Citom starts trial

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 12/27/2014

After brutal, slow-moving traffic in the run-up to Christmas, roads in Cebu City are less congested. “It was unexpectedly good during Christmas Day.  It’s because of the holiday.  Most people are out of town for vacation. That’s…

Dancing Christmas tree, ‘lechon’ and Miss Earth for inmates

Peter L. Romanillos 12/27/2014

Dancing to the classic carol “Jingle Bells,” around 2,100 inmates of the  Cebu provincial jail entertained visitors, including family members who  watched their  open house performance on Christmas eve. As a finale, the inmates rearranged themselves in…

4 diggers electrocuted in hole in Danao City

Doris C. Bongcac 12/27/2014

Four men, three of whom were  believed to be treasure hunters, were electrocuted while digging a hole in the ground behind the barangay hall of Maslog in Danao City, north Cebu. The site, a few meters from…

Christmas reunion for mom in jail

Peter L. Romanillos 12/27/2014

A few months ago he stepped out of prison, cleared of drug charges. On Christmas eve,  36-year-old Niño  was back again in the Cebu provincial jail, this time as a visitor. He brought his four young children…

Hope remains amid calamities

Apple Ta-as 12/27/2014

“It is not just acknowledging the birth of Jesus into the world, but how he became and still is a symbol of hope that has carried the Cebuanos’ faith and the rest of the Filipinos in rising…

OFW from Dauis: Christmas spent with family is the best

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 12/27/2014

DAUIS, BOHOL — Nothing beats Christmas at home. This was how 31-year- old Eden Olango felt as she celebrated Christmas with her family and  son — their first in two years. Eden, an overseas Filipino worker (OFW),…

Rama vetoes sports hub ordinance

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 12/27/2014

Cebu City Mayor Michael Rama has vetoed the ordinance that earmarks a portion of the South Road Properties (SRP) as a one-stop sports hub. In his veto message to the City Council which was sent last Monday,…

2 Cebu city fires on Christmas

Edison Delos Angeles 12/27/2014

Two fires struck in Cebu City on Christmas Day and shortly after. Fire hit the Adolfo’s Furniture shop  in Nasipit, barangay Talamban about 1:23 a.m. of Dec. 26  and was put off four hours later. The cause…

Pagasa sees wet New Year’s eve

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 12/27/2014

Expect a rainy New Year’s Eve in Cebu especially after  a low pressure area  entered the Philippine Area of Responsibility yesterday morning. Pagasa Mactan  forecast light rains in Cebu and  Central Visayas for the next five days.…

Dumanjug village chief shot dead

Rene Alima 12/27/2014

The barangay captain of Tubod-Dugoan in Dumanjug town, southern Cebu was gunned down at 10 a.m yesterday. Cipriano Torquedo, 52, sustained four gunshot wounds in his back. The suspect who was identified as Danilo Avila of barangay…

Pagasa sees wet New Year’s eve

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 12/27/2014

EXPECT a rainy New Year’s Eve in Cebu especially after  a low pressure area  entered the Philippine Area of Responsibility yesterday morning. Pagasa Mactan  forecast light rains in Cebu and  Central Visayas for the next five days.…

4 diggers electrocuted in hole in Danao City

Doris C. Bongcac 12/27/2014

FOUR men, three of whom were  believed to be treasure hunters, were electrocuted while digging a hole in the ground behind the barangay hall of Maslog in Danao City, north Cebu. The site, a few meters from…

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