Fire guts old office buildings of DENR 7 in Banilad

Norman V. Mendoza 03/13/2017

CEBU CITY—Fire destroyed two 2-story buildings of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources in Central Visayas (DENR 7) located at Greenplains Subdivision in Barangay Banilad, Mandaue City about 3 a.m. on Monday. The blaze of still…

MINORS IN TROUBLE

Fe Marie Dumaboc, Nestle L. Semilla, Norman V. Mendoza 03/12/2017

As the police and other law enforcement authorities recalibrated their offensive against illegal drugs, they find themselves facing a troubling aspect of the drug war — dealing with minors caught alongside the adult offenders. Over the weekend,…

STRIPPING OF CPDRC INMATES

Izobelle T. Pulgo, Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 03/12/2017

Being naked in front of female inmates indecent, embarrassing It was not the stripping naked of the male inmates of the provincial jail that was offensive, but rather the presence of the female inmates while they were…

Barok transferred to cell near signal jammers

Izobelle T. Pulgo 03/12/2017

HIGH profile drug personality Alvaro “Barok” Alvaro is now out of isolation and transferred to a regular cell immediately after the signal jammers were installed last month. CPDRC officer in charge Bobby Legaspi said they transferred Alvaro…

Shooting competition: Defective firearms of cops exposed

Edison Delos Angeles 03/12/2017

  Guns with broken parts and those that jammed were among the problems of the weapons of police officers that were exposed yesterday during a friendly shooting competition between Waterfront Police Station 3 officers and barangay officials…

Brgy. Banilad workers, officials take drug test

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 03/12/2017

The 76 officials and employees of Barangay Banilad in Cebu City were made to undergo a surprise drug testing yesterday morning. This is part of city government’s campaign to ensure and promote a drug-free workplace in the…

FITBIT TRACKS YOU STEPS; now it wants to chart your Zs, too

AP 03/12/2017

FITBIT, whose devices encourage people to walk 10,000 steps each day, now wants to put them to sleep as well. The company said data collected by the millions of Fitbit trackers in use show that people are averaging…

Duterte to PMA graduates: Be morally upright, loyal

Inquirer.net 03/12/2017

Fort Del Pilar, Baguio City—President Rodrigo Duterte on Sunday urged the graduates of the Philippine Military Academy (PMA) Salaknib Class of 2017 to be morally upright and to be loyal to the Constitution as they leave the…

Officials study WTE facility for Inayawan

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 03/12/2017

Cebu City officials, led by Mayor Tomas Osmeña, are checking a waste-to-energy (WTE) facility operated by a Chinese firm in Bangkok, Thailand to determine if such could be applied in the city’s Inayawan landfill. “WTE doesn’t create…

Sitoy to lobby for road network projects

Izobelle T. Pulgo, Jose Santino S. Bunachita 03/12/2017

Former Cordova Mayor Adelino Sitoy will lobby for the inclusion of a road network upgrade that will complement the Cebu-Cordova Link Expressway (CCLEX) project in the government’s national budget for next year. Sitoy, now the presidential adviser…

Second int’l airport, upgraded hospitals top Capitol agenda

Izobelle T. Pulgo 03/12/2017

AN alternative international airport, upgraded hospitals and an additional 2,000 classrooms are some of the key projects proposed for inclusion in the provincial government’s Executive-Legislative Agenda this year. Florentino Nimor Jr., acting Provincial Planning and Development Office…

Rains to persist in Cebu this week: Pagasa

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 03/12/2017

ISOLATED rain showers and thunderstorms will continue to prevail over Cebu this week due to the tail-end of a cold front in the Visayas, the Mactan office of the state weather bureau Pagasa said yesterday. “The presence…

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