Alcoy residents get free medical services

09/03/2017

As a way of supporting the Provincial Health Office (PHO) blood collection drive, Governor Hilario Davide III braved the needle as he led blood donors during the Capitol’s medical mission last August 18 in Alcoy town, southern…

The Nug-as Forest of Alcoy beckons

Morexette B. Erram 08/12/2017

Birdwatching is a truly specialized hobby that tests the perseverance and patience for anyone who is interested in doing so. This is because birds are elusive creatures, and spotting one — let alone seeing it up real…

16 Cebu province barangays are drug free, says CPPO chief

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 12/12/2016

CEBU CITY–About five months since the administration launched its relentless campaign against illegal drugs, 16 out of 1,066 barangays in Cebu province have declared themselves as “drug-free.” These villages are all located in three municipalities on the…

Twenty years of legal alternatives for women center

Sofia Aliño Logarta 12/07/2016

Law Center Inc. last Monday, December 5, had its general assembly. Clients, members and partners (Kaabag, Zonta, Sidlak, Kahupayan) actively celebrated its 20th year of growing and learning with women: listening to women, providing legal services, linking…

Stable power in Cebu for the holidays

Victor Anthony V. Silva 12/04/2016

CEBU and the rest of the Visayas will have ample power supply during the Christmas season despite power interruptions over the weekend, an official of the National Grid Corp. of the Philippines (NGCP) said yesterday. “We have…

Transmission line work causes 10-hour brownout in parts of south Cebu

Victor Anthony V. Silva 12/04/2016

CEBU CITY—A portion of southern Cebu will not have power for about 10 hours on Dec. 4 due to the ongoing work on the transmission line in the area, according to an official of the National Grid…

RAMA CLEARED BY OMBUDSMAN

Ador Vincent S. Mayol, Izobelle T. Pulgo, Jose Santino S. Bunachita, Nestle L. Semilla 10/04/2016

While Cebu City’s former mayor has been cleared of a graft complaint before the Office of the Ombudsman, an incumbent local chief executive awaits his suspension over a failure to liquidate cash advances amounting to just over…

Alcoy mayor suspended for failing to liquidate cash advances

Izobelle T. Pulgo, Nestle L. Semilla 10/04/2016

The Ombudsman-Visayas suspended Alcoy Mayor Michael Angelo Sestoso for one month and one day without pay after he was found guilty of simple neglect of duty. He was likewise indicted for his failure to liquidate cash advances…

Alcoy registrar suspended

Izobelle T. Pulgo 09/01/2016

The Office of the Ombudsman-Visayas has suspended municipal civil registrar Ferdinand Edward Mercado of Alcoy, Cebu after he was found guilty of simple neglect of duty. Mercado was meted a penalty of three-month suspension without pay, convertible…

Widow dies, 10 houses lost in fires

Rene F. Alima 06/28/2016

A widow died while six houses got burned down by a fire that hit Barangay Nug-as, Alcoy town at past 10 p.m. last Sunday. PO2 Rosendo Benondo of the Alcoy police precinct said their town had no…

Widow dies, six houses destroyed by fire in Alcoy town

Rene F. Alima 06/28/2016

A WIDOW died while six houses got burned down by a fire that hit barangay Nug-as, Alcoy town at past 10 p.m. last Sunday. PO2 Rosendo Benondo of the Alcoy police precinct said their town had no…

Newly elected mayors urged to retain disaster officers

Victor Anthony V. Silva 05/21/2016

REPLACING the existing disaster officers in the different cities and municipalities in Cebu once the newly elected mayors assume office after taking their oath on June 30 might spoil the gains of disaster preparedness from recent years.…

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