Create protocols to respond to bomb threats

Chris Ligan, Jose Santino S. Bunachita, Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 07/18/2017

YESTERDAY’S bomb hoaxes in Cebu City schools prompted school and local government officials to review and improve their disaster risk reduction plans. Cebu City Councilor David Tumulak immediately met with school principals and DepEd officials yesterday afternoon…

MGB-7 to probe Danao quarry incident

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag, Nestle L. Semilla 07/18/2017

Dead victim’s kin seeks justice; Penro says quarry owner has expired permit A team from the Mines and Geosciences Bureau in Central Visayas (MGB-7) will investigate the quarry site incident in Sitio Guisok, Barangay Tuburan Sur, Danao…

Store water for use, Cebu residents told

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 07/17/2017

EVEN if no pump stations operated by the Metropolitan Cebu Water District (MCWD) were affected by the low power supply in Central Visayas, Cebu residents were still advised to store water for their consumption. Edna Inocando, acting…

Scrap franchise rules or we strike — Piston

Inna Gian Mejia, Jose Santino S. Bunachita, Michelle Joy L. Padayhag, USJ-R Intern Patricia Erlaine N. Luardo 07/17/2017

Scrap the newly signed Omnibus Franchising Guidelines for the modernization of the public utility jeepneys on or before the State of the Nation Address (Sona) of President Rodrigo Duterte on July 24 or we will hold another…

UNITE AGAINST DRUGS

Chris Ligan, Michelle Joy L. Padayhag, Nestle L. Semilla 07/16/2017

President Rodrigo Duterte’s naming of Cebu as a hot spot for illegal drugs should serve as an eye-opener to Cebuanos for them to set aside differences and jointly work to ensure that such a tag will no…

Palma wishes Taliño Godspeed

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 07/16/2017

CEBU Archbishop Jose Palma yesterday congratulated Chief Supt. Noli Taliño, the outgoing chief of Police Regional Office in Central Visayas (PRO-7), for his promotion. “I understand the life (military and police) and being promoted (transferred) to another…

Mental health awareness important in preventing suicide

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 07/16/2017

THE recent suicides in Cebu has prompted the Department of Health (DOH) to strengthen awareness on mental health issues, the signs of an impending suicide and how this can be possibly averted. Erika Datan, assistant mental health…

Cebuanos pay homage to Mother Mary

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag, Visayas State University Intern Angenette Jugan 07/16/2017

Joseph Villahermosa, his wife Corazon Villahermosa and their six-year old daughter Eisha Louis didn’t mind the heat and the crowd, as they sat outside the Carmelite Monastery for the noon Mass of the Our Lady of Mt.…

DENR-7 arrests 2 men for online sales of reptiles

Fe Marie D. Dumaboc, Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 07/15/2017

TWO men were arrested in separate operations by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources and the National Bureau of Investigation in Central Visayas on Friday for the unauthorized sales of reptiles and endangered animals to customers…

Suicide live video could trigger copycat suicides

Calvin D. Cordova, Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 07/13/2017

  The suicide of a young woman which was streamed live on Facebook, could trigger copycat suicides by others trying to cope with depression. Erika Datan, assistant mental health program coordinator of the Department of Health regional…

Power outages affecting water supply

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 07/13/2017

THE public is advised to continue to store water. Edna Inocando, officer-in-charge of the Public Affairs Department (PAD) of Metropolitan Cebu Water District (MCWD) said water supply is continuously affected by the ongoing rotational brownouts. “Dependent man…

‘Probe airport execs for P590M lot buy’

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag, Morexette Marie B. Erram 07/11/2017

GRAFT COMPLAINT FILED AT OMBUD Businessman and whistleblower Crisologo Saavedra filed another round of complaints against several former and current officials of the Mactan Cebu International Airport Authority (MCIAA), along with seven private individuals, accusing them of…

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