Jobs in countryside seen to address mendicancy problem

Melissa Q. Cabahug, Victor Anthony V. Silva 08/06/2015

If there were more jobs in  the countryside, this would wipe out the problem of mendicants in urban areas for good, especially in Cebu City. “Not only mendicants but also migrants,” said Roselyn Zosa, head of the…

Ortiz was a ‘model of public service’

08/06/2015

A Mass and memorial  service  were held yesterday in City Hall for the late Cebu City mayor Mario Diez Ortiz who served as chief executive in 1963. Four of his children—Danilo, Jerome, Edwin and Julie Marie—and  11…

Human trafficking plaint filed against Oregon retiree for relationship with girl

Apple Ta-as, Rene Alima 08/06/2015

American in trouble A 72-year-old American retiree who  was arrested last Tuesday for allegedly living  in with  a 17-year-old girl, is facing a complaint of human trafficking and child abuse before  the Cebu Provincial Prosecutor’s Office. Allan…

Australian, 8 others caught in drug raid

Norman V. Mendoza 08/06/2015

An Australian national and two women were among nine persons arrested in a raid in barangay Poblacion, Lapu-Lapu City yesterday. Paul Cooper, 51,  who resides in barangay Bangkal, Lapu-Lapu City, was caught with eight other persons allegedly…

Voters can register biometrics in Gaisano Grand malls

PR 08/05/2015

Gaisano Grand teams up with Comelec for “No Bio, No Boto” campaign. Voters have the chance to register their biometrics data in 27 malls of the Gaisano Grand Group in the Visayas and Mindanao. A Memorandum of…

Celebrate Cebuano films

PR 08/05/2015

Over 60 films, many of them Cebuano works, will be shown from Aug. 6 to 8 in the film festival Cinema Rehiyon 7 with this year’s theme “At the Crossroads of the Seventh Art.” The opener is…

Aboitiz cited for its role in education

08/05/2015

The Department of Education (DepEd)  lauded the Aboitiz Group for being its biggest contributor and a long-standing partner in the bid to uplift the state of the country’s public education system. Speaking in front of around 600…

Reigning juniors champs Magis Eagles trounce Baby Panthers

Jonas N. Panerio 08/05/2015

STRONG START The reigning juniors division champions Sacred Heart School-Ateneo de Cebu (SHS-AdC) Magis Eagles took care of business in their season-opening game as they beat the University of Southern Philippines-Foundation (USP-F) Baby Panthers, 68-55, in the…

Blazers win with help of Grey’s 29

Jonas N. Panerio 08/05/2015

A ray of sunlight was provided to the St. Benilde Blazers by Jonathan Grey who came off the bench and scored 29 points to lead his team to an 88-66 rout of the San Sebastian Stags in…

Memory of dad helps Nyza Archival conquer Ironkids

08/05/2015

An iron kid with iron strength. That’s what best describes 14-year-old Nyza Archival, daughter of the late Cebuano lawyer Noel Archival,  after finishing the Alaska Ironkids in an hour and 18 minutes last Saturday at Shangri-La’s Mactan…

Worst finish, best experience, says Ronda VM Ungab

Marian Z. Codilla 08/05/2015

Ronda Vice Mayor John Ungab was one of the thousands who joined this year’s Cobra Ironman 70.3 Philippines held last Sunday here in Cebu. Ungab has joined the past four Ironman races but he said this year…

New container port up for approval, Korea aid

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 08/05/2015

If approved by the government this year, an international container port project in Consolacion would be implemented middle of next year and completed in 2019. Transportation Undersecretary Julianito Bucayan Jr. said a feasibility study conducted by the…

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