Midwest Cebu pitches eco-tours

Victor Anthony V. Silva 01/05/2016

Five community-based ecotourism projects are set to be launched this year, showing midwest Cebu’s less-known attractions in canyoneering, river cruises, mountain trails, dolphin-watching and local food tasting. Local governments of Aloguinsan, Alegria, Asturias, Balamban, and Tabuelan presented…

13 BUSTED IN ASTURIAS RAID

Rene Alima 12/27/2015

A joint police-military operation last Friday to arrest two drug pushers in Asturias town in northwestern Cebu failed after the suspects escaped. The Asturias, Balamban, Tuburan police stations and a Philippine military unit based in Balamban town…

Portia and Mabe

Madrileña de la Cerna 12/26/2015

She Voices A week before Christmas, two dynamic members of the women’s movement in Cebu passed away – Portia D. Dacalos figured in a motorcycle accident while on vacation in Brazil on Dec. 16 and Sr. Maria…

Anti-MJ drive intensified

Apple Ta-as 12/13/2015

MEMBERS of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency in the region are intensifying their campaign against the selling of marijuana this holiday season as they expect a surge in demand for this illegal drug. During the holidays, prices…

Capitol sets aside P13.5M budget for tourism infra

Victor Anthony V. Silva 11/29/2015

About P13.5 million worth of infrastructure projects will be allocated by the province to develop tourist destinations in midwest Cebu. Provincial Information Officer Ethel Natera said Gov. Hilario Davide III and Vice Gov. Agnes Magpale will review…

Provincial Meet slated in Dalaguete

John Carlo Villaruel 11/18/2015

OVER 12,000 delegates from Cebu’s 44 municipalities will be heading south this weekend as they vie for supremacy in the 2015 Cebu Provincial Sports and Cultural Meet slated from Nov. 22 to 28 in the municipality of…

CSU man shot dead in Toledo

Rene F. Alima 11/16/2015

Two men on a motorcycle shot dead a member of Toledo City’s Civil Security Unit at 7 a.m. yesterday in barangay Poblacion, Toledo City in western Cebu. Leonardo Lomucso, 58, of barangay Gaas, Balamban town, died after…

Man dies in bike crash

Rene Alima 11/15/2015

A MAN was killed while his companion was injured when the motorcycle they were riding rammed  a waiting shed in Balamban town, Cebu. Police said the motorcycle driven by Guilford Apas, 22, was running at high speed…

Balamban town wants more road concreting

Victor Anthony V. Silva 10/12/2015

BARANGAY officials in Balamban town, midwest Cebu, asked the provincial government to revive the road concreting projects implemented during the previous administration. Balamban Mayor Ace Binghay said the road concreting projects of then governor Gwendolyn Garcia was…

Illicit affair in Balamban

Jhunnex Napallacan 09/10/2015

A 32-YEAR-OLD man  caught his wife sleeping with  his best friend at the family home in Lamesa, Balamban town, Cebu. The woman and her lover were later detained in the Balamban poiice station pending the filing of…

Anti-drug drive nets 4 people

Rene Alima 08/27/2015

Police arrested four persons in separate anti-illegal drug operations in four towns in Cebu province last Tuesday. First to fall was Richie Manatad, 30, of barangay Tugbungan, Consolacion town in northern Cebu. He was caught at 3…

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,…

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