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ONLY Barangay Ermita officials and employees won’t receive their subsidies from Cebu City Hall, Mayor Tomas Osmeña clarified to reporters yesterday. “I am sorry. I misquoted myself. I was only talking about Ermita,” he said. The mayor…
CHARGES of illegal detention and kidnapping were dropped yesterday by the Tagbilaran City Prosecutor’s Office against two suspects in the murder of Bien Unido mayor Gisela Bendong-Boniel. Lawyer Inocencio dela Cerna, counsel for Brian Sayson and Wilson…
MARAWI CITY — Security forces started their final push on Wednesday in a bid to fully retake this war-torn city from the control of Islamic State-inspired militants. The fighting here has been ongoing for more than three…
President Rodrigo Duterte said he has ordered a lifestyle check on Iloilo City Mayor Jed Patrick Mabilog and discovered his house was “like a palace.” “Mabilog has sent a word that he wants to talk to me.…
The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) vowed on Wednesday to assist the 20 Filipino seafarers recently detained in Libya for alleged fuel smuggling. Libyan authorities have assured the Philippine Embassy in Tripoli that the seafarers detained on…
Twenty-five members of the House of Representatives endorsed the impeachment complaint filed on Wednesday against Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno. The complainant, lawyer Larry Gadon, filed the verified complaint at the office of the House Secretary…
While almost everyone knows that the four-day workweek bill being deliberated by Congress was born out of the need to ease traffic congestion in urban areas, the qualifier being that it is optional for employers makes it…
Very little is known about the Manila-based portraitist Severino Flavier Pablo (1800–1870), but his paintings live on. One of these, which he painted in the final years of his life, saw the light of day again last…
The column (Sun.Star) of Lelani P. Echaves entitled “Passion and Attention” opens with: “The letter of the Redemptorists of the Philippines which was read yesterday in all their Masses was most welcome.” It closes with: “Sadly, the…
SONNY’S SUSPENSION The Ombudsman’s order to suspend Toledo City Mayor John Henry “Sonny” Osmeña for one year on charges of grave abuse of authority had netizens blaming politics for the incident. Boyet Vero posted on Facebook, “Too…
THE Cebu provincial government will give financial assistance to Ormoc City, Leyte, for the city’s rehabilitation efforts after it was hit by the 6.5-magnitude earthquake last July 6. The members of the Provincial Board approved in mass…
Binibining Cebu was officially launched last Aug. 29 at SM Seaside City Cebu as the public got a glimpse of the 54 candidates during a press conference and presentation. The ladies had a chance to introduce themselves, answer…
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