Children’s park in Mandaue accommodates indigents

Norman V. Mendoza 01/30/2015

MORE indigent children continue to enjoy free use of Happy Mong Kids Park in barangay Alang-alang, Mandaue City. Last Monday, 100 street children from Mandaue City and 20 others from Cordova Day Care Center were treated to…

Who’s in charge and taking responsibility?

01/30/2015

The drums of war were beating loud after the slaughter of 44 elite  police officers in Mamasapano town in Maguindanao province,  Central Mindanao. About 400 members of the Special Action Forces (SAF) of the Philippine National Police…

Day of the fallen

Apple Ta-as 01/30/2015

He called them heroes “too young”  to be slaughtered. The  loss of  44 police commandos killed in battle  in Maguindanao last Sunday left   Senior Supt. Conrad Capa choking  back tears. He had started his career with the…

JVR loses 1,000 job order workers; Council defends cut

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 01/30/2015

Talisay City’s P539.941-million budget means the city government will only have 341 job order or temporary employees this year compared to 1,300 job order employees last year. “There was not enough budget to sustain their salary. I…

Duterte: Investigate massacre, set aside peace talks

Victor Anthony V. Silva 01/30/2015

Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte yesterday said Congress should set aside deliberation on the Bangsamoro Basic Law  and investigate first the killing  of more than 40 policemen in Mamasapano, Maguindanao “for justice’s sake”. In an interview at…

Mananga 2 dam needed to avert shortage – JICA

Victor Anthony V. Silva 01/30/2015

Japanese consultants suggest reviving a plan to build a second high dam in the Mananga watershed at a cost of P6 billion. This would avert a water shortage for Metro Cebu in  2030, they said, but the…

‘Only rich seniors asked to donate to CCMC’

Flor R. Cartuciano 01/30/2015

Cebu City Mike Rama clarified yesterday that he’s not encouraging all  senior citizens to donate their cash assistance to the Cebu City Medical Center (CCMC) project. Rather, he’s asking well-to-do senior citizens who don’t collect their share…

Motorists overspeeding in SRP to be penalized

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 01/30/2015

Motorists who overspeed in the Cebu South Coastal Road (CSCR) will be apprehended soon. For now, the Cebu City Traffic Operations Management (Citom) is “exercising maximum tolerance” and informing the public about the new speed limit of…

US fugitive falls in Cebu

Apple Ta-as, Chito O. Aragon 01/30/2015

An American who is wanted in the US for his alleged involvement in multiple criminal cases including the abuse of minors and kidnapping was arrested yesterday in an apartment in barangay Sambag 1, Cebu City. Shikeb Saddozai,…

New NBI-7 chief to assume post Feb. 3

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 01/30/2015

The National Bureau of Investigation in Central Visayas (NBI-7) will have a new regional director. Lawyer Ricardo Diaz will replace Max Salvador, who was given a new assignment at the NBI central office in Manila. A turnover…

‘Jollybe’ eludes Suba drug raid; 3 suspected cohorts fall

Chito O. Aragon 01/30/2015

Police seized packs of suspected shabu amounting to almost  P1 million in an anti-drug raid in barangay Suba, Cebu City shortly before midnight yesterday. The subject of the raid, Jollybe Inso, was able to elude arrest but…

Veco exec sees 5% growth in energy sales in 2015

Aileen Garcia-Yap 01/29/2015

With Cebu’s fast-growing economy, the Visayan Electric Co. (Veco) is expecting a five-percent growth in energy sales this year as compared to last year’s  2.3 percent growth. This is based on a projected economic boom by many…

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