8 customs brokers from Cebu face smuggling raps

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 11/14/2014

The Bureau of Customs (BOC) filed smuggling cases against eight Cebuano customs brokers and two others before the Department of Justice (DOJ) yesterday. The respondents who are all working under Medaglia De Oro Trading are allegedly engaged…

Mayor, priest face off over trees

Jose Santino S. Bunachita, Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 11/12/2014

Tree-loving priest Fr. Robert Reyes and City of Naga Mayor Valdemar Chiong yesterday shook hands and discussed the fate of 58 trees cut down for a track oval project. “There must be a perfect balance of plans…

Green activists demand DENR 7 chief’s ouster

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 11/11/2014

A petition-signing drive will be launched today by pro-environment activisits calling for the resignation of Isabelo Montejo as Regional Executive Director of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources in Central Visayas (DENR-7). The petition for Montejo’s…

24 Naga trees cut after filing of Writ of Kalikasan

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 11/09/2014

The city government of Naga resumed cutting the remaining trees in a 3.2-hectare lot that will be transformed into an athletic field. Naga City environment officer Ma. Obdulla Lescano said they cut 21 trees at 8:30 p.m.…

Store’s roof falls, hurts two

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 11/09/2014

A 53-year-old mother and her 10-year-old daughter landed in the hospital after the extended roof of a ready-to-wear (RTW) outlet fell on them in Manalili St., Cebu City  yesterday morning. Cynthia Andrada and her daughter Shan Fernan…

Deped reassessment of schools’ damage to cause more delays

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 11/09/2014

The revalidation of the damage by the Department of Education in Central Visayas (DepEd-7) may still delay the repair and construction of new classrooms in northern Cebu  to replace those destroyed by supertyphoon Yolanda last year. Dr.…

Binay skips senate probe, barnstorms Cebu

Doris C. Bongcac, Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 11/07/2014

Binay: I’m ready to face Trillanes Rather than attend yesterday’s Senate Blue Ribbon committee hearing, Vice President Jejomar Binay flew to Cebu for a two-day visit. Immediately upon arrival, Binay went straight to a radio station in…

Answering the call for help

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 11/07/2014

Martin and friends spring to action in northern Cebu 4 days after Yolanda struck Mitzee Martin of Labangon, Cebu City was busy with her graduate studies and at the same time preparing to take the Licensure Examination…

BSP exhibit teaches financial literacy to kids

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 11/06/2014

Elementary children have the chance to play the roles of bank managers and tellers to know the concept of deposits and withdrawals through a make-believe bank and a mock-up Automated Teller Machine (ATM). These were among the…

Tree-savers to ask CA to stop Naga clearing

Gabriel C. Bonjoc, Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 11/06/2014

People opposed to the cutting of trees to pave the way for the building of a track and field oval in the City of Naga are racing against time as City Hall workers have already chopped down…

Trees fall for athletic field; Running priest calls it morbid

Doris C. Bongcac, Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 11/05/2014

The sound of screaming chainsaws pervaded the air in barangay Poblacion City of Naga yesterday, as workers start clearing a 3.2-hectare lot for an athletic field project. As of 3 p.m. workers from the City Environment and…

Peaceful day of the dead

Carine M. Asutilla, Chito O. Aragon, Edison Delos Angeles, Michelle Joy L. Padayhag, Peter L. Romanillos 11/02/2014

Rains expected today for All Souls Day Bring umbrellas and leave alcoholic drinks at home. Authorities yesterday repeated  these public reminders  as the annual trek to cemeteries to remember the dead continues today, All Souls’ Day. Yesterday’s…

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