11 dead as quake hits Taiwan

02/07/2016

Tainan, Taiwan — Rescuers raced to find survivors after a powerful, shallow earthquake struck southern Taiwan before dawn yesterday, collapsing a high-rise residential complex and killing at least 11 people, sending scores to hospital and leaving about…

Dry spell forces farmer to commit suicide

02/07/2016

COTABATO CITY — A 37-year-old farmer, who reportedly got so depressed after his farmland got parched by the dry spell, committed suicide in South Upi town in Maguindanao. Chief Insp. Roel Villarin, South Upi police chief, said…

GABBY CONCEPTION: Always the hearthrob

Jonas N. Panerio, Niza Mariñas, Rob Gonzales 02/07/2016

GABBY Concepcion is a rare breed.  In spite of being in his  50s, he feels like he has yet to hit his stride, both in showbiz where he is considered as one of the industry’s most sought-after…

PA KILLS DAUGHTER

Apple Ta-as, Jhunnex Napallacan, Rene F. Alima 02/06/2016

‘Nagmahay gyud kaayo ko’g dako sa nabuhat nako sa akong anak’ Kimberly Tampos, 9,  shielded her mother from the deadly knife locally known as “plamingko”  wielded by her father and lost her life in the process. Tampos,…

Lapu-Lapu City village chief shot, wounded

Norman V. Mendoza 02/06/2016

ISABELITO Darnayla, the barangay captain of Basak in Lapu-Lapu City, was shot and wounded in a slay attempt by four suspected assailants past 7:30 p.m. on Saturday. Darnayla, 53, who was carrying a firearm, managed to fire…

Capitol turns over new coastal road to Cordova

Victor Anthony V. Silva 02/06/2016

THE Cebu provincial government has turned over a new 520-meter coastal road to the Cordova municipal government. The P8-million new road links Sitio Camolinas in Barangay Poblacion to Barangay Alegria, the Capitol said in a statement. Construction…

Don’t extend truck ban, Mandaue traders ask

Nestle L. Semilla, Vanessa Claire Lucero 02/06/2016

Mandaue City’s business leaders were uneasy over an extended truck ban with the start of the repairs on the Mandaue-Mactan bridge this week. Donato Busa, Mandaue Chamber of Commerce and Industry (MCCI) president, said the longer truck…

Firm offers excess water to ease Cebu shortage

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag, Victor Anthony V. Silva 02/06/2016

A WATER firm offered to allocate the excess water produced by its desalination plant at the South Road Properties (SRP) to address Metro Cebu’s water shortage. Antonio Tompar, Pilipinas Water Resources Inc. (PWRI) president, said he wants…

Inday Garcia’s lasting legacy

Victor Anthony V. Silva 02/06/2016

Sixty-year-old street sweeper Thelma Inocencio never met Esperanza Fiel Garcia, but their lives have a common thread:  an organization that the Garcia matriarch founded. Inocencio, who works for the Mandaue city government, said she never feared about…

Vidal grateful for gift of life at 85

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 02/06/2016

On his 85th birthday yesterday, Archbishop Emeritus of Cebu Ricardo Cardinal Vidal only has gratitude to God for the blessings he received throughout his life. “I thank God that I reached this age sound and healthy. I…

Cebuano in Taiwan: ‘We ran for our lives’

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 02/06/2016

Machine operator Wilnar Ochada Paradiang was on graveyard shift at the second floor of Sumika Technology building in Tainan, Taiwan yesterday when the building shook. Paradiang, 29, said his first thought was to get out of the…

14 Filipino fire victims in Iraq being identified

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 02/06/2016

PHILIPPINE Embassy officials in Iraq have gone to the Kurdistan region to identify and start repatriation proceedings for the 14 Filipinos who perished in a hotel fire. As of 5 p.m. yesterday, it was not yet known…

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