Kawasan Falls: A paradise lost to Queenie

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 11/30/2014

KAWASAN Falls – the multi-layered waterfalls considered as the pride of Badian town – was an unimaginable picture of devastation as the weather cleared the day after tropical depression Queenie unleashed its wrath over southern Cebu. Badian…

Badian sinkhole doubles in size

Doris C. Bongcac 11/29/2014

The sinkhole in Badian town, south Cebu, continues to grow wider. It was already 12 meters wide yesterday, said Eddie Llamedo, information officer of the regional office of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR-7). The …

Pa shot dead in front of 10-year-old son

Apple Ta-as 11/28/2014

A former security guard was shot to death in front of his son for still undetermined reasons in sitio Manay-as, barangay Lambug, Badian town, southwest Cebu Tuesday afternoon. Romeo Auban Terante, 50, was walking with his 10-year-old…

Killer ‘Queenie’

Ares P. Gutierrez, Doris C. Bongcac, Edison Delos Angeles, Peter L. Romanillos 11/28/2014

Seven-year-old Jason Baldado was soundly asleep with his mother, Alona,  inside their shanty in barangay Sto. Niño in Malabuyoc town,  southern Cebu when heavy rains brought by tropical  depression Queenie fell before dawn Thursday. Queenie, the 20th…

Queenie relives horrors of Yolanda

Victor Anthony V. Silva 11/28/2014

Over a year has passed since Yolanda battered northern Cebu but its wrath and the fear it brought are still fresh among the people in the south. When typhoon Queenie swept through Argao town Wednesday night, roofs…

Sinkhole in Badian

Doris C. Bongcac 11/28/2014

Heavy rains brought by tropical depression Queenie caused a portion of the road in sitio Curva, barangay Banhigan in Badian town, southwest Cebu to collapse, creating a five meter wide, 10 meter deep sinkhole at past 6…

1 killed, 2 nabbed in drug bust

Apple Ta-as 11/20/2014

One man was killed while two were arrested in a buy bust operation in barangay Talayong, Badian, southern Cebu Tuesday night. The fatality was identified as Michael Eligino,  a known toughie in the barangay. Operatives of the…

Towns to adopt uniform canyoneering guidelines

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 08/31/2014

Officials of three towns in southwestern Cebu have agreed to come up with uniform guidelines governing canyoneering adventure tours in the Kanlaob river. Alegria Mayor Verna Magallon said the towns of Moalboal and Badian will adopt the…

Adlawan snaps Mangosong’s streak

Dale G. Rosal 07/23/2014

Cebuano motocross daredevil Jon Eleazar Adlawan clinched the pro open title in the 4th Leg of the Man and Machine Supercross Series 2014 last weekend in Badian town, southwestern Cebu. Adlawan snapped Rhowell “Bornok” Mangosong IV’s two-leg…

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