Rama to challenge Ombudsman ruling on nepotism case

Pia Piquero 09/26/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines – The legal team of preventively suspended Cebu City Mayor Michael Rama is set to file a motion for reconsideration this week following the Office of the Ombudsman’s ruling on his nepotism case. In…

EXPLAINER: Why individuals get arrested due to spider-fighting

Emmariel Ares 09/25/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines —In some countries, like the Philippines, a combat game where spiders are placed at opposite ends of a long stick and made to fight has become a favorite pastime for many locals. Children, typically…

Sibonga mayor Lionel ‘Balandong’ Bacaltos dies

Futch Anthony Inso, Morexette Marie B. Erram 09/25/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines —The mayor of Sibonga town in southern Cebu, Lionel “Balandong” Bacaltos, passed away on Wednesday, September 25. Local officials in Cebu, including Governor Gwendolyn Garcia, confirmed they had received news of Bacaltos’ untimely death.…

Ombuds finds probable cause in nepotism case vs. Rama

Morexette Marie Erram, Pia Piquero 09/25/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines – The Office of the Ombudsman has recommended elevating to the court the nepotism case lodged against suspended Cebu City Mayor Michael Rama. The state’s anti-graft investigating body found probable cause to indict Rama for…

Osmeña slams Ong for joining Barug: ‘Driven by personal ambition’

Pia Piquero 09/25/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines – They used to be good friends and political allies. But Kasambagan Barangay Captain Franklyn Ong has already left Bando Osmeña Pundok Kauswagan (BOPK) and is now considered as among the “probable” candidates under…

Sibonga, Cebu: 2 men face raps for alleged rape of girl, 15

Emmariel Ares 09/25/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Police in Sibonga town, southern Cebu have already filed charges against two men for the alleged rape of a 15-year-old girl whom they brought to an abandoned house last Sunday, September 22. One…

Cebu City: 42 spider fight bettors, nabbed in Lorega, charged

Emmariel Ares 09/25/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Police have already filed charges against the 42 individuals who were apprehended for betting on spiders fighting on a stick at a house in Barangay Lorega, Cebu City on Tuesday, September 24. According…

Ramon Tulfo defends Dino amid claims of alleged links to Pogo

Morexette Marie B. Erram 09/25/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Amid accusations linking him to the Philippine Offshore Gambling Operations (Pogo) industry, the former Presidential Assistant to the Visayas, Michael Lloyd Dino, found an ally in the form of media personality Ramon Tulfo.…

Rama ends coalition with Garcia for 2025 elections

Pia Piquero 09/25/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Suspended Cebu City Mayor Michael Rama officially declared the end of the Rama-Garcia political coalition for the upcoming 2025 midterm elections. This means the dissolution of the alliance between Rama’s political party, Partido…

Kawit Island deal: Ombud stands by decision to clear Tomas, others

Morexette Marie B. Erram 09/24/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Office of the Ombudsman stood by with its decision to clear several previous and current Cebu City Hall officials, including former Mayor Tomas Osmeña, over the development of Kawit Island at the…

Acting Cebu City mayor recommends Cañete as city police director

Niña Mae C. Oliverio 09/24/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Police Colonel Antonietto Cañete has earned the trust of acting Cebu City Mayor Raymond Alvin Garcia to lead the police here. On Monday, Garcia said he already signed the recommendation letter from his…

C. Japan: Floods, landslides hit area, leaving 1 dead, 11 missing

Agence France Presse 09/23/2024

WAJIMA, Japan — Floods and landslides killed one person and left at least 11 missing in central Japan, with recovery teams at work on Sunday in a remote peninsula already devastated by a major earthquake this year.…

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