Easter Sunday crowd at Mandaue Bridge Park

Norman V. Mendoza 04/06/2015

Metro Cebu residents who didn’t want to dent their budgets for a four-day Holy Week vacation in the province or elsewhere in the country opted to spend Easter Sunday at the Mandaue Bridge Park. Among them was…

‘Penitential ride’ draws 500 bikers in Cebu City

Nestle L. Semilla 04/06/2015

More than 500 bikers joined the “Penitential Ride” that covered 14 churches in Cebu City at past 4 p.m., last Maundy Thursday. The participants wore helmets and had blinkers and other safety gear in compliance with safety…

Increase in grad fee subsidy eyed

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 04/06/2015

Cebu City Councilor Dizon said he is lobbying for an increase in the tuition subsidy of beneficiaries of the city’s scholarship program. Since consultations have yet to be done for the increase, Dizon said he still doesn’t…

Working student graduates magna cum laude

Apple Ta-as 04/06/2015

Despite eye problem Poverty and a potentially debilitating eye problem did not hinder this 22-year-old working student from completing a university degree in Psychology and graduating magna cum laude. For Neil Jed Castro receiving his diploma from…

RAINING THREES

Calvin D. Cordova 04/05/2015

E-Painters sink 19 triples in Game 2 to take commanding lead over Bolts by Calvin D. Cordova Editorial Assistant Game today Araneta Coliseum 7 p.m.- Talk ‘N Text vs. Purefoods The Rain or Shine Elasto Painters peppered…

Councilman arrested in Sta. Fe for drunken behavior

Apple Ta-as 04/05/2015

A 41-year-old barangay councilman was arrested for uprooting the signage bearing the message “I love Bantayan Island” in barangay Poblacion, Santa Fe town, Bantayan island, northern Cebu last Saturday afternoon. Police said Edward Espinosa was drunk when…

Several houses consumed by Easter Sunday fire in Cogon Pardo

Marian Z. Codilla 04/05/2015

Several houses were gutted by a fire that broke out at barangay Manzanitas, barangay Cogon Pardo in Cebu City, Sunday noon. The Bureau of Fire Protection in Cebu City said the first fire alarm was received at…

Iceberg theory

Simeon Dumdum Jr. 04/05/2015

Chekhov reportedly said, “Don’t tell me the moon is shining; show me the glint of light on broken glass.” Many literary historians take this as the provenance of the “show, don’t tell” technique in writing, which prescribes…

Carosa and faith

Raymund Fernandez 04/05/2015

How even to spell it? Carosa or carroza? The proper Spanish lost to us, we in Dumanjug always just call it “carro”, that ubiquitous carrier, carriage, or chariot, of a variety of religious icons once or twice…

Giving the poor a voice

04/05/2015

by Fe N. Reyes How can we make sure that the poor have a voice in the International Eucharistic Congress (IEC) to be held in Cebu in January 2016?  This was the ultimate question set before us,…

Rogelie Catacutan is ready for the world

Orly J. Cajegas 04/05/2015

Despite her extensive pageant experience (Reyna ng Aliwan 2010, Miss Casino Filipino 2013, Miss World Philippines 2011 Top 12), newly-crowned Binibining Pilipinas-Supranational 2015 Rogelie Ardosa Catacutan confesses that she was a bag of nerves offstage. “It was…

Ex-guard finds calling as faith healer

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 04/05/2015

People of all walks of life come looking for a former security guard, who  has established a reputation as a Catholic faith healer in his hometown of Minglanilla in  south Cebu. Fifty-year-old Juan Paraiso  has been a…

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