Supreme Court Associate Justice belies exam leakage

Izobelle T. Pulgo 11/24/2016

With unverified reports making the rounds online regarding alleged leakage in the Bar examinations in recent days, 2016 Bar Examinations Chairperson Presbitero Velasco Jr. has released a statement to belie the report. In his statement, Velasco said…

Halloween Party at The Pig and Palm

PR 10/28/2016

OPENING to much fanfare less than 3 months ago, The Pig & Palm has definitively changed Cebu’s dining landscape with their innovative dishes and drinks. Faithful to its brand of modernity and innovation, The Pig & Palm…

Bar, club owners commit to drug-free nightspots

Michaela Jaycel L. Dolores 09/07/2016

MORE than 85 bar and club owners of Cebu City signed an agreement to support the Cebu City police’s campaign against illegal drugs during a half-day dialogue at the Crown Regency Hotel in Guadalupe, Cebu City Wednesday…

The Pig & Palm’s Modern Spanish cuisine

Aissa A. Dela Cruz 08/13/2016

THE LAST time I dined in a Michelin-starred restaurant offering Costa Brava-inspired Spanish cuisine was in Casa Mono owned by acclaimed Chefs Mario Batali and Andy Nusser in New York City. It was Restaurant Week in New York…

From silent to strident

Jude Bacalso 05/03/2016

I SPENT half an hour writing what would have been my first political piece in support of a candidate. After reading and re-reading it, I pressed the delete button tentatively. Erasing a few words, then entire sentences.…

US troops, Filipino cops in bar brawl face sanctions

04/13/2016

MANILA — US and Philippine authorities say American troops involved in a bar brawl with Filipino policemen face possible disciplinary sanctions in an incident earlier this month. The local military says this has no bearing on the…

400 willing to take bar exams in Cebu

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 03/07/2016

ONLY 400 examinees from the Visayas and Mindanao areas signified their intent to take this year’s bar examinations in Cebu. In a press conference, retired Court of Appeals Justice Portia Hormachuelos said they needed to identify 1,000…

Cebuana rescued from sex trade in Manila

Victor Anthony V. Silva 01/11/2016

Cecilia (not her real name), a mother of nine, believed her 17-year-old daughter was going to Cebu City to work when she left their home in Poro, Camotes Islands last month. Little did she know that Ashley…

Bar exams open today for 7,000 law grads

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 11/08/2015

AT least  7,146 law students around the country are scheduled to take the bar exams starting today at the University of Sto. Tomas in Manila and in the next three Sundays. Supreme Court (SC) Associate Justice Teresita…

Building regions

06/12/2015

Some significant political developments  must be acknowledge as the country marks  Independence Day. One, which is closer to Cebu, is President Benigno Aquino III’s signing an Executive Order creating a Negros Region that consists of Negros Occidental…

Lapu bar owner’s daughter guilty of forcing 9 women into prostitution

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 10/31/2014

A woman from Marikina City who was accused of forcing women to work as prostitutes in Lapu-Lapu City was convicted of qualified trafficking. Executive Judge Toribio Quiwag, in his ruling which was read in open court yesterday,…

Two Cebuanos top the 2013 bar examinations

Marian Z. Codilla 03/18/2014

Two Cebuanos landed in the top 10 in the October 2013 bar examinations. Only  1,174 or 22.18% of the total of 5,292  bar takers passed the October 2013 Bar examination.   Here are the top ten bar…

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