‘I hope I can inspire young boxers’ —Nietes

Rick C. Gabuya 08/09/2015

DUBAI UAE—“For bringing honor and pride to Filipinos all over the world through boxing,  ALA Promotions International and ABS-CBN Sports, confer this Pinoy Pride Hall of Fame Award to Donnie “Ahas” Nietes.” This was part of the…

Katie Cotugno: Writing the teen psyche

Maria Niza Mariñas, Rob Gonzales 08/09/2015

It’s one thing to be unstoppable in uttering statements on the complications of relationships, an unexpected pregnancy or a love triangle, quite another to be treading on delicate ground—that of mirroring teens’ everyday truths in one’s fiction.…

Cash incentives bill for barangay workers pushed in Congress

Doris C. Bongcac 08/09/2015

Barangay officials and workers nationwide will  collect cash incentives of P50,000 to P100,000 upon their retirement if House Bill 4712 presented by Las Piñas Rep. Mark Villar is passed into law. The bill seeks to provide retirement…

Triathlete wants to spark deaf kids just like him

08/09/2015

Finishing the  Cobra Ironman 70.3 triathlon was just the start for 30-year-old Batangas-native Lester Lagos. Lagos visited  deaf children at Zapatera Elementary School and high schools in Cebu to start an educational fitness program. “I  was a…

Retired teacher finds fulfillment in gardening

Melissa Q. Cabahug 08/09/2015

Having spent 37 years teaching children, 62-year-old Blasa Perez finds contentment caring for  plants in her backyard in Mandaue City. “Ig hikap nako sa tanon, akong stress ug problema mawala (Every time I touch the plants, the…

Romualdez starts Cebu campaign

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 08/09/2015

Rep. Ferdinand Martin Romualdez of Leyte’s 1st district met with  Cebu City and Consolacion town barangay officials yesterday as he prepares to run for a seat in the Senate. He thanked Cebuanos for helping Leyte province after…

Woman arrested for illegal drugs

Apple Ta-as 08/09/2015

Police arrested a 27-year-old woman and confiscated at least 20 grams of shabu during a buy-bust operation in barangay Candabong, Alcantara town in southern Cebu last Friday. Police arrested Erna Antiporta after the undercover policeman bought shabu…

Cops kill rob suspect

Chito O. Aragon 08/09/2015

Police killed a robbery suspect, who tried to shoot it out with police last Friday in barangay Carreta, Cebu City. Joel Rosales Conseja of barangay Tejero, Cebu City died of multiple gunshot wounds. PO2 Kenneth John Gaquit…

Man with fake bills nabbed

Apple Ta-as 08/09/2015

Fake bills amounting to P8,500 were recovered from a 44-year-old former taxicab driver. He was arrested when he used bogus money to pay the owner of an eatery in sitio Santa Rosa, barangay Poblacion, Alegria town southwestern…

11-vehicle pileup kills pastor, injures 7 others

Jhunnex Napallacan, Norman V. Mendoza 08/09/2015

Mandaue Highway Accident A basketball coach  driving his motorcycle to Cebu City was killed when a wayward 10-wheeler truck hit him and ploughed through nine other vehicles in a highway in Basak, Mandaue City  yesterday morning. Manolet…

GARCIA FOR GOV?

Ador Vincent S. Mayol, Doris C. Bongcac 08/09/2015

Gwen’s brother Winston shows interest to run; One Cebu to field ‘full slate’    Her younger  brother, not Rep. Gwen Garcia, was introduced yesterday to some mayors and allies of the One Cebu party as a possible…

‘Cebu is still premier province’

08/09/2015

CEBU Gov. Hilario Davide III yesterday said  Cebu remains “a premier province” and that when he first ran for the Capitol post in 2010, the province was rocked by fund anomalies over  the  Cebu International Convention Center…

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