Margot asks where P11 million budget for farm aid went

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 04/09/2015

FARMERS ASK FOR HELP Water drums, hoses needed for dry spell in upland Cebu city Where are the water hoses and drums whose purchase was budgeted by the Cebu City Council  to help upland farmers  cope with…

Foreign retiree caught with four girls in motel room

Apple Ta-as 04/09/2015

What’s a 73-year-old foreigner doing with four little girls in a motel room? Bogo city police arrested a Canadian national after entering the Gabrielle’s Court motel in Bogo City on Tuesday afternoon following a distress call from…

Make it a habit: Power off one hour each day

Nestle L. Semilla 04/09/2015

TURN off lights at home for one hour a day to conserve energy. Cebu City Councilor Nida Cabrera urged residents to make this a habit in the wake of reports that the Visayas grid was placed under…

Cebu reclamation authority authorizes Cordova to negotiate for dev’t project

Melissa Q. Cabahug, Victor Anthony V. Silva 04/09/2015

THE Cebu Provincial Reclamation Authority (CPRA) gave  Cordova town the green light to negotiate with SM Prime Holdings for a plan to reclaim  1,500 hectares  of foreshore land in the boundary of barangays Day-as and Pilipog. “The…

3 houses burn in Mactan

Norman V. Mendoza 04/09/2015

Overheated outlet may have caused fire in barangay Gungob Eight families were displaced after a fire gutted three homes in Osmeña Street, barangay Gun-ob, Lapu-Lapu City at 8 a.m. yesterday. The houses made of light materials were…

7 nabbed in Lapu-Lapu drug bust

Chito O. Aragon, Norman V. Mendoza 04/09/2015

SEVEN persons including a woman were arrested by police in a  buy-bust operation at Sacred Heart Village, Purok Tambis in barangay Gun-ob, Lapu-Lapu City at 4 p.m. last Tuesday. PO1 Wilbert Parilla, chief of the Hoops Dome…

American, bike rider hurt in collision

Andrea D. Lim 04/09/2015

Two motorbikes   collided yesterday morning in Badian town resulting in injuries to both riders,  a 74-year-old American and a 51-year-old Filipino. Ted Francis Williams broke his right leg.  He  came from Moalboal town and was heading  to…

Trisikad passenger shot down in Inayawan

Chito O. Aragon 04/09/2015

A backhoe  operator was shot dead while his two companions escaped a gunman in sitio Laray, barangay Inayawan in Cebu City at past 8 p.m. last Tuesday. Ricardo Fernandez, 36, of  Dumanjug town was shot in the…

Store owner shot by sister

Andrea D. Lim 04/09/2015

A 28-YEAR-OLD woman was shot in the stomach  by her older sister in San Fernando town last Tuesday night. Police said both women own competing stores in  barangay Basak and that misunderstandings between them were a normal…

Globe overtakes rival with 33% of market, earns P99B

04/08/2015

“Don’t let anyone tell you differently,” said Ernest Cu, Globe Telecom CEO and president, “We are the brand leader.” Pacing up and down a lighted T-shaped ramp with growth figures splashed on a video screen behind him,…

Six Cebu towns among most visited in Central Visayas

Melissa Q. Cabahug 04/08/2015

Six municipalities in Cebu province were among the top tourist destinations in Central Visayas in the municipality category in 2014, according to the Department of Tourism. San Remigio town in northern Cebu was the second most visited…

Reliving Sto. Niño discovery in Kaplag

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 04/08/2015

The Catholic Church in Cebu will celebrate the 450th anniversary of the discovery of the image of the Sto. Niño—the oldest religious icon and the symbol of Catholicism in the country — on April 28 this year.…

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