No final disposal site for hospital wastes

Melissa Q. Cabahug, Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 04/22/2015

DENR reviewing technical competence of PASSI After hospital wastes are treated, where do these go?” This question was posed by Eduardo Llamedo, Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) spokesman,  to explain the Environmental Management Bureau’s refusal…

Despite accident, Sta. Fe mayor sees skydiving as a major tourist attraction

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 04/20/2015

SKY HIGH DRAW Despite last Saturday’s accident involving a charter plane, Sta. Fe town in Bantayan Island will still pursue skydiving as its newest attraction to foreign and domestic tourists. Sta. Fe Mayor Jose Esgana said while…

Lawyer: Don’t judge Canadian in trafficking case

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 04/19/2015

THE lawyer of the 73-year-old Canadian tourist arrested in Bogo city for bringing four minor girls to his motel room appealed to the public not to prejudge the man. “There is big difference between public opinion and…

Donated fire truck can reach 10th floor infernos

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 04/19/2015

An aerial platform fire truck that can reach high-rise buildings was received  yesterday by the Cebu Filipino-Chinese Volunteer Fire Brigade Inc. Its basket ladder  can reach the 10th floor of a  structure  and the truck  can carry…

Natural gas in Alegria enough for fuel, power

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 04/18/2015

There’s natural gas in Alegria town, southwestern Cebu, a resource that can be tapped for power generation and fuel. But more drilling needs to be done to find out the extent of the underground reserve,  said Regional…

10 Inayawan families evacuate to school for now

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 04/17/2015

Construction worker Elmer Labastida isn’t convinced that his home in the Inayawan landfill is in a danger zone. “Ug magbagyo dili man gani na matumpag ang basura. Kung mag linog sad wala pud na mabungkag. Wala sad…

LTFRB: ‘Case closed’ against rude cab driver; no sanctions

Jhunnex Napallacan, Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 04/14/2015

The investigation of the Cebu city taxi driver who allegedly  threw two P5 coins  and brandished a knife at a passenger and his wife over the P10 flag down rollback  is over. The driver, Joel Ramos, who…

15 rescued off Camotes-Danao City waters

Jhunnex Napallacan, Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 04/14/2015

Fifteen people including two children were rescued by a passenger vessel after four hours of clinging to an overturned motorized banca, which capsized off Camotes Island and Danao City seas Sunday night. The passengers, who came from…

Tourism office to meet Bogo resort owners

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 04/13/2015

Bogo City’s Tourism Office will schedule a meeting with resort and hotel operators to  intensify its campaign against human trafficking in the city. “We want to meet and inform them about our campaign on human trafficking. The…

15 passengers rescued as motorbanca capsizes off Danao-Camotes area

Apple Ta-as, Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 04/12/2015

(Updated: April 13, 2015; 1:05 p.m.) All passengers of a motorboat that capsizes off Danao City-Camotes island route were rescued late night, Sunday. The passengers and the skipper were spotted by the crew of MV Wonderful Stars…

Arrest in Bogo city a ‘positive response’, says NGO

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 04/12/2015

The arrest  last week of a 73-year-old Canadian retiree, along with a  mother and grandmother in Bogo City in a case of alleged child sex abuse is a “positive response” in the fight against human trafficking, said…

HOUSEGUEST IN JAIL

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 04/11/2015

Bogo city police  file raps of child abuse, trafficking Canadian retiree has been a ‘family friend’ for 7 years, says kids’ grandma In the small, humid jail, a 73-year-old Canadian kept his silence. “No, no, I have…

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