Student’s death in boarding house fire: No fire exit?

Edison Delos Angeles 06/30/2014

His girlfriend was worried when she didn’t get a text message from him last Saturday. When she went to his  boarding house in barangay Banilad in the evening, she found only smoke and burned ruins. The charred…

Shark meat factory owner insists they didn’t violate local law

Norman V. Mendoza 06/30/2014

The owner of a shark meat processing factory located in sitio Suba Masulog in barangay Suba-basbas, Lapu-Lapu City said he didn’t violate any law by receiving imported gummy shark meat  from Australia. “We asked the Bureau of…

Magpale proposes Anti-Child Sex Tourism Week

Peter L. Romanillos 06/30/2014

Cebu Vice Gov. Agnes Magpale is proposing the passage of a provincial ordinance that will raise public awareness on the dangers of child sex tourism. Her proposal to designate the first week of October as “Anti-Child Sex…

DENR to tap Oposa in filing case against resort

Peter L. Romanillos 06/30/2014

The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) will file a case against Marlin’s Beach Resort even though the  management told reporters it is willing to take down its seawall in Sta. Fe town, Bantayan Island. “Our…

Nationwide FOI signature campaign tomorrow

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 06/30/2014

Cebu media will join a nationwide launching of a signature campaign for the immediate passage of the Freedom of Information (FOI) bill. A sign-on event and a forum on the FOI will be held at the Rajah…

CCCI recognizes Cebu biz leaders

Aileen Garcia-Yap, Dennis Singson 06/30/2014

They are “Cebu’s champions”. This was how the Cebu Chamber of Commerce and Industry described their  Cebu Grand Chamber awardees who were recognized last   Saturday night  at the Waterfront Hotel in Lahug, Cebu City. “I really mean…

DepEd launches online library locator map

Inquirer 06/30/2014

Can’t find the library nearest you? The Department of Education has a solution: Check its online library locator map. The map, which one may access via the DepEd website (www.deped.gov.ph), shows almost all the libraries in public…

Mabolo cop accused of firing gun

06/29/2014

An off-duty  policeman was arrested after he allegedly discharged  his gun outside a bar in barangay Kamputhaw, Cebu City. SPO1 Neri Velasquez Cahimat of the Mabolo Police Station was handcuffed and taken into custody. Cahimat, 50, was…

Bad start in plunder suit

Malou Guanzon Apalisok 06/29/2014

The move of prosecutors from the Office of the Ombudsman to amend the information they filed with the Sandiganbayan in relation to the plunder cases of Senators Ramon Revilla, Jr., Jose “Jinggoy” Estrada and Juan Ponce Enrile…

Mingawon na ko sa paraygon nakong inahan

Lloyd Suarez 06/29/2014

Nakapahinuklog  kaayo kanako ang  sugilanon sa usa ka bata nga naglaum ug nagtinguha nga  maluwas pa sa nag-umbaw nga kamatayon ang nagtinga ug nagpenal niyang pinanggang inahan. Ang bata nakadungog sa istorya sa iyang mga uyoan ug…

Bird and bread talk

06/29/2014

Here I sit in a restaurant at the airport. My flight is seven hours away. In the restaurant, I picked a corner where ensconced in a sofa I could stay undisturbed for seven hours. On the table…

Councilor tops wealth list of Lapu officials

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 06/29/2014

A beach resort owner is  the richest elected official of Lapu-Lapu City based on her self-declared assets. Based on her Statement of Assets, Liabilities and Net Worth (SALN), Councilor Quennie Ammann is worth P18.2 million as of…

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