Unfinished road

Junjie Mendoza 12/30/2016

Vehicles have to slow down when they reach this unfinished concrete road along Legaspi Street corner MJ Cuenco Ave. , Cebu City. This road was a subject of a complaint that t was reported last November. The…

Duterte visits wounded in the Hilongos bombing; two teenage victims get brand new phones

Joey Gabieta 12/30/2016

HILONGOS, Leyte-Fifteen-year-old John Reyneill Lamo was lying on his hospital bed on Friday morning when an unexpected visitor arrived: President Rodrigo Duterte. The Grade 6 pupil broke into a smile especially after the President handed him his…

Toledo accident kills 2, injures six others

Rene F. Alima 12/30/2016

CEBU CITY—Two hitchhikers were killed while six others were wounded on Friday morning when an Isuzu elf truck they were riding lost its brakes and hit a center island in Toledo City, about 56.5 km west of…

Police up visibility for New Year

Nestle L. Semilla 12/30/2016

Expect more policemen patrolling in terminals, ports and business areas like the malls in Cebu starting Friday, December 30. In an interview on Friday morning, Cebu City Police Office (CCPO) director Sen. Supt. Joel Doria said that…

‘WATCHFUL, ALERT’ CEBU

Jose Santino S. Bunachita, Nestle L. Semilla 12/29/2016

The bombing that left 32 persons injured in Hilongos, Leyte on Wednesday evening has set off an alarm in Cebu, with local officials led by Acting Cebu City Mayor Edgardo Labella calling on police authorities to be…

Town police chief sacked

Nestle L. Semilla 12/29/2016

MINGLANILLA Police Station Commander, Chief Insp. Florendo Fajardo was relieved from his post while his men are under investigation by the Police Regional Office in Central Visayas (PRO-7). This came after Fajardo’s admission that the persons they…

P150K reward for last suspect in Nuñez slay

Nestle L. Semilla 12/29/2016

A P150,000 reward awaits anyone who can give information on the whereabouts of the remaining suspect in the killing of Catmon Police Chief Senior Insp. Alexander Nuñez. The local government unit of Catmon, Cebu Provincial Police Office…

Hauling of SRP garbage resumes

Jose Santino S. Bunachita, Michelle Joy L. Padayhag, Morexette Erram 12/29/2016

HAULING of Cebu City’s garbage dumped at a lot in the South Road Properties (SRP) resumed yesterday with the arrival of the heavy equipment and dump trucks of Jomara Konstruckt Corporation, which the city contracted to bring…

THOU SHALT NOT KILL

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 12/29/2016

CONCLUSION Leaders of the Catholic Church, an institution that helped oust two of the country’s leaders in the past, have varied responses to the Duterte administration’s campaign against illegal drugs. While all of them agree that killing…

A different kind of surrender

Cris Evert Lato-Ruffolo 12/29/2016

CONCLUSION (A four-part series on why there is hope for drug users and pushers) Katherine (not her real name) started using shabu (methamphetamine hydrochloride) last February. She was only 14 years old and wanted to get the…

Taxi driver in trouble

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 12/29/2016

For allegedly insulting a couple, who are persons with disability (PWDs), a taxi driver is in trouble after the couple filed a complaint against him at the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board in Central Visayas (LTFRB-7)…

Security agencies’ problems tackled

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 12/29/2016

CUTTHROAT competition, lack of adherence to laws, and lack of strict monitoring were among the identified problems hounding security agencies in Cebu City. These concerns were raised by representatives of around 60 security agencies and the Philippine…

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