Marijuana worth P5.3 M uprooted

Apple Ta-as 09/11/2015

MARIJUANA plants worth P5.3 million were uprooted in barangay Basiao, Badian town, southwest Cebu yesterday morning. Law enforcers also arrested Ryan Dionaldo, 30, the alleged cultivator of the marijuana plantation. The man is facing charges for violating…

Capitol turns over ambulances, trucks

Mary Claire U. Catado 08/27/2015

A total of 13 mini-ambulances, six ambulances and nine mini-dump trucks worth over P17 million were turned over to 16 towns in Cebu province yesterday. The recipients were the towns and cities of Minglanilla, Argao, Sogod, Catmon,…

Forum urges LGUs to enroll in Kalahi

07/17/2015

LOCAL chief executives and representatives of the different municipalities in Central Visayas recently attended a forum on Kapit Bisig Laban sa Kahirapan-Comprehensive and Integrated Delivery of Social Services (Kalahi-CIDSS). Participants were given the chance to enroll in…

Crop losses hit P58M in Cebu

Melissa Q. Cabahug 06/14/2015

ABOUT 17 towns and four cities in Cebu province have sustained damage to crops worth P58.2 million as of June 8, the Provincial Agriculture Office said last Friday. After the submission of their respective damage assessment reports,…

Deped urged to clean ranks after teacher’s arrest over drugs

Apple Ta-as, Melissa Q. Cabahug 05/28/2015

The Department of Education (DepEd) was asked to check its ranks for drug users following the arrest of an acting supervisor of a public elementary school in Badian town, southwest Cebu. “I think it would be  proper…

Teacher, four men nabbed in drug bust in Badian

Apple Ta-as 05/26/2015

Four men including a public elementary school official were arrested by operatives of the Provincial Intelligence Branch (PIB) in a drug bust in barangay Poblacion, Badian, southwest Cebu, Tuesday afternoon. PIB in coordination with Badian police arrested…

Did local officials protect drug suspect in Badian?

Apple Ta-as, Rene Alima 05/21/2015

Badian drug raid: 1 killed, 1 wounded, 3 more arrested Police are looking into reports about local government officials protecting the suspected drug pusher, who was killed in a shootout last Tuesday in Badian town in southern…

Capitol resolves road right of way problem in Badian

Victor Anthony V. Silva 04/16/2015

A five-year-old road right-of-way problem in Badian town, southwest Cebu was resolved in a whole-day discussion between provincial government officials, a resort owner and barangay residents. Cebu Vice Gov. Agnes Magpale said the Badian Resort and Spa…

4th sinkhole found in Badian

Apple Ta-as 01/05/2015

Another sinkhole was discovered last Saturday afternoon in a river in the mountain barangay of Talayong, Badian, southern Cebu. This is the fourth new sinkhole found in the south and the third in Badian after typhoon Seniang.…

Sinkhole swallows ‘half a mountain’ in Alcantara; another found in Badian town

Victor Anthony V. Silva 01/04/2015

Two new sinkholes, one of which was described as having caused “half a mountain to collapse”, were discovered in the towns of Alcantara and Badian in southern Cebu last week. Arturo Palencia, Alcantara Municipal Engineer, said his…

Queenie aftermath

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 12/03/2014

192 Badian studes to share  classroom STUDENTS from Grade 1 to 4 at the Basangpangpang Elementary School in Badian town, southern Cebu will have to share one classroom after their school building was heavily damaged during the…

Kawasan opens, but guides required; Boljoon cleans up

Marian Z. Codilla, Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 12/01/2014

  Kawasan Falls, which sustained damage from tropical depression Queenie, opened to the public yesterday, but authorities will require tourists to have tour guides. In Boljoon town, residents started cleaning up a flooded school to the resumption…

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