme caution” said the Philippine…

PRO-7 tracking down one passenger in Cebu; DOH using H1N1 protocol in MERS

Bencyrus Ellorin, Inquirer, Michelle Joy L. Padayhag, Victor Anthony V. Silva 04/23/2014

HEALTH authorities yesterday said they are prepared to carry out provisions of the Quarantine Act of 2004 in case any of the passengers of the Etihad Airways flight refuses to be examined for possible infection of the…

Discarded veggies, fruits end up as 100% eco-friendly fertilizer

Bencyrus Ellorin 04/22/2014

Waste from Carbon market, Cebu City’s oldest and biggest public market, ends up at the Inayawan dump site. But a start-up company has found a way of using this waste – mostly discarded vegetables, fruits and other…

UN: Earth warming undeniable, pollution its chief cause

Bencyrus Ellorin 04/14/2014

The United Nations (UN) Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change released today in Berlin, Germany its 5th Assessment Report that pointed to unequivocal proof of unprecedented warming of the planet’s temperature since the 1950s. The report also points…

No warnings for tornadoes

Bencyrus Ellorin 04/10/2014

The force of Tuesday’s tornado that ripped roofs off shanties in south Cebu City was estimated at 200 kilometers an hour, said veteran weatherman Oscar Tabada. At that speed, the mini-tornado had the strength of a supertyphoon.…

Don’t blame climate change for everything

Bencyrus Ellorin 03/27/2014

Not all calamities are caused by climate change and not all funding for climate change should be for disasters. This is the gist of the message of climate change campaigner Renato Redentor Constantino of the Institute for…

Tiamzons’ inquest should be in Cebu

Bencyrus Ellorin 03/25/2014

Lawyers of captured Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) leaders Benito and Wilma Tiamzon yesterday questioned the inquest proceedings held at  Camp Crame in Quezon City, saying it is “highly irregular”. President Aquino said the arrest the …

Rama wants dead out of Lorega graveyard

Bencyrus Ellorin 03/23/2014

The Lorega fire tragedy adds  a new twist as Cebu City Mayor Michael Rama intends to clear the old cemetery and use it as a resettlement site for thousands of residents displaced by the March 18 fire.…

Inday Nita and my social realities awakening

Bencyrus Ellorin 02/25/2014

AS a gradeschooler in Gingoog City, Misamis Oriental, the voice of Inday Nita from that ubiquitous transistor radio provided me my first lessons in Philippine social realities. Ranting over the radio the ‘fake’ lifting of Proclamation 1081…

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