Naked inmates issue: PDEA-7 chief says that is for our mutual protection

Ador Vincent S. Mayol, Nestle L. Semilla 03/02/2017

  CEBU CITY-The director of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency in Central Visayas (PDEA-7) on Thursday defended its decision to let inmates of the Cebu Provincial Detention and Rehabilitation Center (CPDRC) remove their clothes during a surprise…

DUTERTE DECLARES NO END TO DRUG WAR

Ador Vincent S. Mayol, Jose Santino S. Bunachita 03/02/2017

President Rodrigo Duterte remains committed to the war against drugs even if it meant that more drug suspects will die. The President, speaking while in Cordova town on Mactan Island yesterday, said the criticisms of the Catholic…

Iconic third Cebu bridge breaks ground

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 03/02/2017

AN iconic structure linking Cebu City to the town of Cordova will soon rise in the Mactan Channel. The Cebu-Cordova Link Expressway (CCLEX) broke ground yesterday afternoon at the boundary of Barangays Dapitan and Pilipog in Cordova.…

DUTERTE ASKS CEBU BUSINESSMEN

Victor Anthony V. Silva 03/02/2017

Help stop corruption President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday rallied businessmen in Cebu, calling for them to help him put an end to corruption in Philippine government. Speaking to members of the Cebu Chamber of Commerce and Industry…

Ruiz: Prisoner held keys to CPDRC jail cells

Ador Vincent S. Mayol, Izobelle T. Pulgo 03/02/2017

BELIEVE it or not, one of the inmates of the Cebu Provincial Detention and Rehabilitation Center (CPDRC) was in possession of the keys that open the jail’s detention cells. Yogi Filemon Ruiz, director of the Philippine Drug…

ILLEGAL DRUG TRADE IN CEBU UP

Nestle L. Semilla 03/02/2017

PRO-7 chief to pushers: We are back, hide Hide or stop your illegal drug activities. Chief Supt. Noli Taliño, Police Regional Office in Central Visayas (PRO-7) director, gave this warning yesterday after receiving reports from police in…

Lapu-Lapu Councilor Gomez Jr. passes on

Junjie Mendoza 03/02/2017

LAPU-LAPU City Councilor Damian “Damgo” Gomez Jr. has passed on. He was 66. His nephew, Ruben Gomez, said yesterday that the councilor died in his sleep at 7 a.m. at the Perpetual Succour Hospital in Cebu City…

Mandaue street sweeper returns lost bag to seafarer

Dominic D. Yasay 03/02/2017

HONESTY is a virtue that 59-year-old street sweeper Avelino Sumagang swears by even if he earns barely enough to support his family. “Kita nga nanarbaho, be honest ta. Kay makatabang man na sa atong pagpanarbaho (We employees…

Duterte teases Dino, Tom on ‘friendship’

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 03/02/2017

The guests who attended yesterday’s groundbreaking of the Cebu-Cordova Link Expressway (CCLEX) had to wait for an hour and 50 minutes for the arrival of President Rodrigo Duterte in Dapitan-Pilipog, Cordova town. When it was time to…

Province to appraise selling price of CICC

Dominic D. Yasay 03/02/2017

Cebu provincial legal officer Orvi Ortega said that the Cebu Provincial Appraisal Committee (CPAC) will conduct an appraisal on the selling price of the Cebu International Convention Center (CICC), which is P350 million, so they could finalize…

Pagasa: Hotter days ahead

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 03/02/2017

IT’s not yet the onset of dry season although hot temperature is expected in the coming days. As of 2 p.m. yesterday, the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa) Mactan recorded temperature at 31.5 degrees…

A FITTING FAREWELL

Jeff Ruffolo 03/02/2017

SO IT is for the Wolverine—and the swan song of Hugh Jackman—in“Logan,” a worthy and final farewell salute to the X-Man and the X-Universe of super powered mutants. Jackman wanted his insanely crazy clawed mutant to go…

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