‘There’s no need to cancel BRT project’

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 07/02/2017

Citing the immediate need for infrastructure to address Cebu City’s traffic problem, a transport leader in Cebu said there would be no need to cancel the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) project in Cebu City. Ryan Benjamin Yu,…

BFP-7 welcomes 122 new recruits

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 07/01/2017

A total of 122 new fire officers took their oath before Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP-7) Regional Director Samuel Tadeo yesterday at the Pari-an Fire Sub Station. In his speech, Director Tadeo told the new firefighters to…

Militants disappointed, Cebu officials OK with Duterte

Inna Gian Mejia, Michelle Joy L. Padayhag, Morexette Marie B. Erram 06/30/2017

  AS expected, Cebu-based militant groups were disappointed over President Rodrigo Duterte’s performance in his first year in office. The militants, who numbered more than 200, held a rally at Colon Street in downtown Cebu City to…

Hospital mogul passes away at 77

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 06/29/2017

CEBU Doctors’ University Hospital president and chairman of the board Dr. Potenciano Larrazabal Jr. passed away at 3 p.m. yesterday. He was 77. A close relative, said Larrazabal was operated on for lung cancer on the second…

Dr. Potenciano Larrazabal Jr. passes on

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 06/29/2017

Dr. Potenciano V. Larrazabal Jr., the president and chairman of Cebu Doctors’ University Hospital (CDUH), passed away at 3 p.m. on Thursday. He was 77 years old. This was confirmed by a close relative of Doctor Larrazabal.…

Transport groups join security preparations for Asean meet in Cebu

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 06/27/2017

OVER 20 transport group leaders and terminal managers met with officials in Central Visayas of the Land Transportation Office (LTO-7) and the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB-7) yesterday on how to strengthen land transport security…

Cebu Muslim teachers still stranded — official

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 06/26/2017

MARAWI CONFLICT Ten Muslim teachers who have work waiting for them in Cebu City remain stranded in the provinces of Lanao del Norte and Lanao del Sur a month after the war between the Maute Group and…

Teacher recalls escape from Marawi, seeks help for her return to Cebu

Fe Marie D. Dumaboc, Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 06/26/2017

FATIMA Ampaso, a Madrasah Education Program (teacher) teaching Muslim and non-Muslim leaders in Cebu City, recalled her and her family’s harrowing escape from the armed conflict in her hometown in Marawi City and her desire to return…

Teachers to undergo drug tests soon

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 06/26/2017

AFTER school officials, it’s now the turn of teachers in Cebu City to undergo surprise random drug tests. “Teachers are also government employees, so they are covered by the Dangerous Drugs Board (DDB) and Civil Service Commission…

Muslims pray for victims of Marawi siege

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 06/25/2017

FREYA Vida together with her family woke up at 5 a.m. yesterday to pray and commemorate Eid’l Fitr or the end of Ramadan at Plaza Independencia in Cebu City. Before the start of their prayer, Vida then…

‘I feel safe here’

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 06/25/2017

Being Muslim in Cebu Asliha R. Alibsar was barely 20 when she moved to Cebu City from Masiu, Lanao del Sur, in 2014 to be with her father, Alibsar Mampao, who works as a Muslim missionary assigned…

Muslims urged to pray for peace

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 06/24/2017

WITH Ramadan about to end, Muslims in Cebu are encouraged to pray for peace even as they are also encouraged to support and help the Cebu City and Cebu province governments to maintain peace here. Malo Manonggiring,…

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