BIGGER AIRPORT BY 2018

Vanessa Claire Lucero, Victor Anthony V. Silva 06/30/2015

Aquino chides critics: P14.4 billion will go to nat’l treasury, not Liberal Party Groundbreaking of Mactan ‘resort airport’ to benefit tourism, economy   President Benigno Aquino III yesterday led the groundbreaking ceremony for the new Mactan airport…

American retiree: I plan to marry 17-year-old Bogo girl

Victor Anthony V. Silva 06/30/2015

American pensioner David Ray Carpenter, 68, sat with his hands cuffed and his face covered with a black-and-white scarf. “I did nothing wrong,” he said, three days after being arrested in his home with an underaged girl…

City Hall ombudsman: Nothing wrong with soliciting water, bread

Nestle L. Semilla 06/30/2015

FIVE Cebu City Hall employees including Mayor Michael Rama’s secretary Belinda Navasquez may be cleared in the controversy over solicitation letters sent to companies asking for water and bread. Lawyer Johnson Hontanosas, resident ombudsman of City Hall,…

Rama sets SOCA on historic July 4

PR 06/30/2015

Cebu City Mayor Michael Rama is  eyeing a historic date and setting for his State of the City Address (SOCA). He will address the City Council’s inaugural session on Wednesday and then deliver his SOCA  on Saturday…

Public urged to store rain now than later

Edison Delos Angeles, Melissa Q. Cabahug 06/30/2015

Despite the onset of the rainy season, the Mactan office of the state weather bureau Pagasa reminded the public to start storing water before the El Niño dry spell returns in August. Alfredo Quiblat, acting Pagasa-Mactan chief,…

Debris from riprap alarms Mabolo residents

Edison Delos Angeles, Jose Santino S. Bunachita 06/30/2015

RESIDENTS of barangay Mabolo near the boundary of barangay Hipodromo in Cebu City voiced alarm over the collapse of  a concrete riprap near the exit of the Ayala Access Road along MJ Cuenco Avenue. Cesar Gloria, who…

Early pregnancy rates rise in Cebu

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 06/30/2015

A NINE-YEAR-OLD girl in Cebu became the youngest mother in Central Visayas after she gave birth at the Vicente Sotto Memorial Medical Center (VSMMC). The Regional Population Commission (PopCom-7) also identified a 12-year-old girl from Bogo City…

Eco-friendly market in Mandaue City

Norman V. Mendoza 06/30/2015

A new eco-friendly public market that will be built on a 15,000-square meter lot at barangay Centrio will be funded with a P400-million budget under the city’s Annual Investment Plan (AIP). Mandaue City Mayor Jonas Cortes announced…

Involve stakeholders, police precincts told

Apple Ta-as 06/30/2015

POLICE precincts in Cebu were advised to strengthen their ties with community stakeholders by inviting their feedback in order to improve the police’s campaign against criminality in their respective jurisdictions. Commissioner Luisito Palmera of the National Police…

Juvenile sharks sold in Dalaguete market

Melissa Q. Cabahug 06/30/2015

Internet photos of  dead  sharks being sold in the wet market of Dalaguete town in south Cebu prompted the mayor and local police to trace the vendor. Dalaguete Mayor Ronald Allan Cesante confirmed the sale a day…

Rama to deliver city address this Saturday

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 06/29/2015

Cebu City Mayor Michael Rama will deliver his State of the City Address (SOCA) on July 4, Saturday afternoon at the Plaza Independencia. The annual address will be held three days later than the inaugural session of…

Primary Homes vie for Property Awards 2015

PR 06/29/2015

The region’s leading real estate developer Primary Homes, Inc. (PHI) is one of the nominees in the Philippines Property Awards 2015, grabbing four citations in several categories. PHI is nominated for the Best Condo Development (Cebu) for…

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