31persons arrested

Margarette Managaytay 05/18/2016

POLICE in Cebu City rounded up 31 persons with pending warrants of arrest as they implemented another “Warrant Service Day,” the third time this was done since this program was started last March. Supt. Artemio Ricabo, deputy…

31 served arrest warrants in Cebu City

Margarette Managaytay 05/18/2016

ABOUT 31 persons were served arrest warrants this month, down from 41 last month and 52 last March, the Cebu City Police Office said. One of those arrested is a certain Joan Yugot who was charged for…

Defective vote counting machines reported in Pinamungajan town

Margarette Managaytay 05/09/2016

ANOTHER defective vote-counting machine was found in polling precinct Cluster #4 (09A-11B) in Poblacion, Pinamungajan town, Cebu. A voter identified as Delyn Reyes complained why the election personnel were unable to set aside a standby unit to…

Fire kills five, damages 70 houses in Pahina Central

Apple Ta-as, Izobelle T. Pulgo, Margarette Managaytay 05/07/2016

AT least five people reportedly died in a fire that hit barangay Pahina Central located beside the former One Citilink terminal in Cebu City at 4:44 a.m. Saturday. The fire which originated at the home of a…

Man caught with gun and ammunition

Chito O. Aragon, Margarette Managaytay 05/02/2016

A MAN was arrested on charges of illegal firearms possession in Barangay Tapon, Dumanjug, Cebu Monday morning. Police seized one .45 pistol, one magazine and ammunition from Winefredo Sagayno Villancio. The operation was done by personnel of…

Steel railings to block V-hires from old terminal

Margarette Managaytay 04/28/2016

The City Administrator has ordered the setting up of steel railings at the Old Compania Maritima grounds starting today to prevent the vans-for-hire (V-hires) from operating at the temporary terminal. City Administrator Lucelle Mercado said in a…

Partial road closure on Thursday for Kaplag Festival’s Sinulog dance parade

Margarette Managaytay 04/27/2016

One might think it’s Sinulog Festival all over again as we know it, but it’s not. It is Sinulog street dancing, an expression of reverence to Cebu’s patron, the Señor Sto. Niño, minus the commercialization associated with…

V-hire drivers: Move terminal to South Bus

Margarette Managaytay 04/20/2016

A group of van-for-hire (V-hire) drivers will ask the Cebu City government to transfer the temporary terminal at the Compania Maritima to the South Bus Terminal instead of moving it to a vacant lot near the SM…

Cebu City residents cope with shortage

Ador Vincent S. Mayol, James Nicole Franz R. Savellon, Margarette Managaytay 04/19/2016

When he takes a bath, Password Security Agency owner Romulo Aying steps into a basin to catch the used water and use this to flush the toilet. “Kinahanglan mi magdaginot og tubig (We need to conserve water),”…

Government vehicle used in campaign?

Margarette Managaytay, Victor Anthony V. Silva 04/15/2016

A mayoral candidate in Sogod town has filed a complaint before the Commission on Elections (Comelec) against Sogod Mayor and reelectionist Lissa Marie “Moonyeen” Durano – Streegan, and six others for allegedly using government vehicles in transporting…

Mary Ann-Greco union nullified

Ador Vincent S. Mayol, Margarette Managaytay, Victor Anthony V. Silva 04/11/2016

Suspended Cebu City Asst. Prosecutor Mary Ann Castro requested a court to appoint her as the administrator of all the properties owned by her estranged husband, Leodegreco Sanchez. Her petition came as the Imam who officiated the…

Not enough bar examinees in Cebu

Margarette Managaytay 04/08/2016

THERE won’t be enough bar examinees from the Visayas and Mindanao this year, but law school deans have not given up on their bid to decentralize the examinations and hold one in Cebu. Retired Associate Justice Portia…

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