Hundreds show up at Comelec on last day of SK registration

Carine M. Asutilla, Jose Santino S. Bunachita, Victor Anthony V. Silva 09/30/2014

Though registration may have slowed down in the past few days, the number of youth voters in Cebu in next year’s Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) elections rose slightly from the 2010 elections. The provincial Commission on Elections (Comelec)…

Robbery suspect falls

Carine M. Asutilla, Chito O. Aragon, Melissa Q. Cabahug 09/30/2014

Police arrested a man who was suspected to be one of the two who robbed a gasoline station in barangay Talamban, Cebu City at Thursday dawn. Melvin Roble, 33, who was arrested in his home in sitio…

Lapu lieutenant guns down waiter

Carine M. Asutilla, Norman V. Mendoza 09/27/2014

A Lapu-Lapu city policeman was arrested  after he shot dead a waiter and wounded a bouncer in a commotion in a bar past midnight yesterday. Insp. Rogelio Amoroso, 35, later went to the police station to surrender.…

58 houses demolished

Carine M. Asutilla 09/25/2014

Jovy Florentino carried her one-month-old baby out of their home in sitio Galaxy, barangay Maguikay, Mandaue City as demolition teams asked them to get out and take their belongings. Florentino was among  the 58 families who are…

El Niño, flooding risks part of challenge ahead

Carine M. Asutilla, Jose Santino S. Bunachita 09/24/2014

The effects of El Niño may be felt in November or not at all. But what’s certain is that there will be strong typhoons until December, said Engr. Oscar Tabada, PAGASA Mactan director. “We experienced that before.…

What gov’t, households can do to prevent flooding right now

Anie M. Paujana, Carine M. Asutilla 09/21/2014

‘CLEAR RIVERS, CATCH  RAIN’ Harvest the rain using roof gutters and store it in barrels or tanks. This is something ordinary residents can do to help minimize flooding, officials said. Mandaue City planning officer Florentino Nimor J.,…

Hospital says baby ‘dead’ when mother was admitted

Carine M. Asutilla, Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 09/17/2014

The administration of the Vicente Sotto Memorial Medical Center (VSMMC) said the baby of pregnant Antonieta Torreon was already dead when she reached the hospital’s admission section last Sunday dawn. “This was a case of a previable…

‘Why didn’t they tell us sooner?’

Carine M. Asutilla, Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 09/17/2014

RENJIE Torreon and his wife Antonieta had planned to name their first born “Luis” after the typhoon that hit the country recently. Thirteen hours after his wife was admitted at the Vicente Sotto Memorial Medical Center (VSMMC),…

Cebu City classes suspended due to rains

Carine M. Asutilla, Doris C. Bongcac, Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 09/02/2014

Cebu City Mayor Michael Rama ordered the suspension of classes yesterday afternoon, sending elementary and high school students home early before a heavy downpour hit the city. Oscar Tabada, Mactan chief of the state weather bureau Pagasa,…

Excess rainfall in August

Carine M. Asutilla, Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 08/30/2014

THURSDAY’S downpour was caused by a low pressure area and took place during a “monsoon break” or spell of hot weather, said government weather experts. The volume of rain was also unusual. While the month of August…

Codeniera was shot at close range

Apple Ta-as, Carine M. Asutilla, Chito O. Aragon 08/27/2014

Noel Codeniera, the suspected big-time pusher who was killed by policemen serving a search warrant in Liloan town on Monday, was shot at close range, results of an autopsy show. Chief Insp. Benjamin Lara, medico-legal officer of…

‘Deeper reason’ for slay of Alcoy cop chief

Apple Ta-as, Carine M. Asutilla, Chito O. Aragon, Melissa Q. Cabahug 08/27/2014

The family of Insp. Crisanto Abella suspects that the killing of the chief of police of Alcoy town was pre-planned and that politicians could be behind the attack. Geraldine Dosdos, Abella’s common-law wife, said the policeman had…

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