Extortionists name-dropping President Duterte: Dino

Morexette B. Erram 10/10/2017

  The Office of the Presidential Assistant in the Visayas (OPAV) asked both the regional offices of the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG-7) and the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI-7) to arrest extortionists supposedly name-dropping President…

Governor gives alternative to shame campaign: Jobs

Jose Santino S. Bunachita, Morexette B. Erram 10/09/2017

Provide drug users and surrenderers jobs that can help the community. Cebu Gov. Hilario Davide III suggested this alternative instead of implementing different versions of the shame campaign done by some barangays in Cebu and Lapu-Lapu cities.…

CPDRC inmates’ visiting rights suspended

Morexette B. Erram 10/09/2017

High-profile prisoners Sanchez, Fernandez placed in isolation for phone violations VIOLATIONS of two high profile prisoners at the Cebu Provincial Detention and Rehabilitation Center (CPDRC) coupled with the confiscated contraband including illegal drugs during a greyhound operation…

District collector Elvira Cruz, 7 others ordered relieved

Morexette B. Erram 10/09/2017

PORT OF CEBU Elvira Cruz will no longer serve as district collector for the Bureau of Customs in Cebu (BOC). Newly appointed BOC commissioner Isidro Lapeña has issued a directive, yesterday, to relieve eight district collectors and…

Cebu officials react to Duterte ratings plunge

Morexette B. Erram, Nestle L. Semilla 10/09/2017

THE double-digit drop in the trust and satisfaction ratings of President Rodrigo Duterte can be attributed to a growing number of Filipinos who are now starting to mind how Duterte is handling the country particularly on the…

Dino faces gripes on housing

Morexette B. Erram 10/09/2017

Presidential Assistant for the Visayas Michael Dino is facing complaints from some Tacloban City residents for his alleged failure to implement the government’s mass housing program there for survivors of Super Typhoon Yolanda. In a Sept. 15…

ERMITA TO ROLL OUT SHAME CAMPAIGN

Jose Santino S. Bunachita, Morexette B. Erram 10/07/2017

RUPINTA BACKTRACKS, EXPANDS ANTI-DRUG CAMPAIGN Ermita Barangay Captain Felicisimo “Imok” Rupinta has changed his mind anew. Less than 24 hours after he decided to stop attaching tarpaulins on houses they identified as “drug-free,” the controversial village chief…

Pagasa: Rain in next 3 days

Morexette B. Erram 10/07/2017

METRO Cebu residents are encouraged to bring along their umbrellas and rain gears in the next three days as the weather bureau has forecast rains in this period. Romeo Aguirre, weather specialist of the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical…

13 homes razed; 200 people displaced

Benjie B. Talisic, Morexette B. Erram 10/07/2017

QUIOT FIRE At least 100 families or 200 individuals were displaced after an early afternoon fire razed 13 houses and gutted six other homes. Senior Fire Officer Ariel Balajadia, fire investigator of the Cebu City Bureau of…

BRGY ERMITA MARKS ‘DRUG-FREE’ HOMES

Ador Vincent S. Mayol, Morexette B. Erram 10/05/2017

REVERSE LABELING Instead of humiliating drug users and pushers, officials of Barangay Ermita in Cebu City, tagged by the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency in Central Visayas (PDEA-7) as one of the drug hot spots in the city,…

CPDRC inspected

Ador Vincent Mayol, Benjie B. Talisic, Morexette B. Erram 10/05/2017

Clad in full battle gear, operatives of the Provincial Public Safety Company (PPSC) and the Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) raided the Cebu Provincial Detention and Rehabilitation Center (CPDRC) located in the hilly barangay of Kalunasan, Cebu…

Davide, Martinez hail village polls suspension

Morexette B. Erram 10/05/2017

CEBU Governor Hilario Davide III has welcomed the new law postponing the synchronized barangay elections from October 23, 2017 to the second Monday of May 2018. Davide was also glad that Republic Act 10953 signed into law…

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