Police ready for thousands expected to depart from ports, bus terminals

Fe Marie Dumaboc, Izobelle T. Pulgo, Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 04/09/2017

The Cebu City Police Office (CCPO) has set up assistance desks in Catholic churches and bus terminals in anticipation of the thousands who are expected to flock to churches or head to towns and cities outside of…

READY FOR BROWNOUTS

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag, Norman V. Mendoza, Victor Anthony V. Silva 04/08/2017

Power outages on Mactan Island As residents of Mactan Island brace themselves for a week of power interruptions, starting with an eight-hour blackout beginning at 6 a.m. today, local officials and tourism-related establishments assured they are ready…

Two north towns align activities with church

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 04/08/2017

HOLY WEEK IN Madridejos, Bantayan If the town of Santa Fe will hold the Isla Music Festival next week, what activities of its neighboring towns promote tourism on Bantayan Island during the Holy Week? Bantayan Island, which…

Music fest controversy continues as Santa Fe vice mayor joins fray

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 04/08/2017

THE controversy about the holding of the Isla Music Festival 2017 continues as the festival date in Santa Fe, Bantayan Island draws near. Santa Fe Vice Mayor Ithamar Espinosa has jumped into the fray and questioned the…

Moving into the workforce from grade 12

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 04/07/2017

WHILE parents and guardians were busy attending the “Moving Up” ceremonies of their children this week, 26-year-old Carmel Allosada Deloy was busy with hers. And with her five-year-old daughter in attendance, Carmel walked up the stage of…

Fewer HIV cases in CV but no definite downward trend

Ador Vincent S. Mayol, Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 04/06/2017

CENTRAL Visayas now ranks fourth from being third in the country on the number of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) cases, according to the data of the Department of Health (DOH) as of January 2017. DOH recorded 62…

Floods and traffic

Doris C. Bongcac, Michelle Joy L. Padayhag, Nestle L. Semilla, Norman V. Mendoza, Victor Anthony V. Silva 04/03/2017

Heavy rains poured and major thoroughfares were flooded as delegates of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) summit meetings arrived in Cebu on Monday for a week-long gathering. But the knee-deep floods which covered several streets…

Bus operators assure zero accidents this Holy Week

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 04/03/2017

  THE Cebu Provincial Bus and Mini Bus Association yesterday gave an assurance that they would cooperate with the government agencies to achieve the zero-accident goal during the Holy Week. Julie Flores, spokesperson of Cebu Provincial Bus…

Operators, drivers urged to ensure “zero accident” this Holy Week

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 04/03/2017

The Land Transportation Office (LTO-7) and the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB-7) in Central Visayas met with more than thirty bus and mini bus operators in Cebu on Monday afternoon to discuss safety measures for…

Heavy rain causes flooding, traffic congestion in Metro Cebu

Doris C. Bongcac, Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 04/03/2017

CEBU CITY–Early morning rains caused traffic congestion in major thoroughfares in the cities of Cebu, Mandaue and Lapu-Lapu on Monday. Knee-deep flood caused traffic to slow down in Mandaue City at the foot of the First Mandaue-Mactan…

More support aired for beleaguered parish priest

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 04/02/2017

THE parish priest of Sto. Niño Church in Santa Fe, Bantayan Island has gained a new supporter in his fight to stop a music festival from being held in the town at the height of Holy Week.…

MAYOR VS PRIEST

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag, Norman V. Mendoza 04/01/2017

Sta. Fe Mayor Esgana demands explanation from parish priest on prayer rally held The disagreement between local officials and the community-backed priest on the amount of revelry to be allowed in Sta. Fe town on Bantayan Island…

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