5K new senior citizens start enjoying Cebu City’s P12K aid for elderly beneficiaries

Delta Dyrecka C. Letigio 02/02/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Five thousand more senior citizens in Cebu City will be able to enjoy starting this year the city government’s P12,000 financial assistance for the elderly beneficiaries. Lourdes Limpangog, acting city director of the…

Public urged: Avail of Passport on Wheels in malls; 30,000 applicants eyed

Delta Dyrecka C. Letigio 02/01/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The public are encouraged to take advantage of the monthlong Department of Foreign Affairs’s Passport on Wheels (POW) in malls in Cebu which is expected to serve at least 30,000 new passport applicants…

Labella: Politicians must stay off youth affairs

Morexette Marie B. Erram 05/17/2018

POLITICIANS of the older generation must keep their hands off the affairs of the youth. This was stressed by Cebu City Vice Mayor Edgar Labella a day after it was revealed that 41 of the elected Sangguniang…

Osmeña thanks supporters for choosing Barangay and Sk candidates under BOPK

Morexette Marie B. Erram 05/15/2018

Is there now a change in the political landscape in Cebu City? Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña thinks so as he announced that barangay (village) captains under the Bando Osmeña Pundok Kauswagan (BOPK) dominated in the barangay…

Foreign Affairs Office opens passport appointments for Jan. 2018

Inquirer.net 12/10/2017

Foreign Affairs Office opens passport appointments for Jan. 2018FILIPINOS who wish to apply for or renew their passports may now secure their appointments online. Starting January 2018, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) will be issuing Philippine…

The sweet life with Raquel Choa

Cris Evert Lato-Ruffolo 05/23/2017

It was the perfect Saturday night in March for a gathering of about a hundred Philippine ambassadors, their spouses, and Foreign Affairs officials in a private residence atop the mountain barangay of Pung-ol, Cebu City. Crispy prawns,…

VM’s wife pleads not guilty on physical injury charges

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 02/04/2016

The wife of Vice Mayor Jonah John Ungab of Ronda town pleaded “not guilty” on accusations of hitting a female lawyer with a baseball bat on Wednesday. Pearl Ungab was arraigned on charges of slight physical injuries…

When domestic feuds go public

Editorial 01/12/2016

It’s not unusual for domestic dispute cases to land in newspaper headlines. Two women — lawyer Amelie Alegre and a businessman’s wife Agnelen Uy — were murdered in August and October last year, respectively. If the women…

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