59 Sulpicio victims to be exhumed

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 11/02/2014

Unidentified Princess of the Stars victims’ remains to be moved to Carreta cemetery  bone chamber The unclaimed and unidentified remains of the passengers of the ill-fated M/V Princess of the Stars that are buried at Carreta Cemetery…

Youth volunteers sing songs for dead for fee

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 11/02/2014

For a donation, three youth volunteers offered to sing songs for the dead at the Carreta Public Cemetery yesterday. Sergio Java, Jumel Cecosana and Nicole Guno are youth volunteers of the Christian Missionary in Cebu City. They …

DOH-7 mourns Flavier’s death

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 11/01/2014

The Philippine flag at the Department of Health (DOH-7) was flown at half-staff starting yesterday to pay respect to former health secretary and senator Juan Flavier who died Thursday due to multiple organ failure. He was 79.…

DENR-7 allows cutting of 79 trees

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 11/01/2014

The Department of Environment Natural Resources (DENR-7) has issued a special permit for the cutting of 79 trees within the premises of Naga Central School in the City of Naga, Cebu. The trees, which include Gmelina and…

November rush congests Cebu terminals

Melissa Q. Cabahug, Michelle Joy L. Padayhag, Norman V. Mendoza, Victor Anthony V. Silva 11/01/2014

Bus terminals in Metro Cebu were crowded yesterday as people rushed to their hometowns for the weekend for All Saints and All Souls Days. Long lines, people dashing to get bus seats and frayed nerves were experienced…

Rituals attract demons, exorcist warns

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 10/31/2014

Performing rituals can lead to demonic possessions or influence. Msgr. Frederick Kriekenbeek, a known exorcist, said the ritual performed by the students of Argao Center for Science Learning Inc. last week could be the reason why they…

Passengers decry delays in Cebu port

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 10/29/2014

Sixty-year old Filadelfa Abainza is exhausted after an eight-hour delay in her trip to Manila. She and her nephew left Dalaguete town in southern Cebu early yesterday to catch the 12 noon voyage of MV St. Paul…

Argao school advances break

Jhunnex Napallacan, Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 10/29/2014

More than 10 teachers of the Argao Center for Science Learning Inc. in barangay Lamacan, Argao town underwent stress debriefing yesterday in the wake of the alleged “spirits” possession incident involving four students last Monday. Chavez said…

‘Spirits’ roam suicide drop zone

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 10/29/2014

In between songs played at full volume in nearby karaoke bars and the honking of cars, Bernadette Atig can sometimes hear the sound of a woman’s scream at dawn. Atig, her husband Conrado and their three children…

Body found in travel bag

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 10/28/2014

A decomposing body was found inside a travel bag along the cliff in barangay Lanas, Naga City in southern Cebu yesterday afternoon. PO2 Gilmer Noval, Naga City police investigator, said barangay tanods found the bag after a…

4 students ‘possessed’

Jhunnex Napallacan, Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 10/28/2014

Editha, 62, of Suba, Poblacion, Argao, hurriedly left for the Argao Center for Science Learning  in barangay Lamacan after receiving a call from a teacher informing that her grandson Raymond, 16 and granddaughter Mary Rose, 15, were…

LTO dialogue with Piston halts strike

Jose Santino S. Bunachita, Michelle Joy L. Padayhag, Norman V. Mendoza 10/28/2014

Yesterday’s transport strike failed to cripple transportation in Cebu City, although some 30 percent of commuters in other parts of Metro Cebu suffered from inconvenience which government buses and even motorcycles-for-hire helped address. The rally, which was…

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