Dino asks Malacañang to make October 26 a holiday for Cardinal Vidal

Morexette B. Erram 10/21/2017

As tribute for the late prelate, the Office of the Presidential Assistant of the Visayas (OPAV) eyes to declare October 26 a national holiday in commemoration of Cebu Archbishop Emeritus Ricardo Cardinal Vidal. OPAV secretary Michael Dino…

Capitol targets P4.5B budget for next year

Morexette B. Erram 10/19/2017

ABOUT P1.4 billion out of the proposed P4.5-billion budget for the province will go to agencies and programs dealing with health, the Provincial Budget Office said yesterday. Provincial Budget Officer Danilo Rodas told reporters that P597 million…

Cebu still country’s wealthiest province

Morexette B. Erram 10/16/2017

FOR THREE YEARS IN A ROW For the third straight year, Cebu has maintained its position as the richest province in the country, according to the Commission on Audit (COA) Annual Financial Report for 2016. The province…

Lagon to file writ of execution

Morexette B. Erram 10/16/2017

BUSINESSwoman Daphne Lagon, the poll recount winner for the mayoral post of Tuburan town, is filing writ of execution before the courts today to put in force a decision penned by RTC Judge Hermes Montero declaring her…

PDEA-7 takes on new role with new chief at helm

Benjie B. Talisic, Morexette B. Erram, Nestle L. Semilla 10/13/2017

THE Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency in Central Visayas (PDEA-7) is preparing to take on anew the role of taking the lead in the government’s war on illegal drugs in the region but with more optimism as a…

‘Malasakit Desk’ to be set up in 6 public hospitals in C. Visayas

Morexette B. Erram 10/12/2017

Six hospitals in Central Visayas, four of which are located in Cebu, will have one-stop shops designed to accommodate requests from individuals seeking to avail health benefits and health-related programs from the government. Tentatively named “Malasakit Desk,”…

Davide lifts suspension of CPDRC inmates’ visiting privileges

Morexette B. Erram 10/12/2017

INMATES of the Cebu Provincial Detention and Rehabilitation Center (CPDRC), except 60 of them who are assigned at detention cell numbers 26 and 98, were already allowed to receive visitors starting yesterday. But acting jail warden Audusti…

Work continues at Cebu Comelec offices

Morexette B. Erram 10/12/2017

IT’S BUSINESS as usual at the Commission on Elections (Comelec) offices in Cebu. Lawyer Lionel Marco Castillano, the Cebu Provincial Election Officer, said controversies now being faced by Comelec Chairman Andres Bautista will not in any way…

UC exam topnotchers get P700K

Morexette B. Erram 10/11/2017

For sweeping the top 10 of the 2017 Naval Architect and Marine Engineering Licensure exams, the University of Cebu’s topnotchers received P700,000 in cash from the school yesterday. UC founder and president Augusto Go, his daughter and…

NBI-7, CIDG-7 tapped Get extortionists using Duterte’s name — Dino

Morexette B. Erram 10/10/2017

Investigate, go after, and arrest extortionists using the name of President Rodrigo Duterte in the Visayas. This is the request of Secretary Michael Dino of the Office of the Presidential Assistant for the Visayas (OPAV) to the…

Don’t blame Greco — PB Sanchez

Morexette B. Erram 10/10/2017

Suspension of CPDRC’s visiting privilege PROVINCIAL Board (PB) Member Grecilda “Gigi” Sanchez has called as “inhumane” the suspension of the visiting privilege of the 3,541 inmates at the Cebu Provincial Detention and Rehabilitation Center (CPDRC). Sanchez also…

Meca: One Capitol worker risks losing job

Morexette B. Erram 10/10/2017

A CASUAL employee of the Cebu provincial government failed to pass the drug testing conducted on 517 Capitol employees on Monday. Carmen Remedios Durano-Meca, head of the Cebu Provincial Anti-Drug Abuse Office (CPADAO), said that the male…

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