Water woes in Metro Cebu

Atty. Gloria Estenzo Ramos 08/03/2015

I was getting ready for a meeting last Friday when heavy rainfall and the consequent flooding again hit Metro Cebu for the second time last week. Since my colleagues and I knew better than to get stuck…

The Vigan experience

Malou Guanzon Apalisok 08/03/2015

The 1st Cooperatives Tourism Cluster Congress came to a close Saturday night in Vigan City with some 700 delegates and guests swapping ideas about the potentials of tourism and its prospects for cooperatives. As I mentioned in…

Cebu City to round up mendicants and vagrants

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 08/03/2015

Cebu City Hall will be rounding up mendicants and vagrants all over the city this month to mark its annual observance of Anti-Mendicancy Month. Cebu City Anti-Mendicancy Board executive director Joy Pesquera said they will start the…

Birthday boy wins Filipino elite title

John Carlo Villaruel 08/03/2015

Double celebration for men’s winner Benedicto; Torres is new women’s champion Reigning Filipino elite champion August Benedicto had every reason to celebrate yesterday. He actually had two. This after he successfully defended his Filipino Elite title in…

Duterte on sea row: US would never die for us

08/03/2015

DAVAO CITY – America would never die for us, Mayor Rodrigo Duterte told visiting military attachés, some of them coming from the US and China, over trouble at the South China Sea. The mayor met the military…

Amputee, ex-jeepney driver, former guard share stories

08/03/2015

An amputee, a former jeepney driver and a former security guard came out with  more than memorable experiences of competing in the Cobra Ironman 70.3 Challenge yesterday. Raul Angoluam, who is an amputee, said his love for…

Extra Mile Challenge successful

08/03/2015

The Ironman 70.3 Extra Mile Challenge was a resounding success, which means more will be given to a selected beneficiary. “Nag-sold out tayo lagpas na ng 300 (It was sold out. We had more than 300 participants),”…

‘Hotline’ for sea dispute tackled

08/03/2015

ASEAN-CHINA TALKS Asean and China are discussing setting up a “hotline” in case of an emergency regarding the territorial dispute over the South China Sea, a Philippine official said yesterday. The proposed hotline was discussed during a…

Midnight fire razed 62 houses in Sambag 1

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 08/03/2015

(2nd Update; August 3, 2015; 10:20 a.m.) At least 62 houses in Sambag 1, Cebu City were razed in a fire that broke shortly before Sunday midnight. The Cebu City Fire Department received the alarm at 11:30…

Cop shot, wounded in Nivel Hills attack

Apple Ta-as 08/03/2015

Two unidentified gunmen shot and wounded yesterday a 53-year-old police officer shortly after his wife and children got off  their vehicle in Nivel Hills, barangay Busay, Cebu City. PO3 Ramon Bolongaita, who  had just attended mass at…

Rowdy foreigner shot in Santander

Apple Ta-as 08/03/2015

A 55-year-old American national was shot and wounded in his leg after he allegedly tried to attack a policeman inside a store in barangay Poblacion, Santander, southern Cebu last Saturday. Dale Lane Dunbar, who hails from Alabama,…

Woman facing trafficking charges

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 08/03/2015

A woman is facing trial for allegedly hiring and exposing a 13-year-old girl to prostitution in 2013. The Cebu City Prosecutors’ Office found sufficient evidence to indict Michelle Gijan on charges of qualified trafficking. No bail was…

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