Butuanon River: ‘No stronger legacy’

Jessa Mae O. Sotto 11/21/2018

More than 30 years ago, children played along the banks of a river where clean water used to run. For Solomon Cuizon, a resident of Barangay Alang-Alang, Mandaue City, his fond memories of, what was once, Butuanon…

Carols for alms

11/20/2018

With Christmas and New Year less than 40 days away, Metro Cebu police will have their hands full trying to deal with street carolers especially the underaged variety that can be seen hanging around passenger jeepneys and…

READY FOR ‘SAMUEL’

Morexette Marie B. Erram, Nestle L. Semilla, Rosalie O. Abatayo 11/20/2018

As Tropical Depression Samuel approaches the islands of Cebu and Mactan, government officials have put in place measures to reduce the potential impact of the weather disturbance. All local government units (LGUs) in Cebu are now aiming…

A mission to save souls

Rosalie O. Abatayo 11/20/2018

When the government war on drugs kicked off in 2016 and killings became “an almost daily occurrence,” 62 year-old Fe Barino was troubled not only for the lives of drug dependents. Her paramount concern was to help…

A ‘queen’ called Marga

Morexette Marie B. Erram 11/19/2018

The grounds of the University of the Philippines Cebu (UP Cebu) would now be different without the school’s beloved pet — a mongrel who walked around campus, as if she owned it, heralding her presence with the…

Come, O Glorious summer

Simeon Dumdum Jr. 11/18/2018

I just turned twelve when this happened and in first year high school. I read an item in a newspaper about the end of the world, which fixed it at a certain date in July of that…

DEATH CAME ON HER BIRTHDAY

Benjie B. Talisic, Morexette Marie B. Erram 11/17/2018

CALL CENTER NURSE KILLED She turned 27 years old yesterday, Saturday (November 17), but Cristina Jayson did not make it alive to see the sun rise on her birthday. Jayson was shot dead a few meters away…

Press freedom: An election issue

11/16/2018

We need in the national legislature senators and congressmen who would defend press freedom. Lest the public forget, their participation in our democratic experiment is enabled by an unfettered mass media. Unfortunately, the press in the Philippines…

ROUNDUP OF STREET KID CAROLERS BEGINS

Jessa Mae O. Sotto, Nestle L. Semilla 11/16/2018

As the Christmas season draws near and with children Christmas carolers beginning to converge on Cebu City’s busy streets, the Cebu City Police Office (CCPO) has also started to also go after these minors. Chief Insp. Arieza Otida,…

Deepening rift

11/16/2018

The alleged arson attempt on the home of former Barangay Tejero chairman and now councilman Jessielou Cadungog may further drive a wedge between the Cebu City police and Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña, who in turn may…

CCTV FOOTAGE COULD BE KEY

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 11/15/2018

CAÑADA SLAY PROBE Footage from a closed-circuit television camera located near the area where PO2 Lord Romyth Cañada was shot dead, shows a dark blue car, which police suspect could be the vehicle used by his assailants.…

Evacuees learn new skills

Zena V. Magto 11/13/2018

NAGA CITY In a school packed with about 1,500 evacuees from the massive landslide that hit the City of Naga last September 20 — rugs, lanterns, candles and ounces of floor wax happened almost by chance. Over…

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