Family injured in road accident in Carmen town

Marian Z. Codilla 06/25/2014

A five-year-old boy and his parents were injured when their family vehicle skidded on a slippery road and fell side up on a fish pond in Dawis Norte, Carmen town at 9:40 a.m today. Rodrigo Baguio overtook…

Lead also found in toy ukeleles, watchdog group says

Marian Z. Codilla 06/23/2014

After paintbrushes, colorful toy ukeleles sold at tourist souvenir shops in the cities of Cebu and Lapu-Lapu were also  found to contain lead. The Eco Waste Coalition, a toxic chemical watchdog, said they screened 10 samples of…

Top of the VisPop

Marian Z. Codilla 06/22/2014

The local airwaves are being dominated by Western music and Korean pop songs. Recently Cebuanos have started listening to contemporary Visayan songs that showcase local talents. This welcome trend has encouraged more Visayan songwriters to come out…

Slain businessman King laid to rest

Marian Z. Codilla 06/18/2014

The rainy weather only reflected the mourning of family and friends of slain businessman Richard King who was laid to rest at the Cebu Memorial Park (Cempark) in Cebu City before noon today. During last night’s gathering…

3.6 quake hits Cebu, Bohol

Marian Z. Codilla 06/17/2014

A 3.6 magnitude earthquake hit Cebu and Bohol, according to the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology. The agency said their latest bulletin showed that the tremor was tectonic in origin and is located 36 kilometers northeast…

Shark meat processor found

Marian Z. Codilla 06/14/2014

RAMONITO Javier, a street food vendor, buys 20 kilos of fish balls and 10 kilos of tempura everyday from a seafood processing plant in Lapu-Lapu City. He is aware that shark meat is one of the ingredients…

Daanbantayan town mayor irked by video of another shark sale in town’s public market

Marian Z. Codilla, Victor Anthony V. Silva 06/11/2014

A female vendor holds up a juvenile shark, offering it for P200 in the wet market of Daanbantayan town, north Cebu. In the background, another female vendor walks by carrying a bamboo shark less than three feet…

Sharks sold in Daanbantayan market

Marian Z. Codilla 06/10/2014

Vending sharks is rampant in the northern Cebu town of Daanbantayan. A resident who requested anonymity noticed juvenile sharks being sold in a public market in Daanbantayan. The  nurse, who works in a government agency in Cebu…

Ex-street children help less fortunate

Marian Z. Codilla 06/04/2014

They used to wake up at the first light of dawn, setting aside a piece of carton they used as their bed the night before and scavenge for food in Cebu City’s streets. Now Jey and his…

Man tagged in Cebuana’s slay in New Zealand nabbed

Marian Z. Codilla 05/29/2014

THE man accused of murdering 56-year-old Cebuana Blesilda “Blessie” Gotingco in New Zealand was arrested by police but was granted name suppression by the court. According to the New Zealand Herald, the suspect appeared before Judge Philippa…

Rescued ‘pawikan’ freed

Marian Z. Codilla 05/27/2014

A green sea turtle was released yesterday in the Mactan Channel after being rescued from a vendor in Minglanilla town who would have sold it for its carapace or shell for at least P1,500 The “pawikan”, an…

Laborers hold strike at USC Talamban campus

Apple Ta-as, Marian Z. Codilla 05/20/2014

Sixteen non-teaching staffers of the University of San Carlos (USC) staged a strike against the school administration that suspended morning summer classes in their Talamban campus. In a statement, the carpenters, plumbers, electricians and maintenance employees of…

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