Crop losses hit P58M in Cebu

Melissa Q. Cabahug 06/14/2015

ABOUT 17 towns and four cities in Cebu province have sustained damage to crops worth P58.2 million as of June 8, the Provincial Agriculture Office said last Friday. After the submission of their respective damage assessment reports,…

Capitol to ask for psychologists from Sotto hospital

Melissa Q. Cabahug 06/13/2015

THE Cebu Provincial Health Office (PHO) will ask the Department of Behavioral Sciences of the Vicente Sotto Memorial Medical Center (VSMMC) to provide the services of a  psychologist to attend to  inmates after some of them experienced…

Magpale: Suroy-Suroy program has separate budget

Melissa Q. Cabahug 06/13/2015

Cebu Vice Gov. Agnes Magpale yesterday defended the Suroy-Suroy Sugbo countryside tours as a cost-effective way of promoting the province as a tourist destination. She said the rural tourism program has  been made permanent in a 2012…

FREEDOM DAY

Jose Santino S. Bunachita, Melissa Q. Cabahug, Victor Anthony V. Silva 06/13/2015

‘Fight hunger, restore rivers’; 15,000 join Independence Day parade How do you advance the cause of freedom? By restoring polluted rivers, feeding the poor and registering to vote in the next election, said government officials, volunteers and…

Labor union to contest SC ruling on leadership

Melissa Q. Cabahug 06/12/2015

THE Associated Labor Unions (ALU) will file a second motion for reconsideration on the Supreme Court ruling that affirmed former senator Ernesto Herrera’s assumption as president of the Trade Union Congress of the Philippines (TUCP). “We haven’t…

1,200-kilo fish catch confiscated

Melissa Q. Cabahug 06/12/2015

The Cebu City Bantay Dagat Task Force seized about  1,200 kilos of fish from Zamboanga City. The catch was suspected to have been  caught through dynamite fishing. Ramon Ortiz Sr., Cebu City Bantay Dagat director, said they…

Probe sought on wastes in Sta. Fe waters

Melissa Q. Cabahug, Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 06/11/2015

AN environment group called on the DENR and the Philippine Coast Guard to investigate passenger vessels that dump human waste into the waters of Sta. Fe town, Bantayan Island, northern Cebu. Environmental lawyer Antonio Oposa, who heads…

Provincial assessor ‘builds’ viewing deck on NPC lot

Melissa Q. Cabahug 06/10/2015

A CAPITOL department head is accused of constructing a viewing deck at the back of her house which she does not own and is not covered by proper documents. The house of Alma Sibonga, head of the…

‘REST, PRAYERS FOR INMATES’

Ador Vincent S. Mayol, Melissa Q. Cabahug 06/09/2015

Twelve inmates resting after violent behavior;  Church says  ‘no proof’ of demonic possession A spokesman of the Cebu Archdiocese said several factors have to be looked into before calling the strange conduct of a dozen inmates in…

Jail seeks service vehicle

Melissa Q. Cabahug 06/08/2015

FOLLOWING the accident involving a prisoner transport vehicle in Sibonga, Provincial Jail Consultant Marco Toral said they are planning to ask Cebu Governor Hilario Davide III to provide a new service vehicle for the Cebu Provincial Detention…

Sta. Fe wants probe on vessels dumping wastes

Melissa Q. Cabahug 06/08/2015

THE municipal council of Sta. Fe town in Bantayan Island will pass a resolution in today’s session asking the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) to investigate the vessels that were dumping their wastes on their…

Free HIV testing in Cebu

Melissa Q. Cabahug 06/08/2015

“JOHN,” a third year college student decided to avail of the free Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) check of the Department of Health (DOH). He admitted that he felt bothered by the possibility of contracting HIV after engaging…

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