Unloading of imported rice delayed

Marites Villamor Ilano, Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 02/19/2016

UNLOADING of a shipment of 800,000 bags of rice from Vietnam has been delayed because of the lack of berthing space at the Cebu International Port (CIP). As of yesterday, National Food Authority (NFA) Administrator Renan B.…

REFUND

Carmel Loise Matus 02/18/2016

Former Talisay City Mayors Eddie Gullas and Soc Fernandez, 11 others, ordered to return P29.4 million to city coffers Two former mayors of Talisay City, 9 City Hall department heads and two former employees were directed to…

Hot and sunny again this weekend

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 02/18/2016

THIS weekend, it will be hot and sunny again. The “improved weather condition” this weekend  means that the tail-end of a cold front,  which has brought intermittent rains and lower than usual temperature in Cebu and the…

No fare cut for airlines

Aileen Garcia-Yap, Vanessa Lucero 02/18/2016

Flag carriers Philippine Airlines (PAL) and Cebu Pacific Air are not reducing fares despite the decline in oil prices. Cebu Pacific, however, said fuel surcharges from all domestic and international routes had been removed since January 2015,…

Teen retracts; police ask media for help in probe vs. 7 officers

Apple Ta-as 02/18/2016

TEENAGE drug suspect Lito Paculanang has retracted allegations that seven intelligence officers received money in exchange for the release of two suspected illegal drug personalities. Left with no witness, the City Intelligence and Detective Management Branch yesterday…

LGBT leader: Pacquiao can be sued for discrimination

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag, Nestle L. Semilla 02/18/2016

IF BOXING icon and Sarangani Rep. Manny Pacquiao were in Mandaue City when he spoke and compared the Lesbian, Gays, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) in same-sex marriages as “worse than animals,” he could have gotten himself in…

Drug-free

02/18/2016

Whether it was out of spite or a genuine commitment to the voting public, Dr. Alice Utlang’s call for Cebu City candidates to undergo drug tests still serves its purpose of keeping them honest and transparent to…

How I live today after losing Ale

Fernando Fajardo 02/18/2016

Reflections from Paseo de Coro I was not here last week. The preparations for Investing in Tech and Telecom Forum that we at Cebu Business Club organized last Friday where I also served as one of the…

Capitol Site settlers yield to demolition

Marc Eric Cosep 02/18/2016

Settlers who earlier resisted the demolition team in Sitio Sta. Cruz Barangay Capitol Site, Cebu City have packed their belongings and left their homes an hour before noon yesterday. Still others like 39-year-old Diane Culpa pleaded with…

Truck ban sked, cargo transport corridor eyed for bridge traffic woes

Izobelle T. Pulgo, Nestle L. Semilla, Norman V. Mendoza 02/18/2016

ASIDE from synchronizing enforcement of the truck ban with Lapu-Lapu City, Mandaue City Hall is also considering the option of  opening a cargo transport corridor on Ouano Avenue. Mandaue City Planning and Development Officer Florentino Nimor said…

City Hall sets aside P2.4B for SRP loan payment

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 02/18/2016

CEBU City Hall has set aside P2.4 billion from its account under the Land Bank of the Philippines for the prepayment of the South Road Properties (SRP) loan. “We earmarked P2.4 billion because we have this much…

Globe tower still operating in Apas

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 02/18/2016

ROSALINDA Almonte waited three hours to see if the cell site tower near her home in Sitio Calvary Hill, Barangay Apas will finally be shut down. But the 51-year-old Almonte, who blamed her stage 2B cancer on…

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