Ermita to house soldiers for anti-crime, drug drive

Ador Vincent S. Mayol, Jose Santino S. Bunachita, Norman V. Mendoza 02/23/2017

Soldiers will be deployed to Barangay Ermita to help fight criminality and illegal drugs in tandem with the police. From now on, personnel from the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) will be helping monitor the crime…

DILG: Tumulak is Ermita caretaker

Jose Santino S. Bunachita and Edison Delos Angeles 02/03/2017

Councilor Dave Tumulak will assume as temporary caretaker of Barangay Ermita until President Rodrigo Duterte confirms eight appointees for the posts that were temporarily vacated there. Interior Secretary Ismael “Mike” Sueño said the posts of barangay chairman…

Some basic services stalled

Inna Mejia, Jose Santino S. Bunachita 02/02/2017

Many services in Barangay Ermita are now at a standstill following the suspension of all its barangay officials. Among the problems encountered by residents is the non-issuance of barangay clearances, which is a requirement for many transactions,…

Ermita leadership vacuum

Editorial 02/02/2017

There is some merit in the proposal to allow the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) to temporarily take over Barangay Ermita in Cebu City for six months. After all, it is the President who will…

Rupinta asks Ombud to reconsider its preventive suspension order

Izobelle T. Pulgo, Jose Santino S. Bunachita 01/20/2017

In a bid to have the order of preventive suspension against them reexamined, the officials of Barangay Ermita filed a motion for reconsideration before the Office of the Ombudsman yesterday afternoon. Barangay Captain Felicisimo Rupinta lamented that…

Tomas: It will pave way for cleansing the barangay of drugs

Ador Vincent S. Mayol, Inna Mejia 01/20/2017

CEBU City Mayor Tomas Osmeña welcomed the six-month preventive suspension of all barangay officials in Ermita, saying it will pave the way for the complete eradication of illegal drugs in the barangay. “It is a good opportunity…

Ermita brgy execs in trouble

Izobelle T. Pulgo 11/18/2016

PDEA-7 chief files four complaints against Rupinta, 7 others at Ombud The head of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency in Central Visayas made good on his threat to file complaints against all the barangay officials of Barangay…

Brgy. Ermita chief cries foul, grand plan against them cited

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 11/10/2016

Was there a grand plan against the Ermita barangay officials during last Sunday’s Sitio Bato antidrug operations? Ermita Barangay Captain Felicisimo “Imok” Rupinta said he believed there was a grand plan against them as he shared his…

Brgy. Ermita execs: We were just waiting for cops to call us

Ador Vincent S. Mayol, Jose Santino S. Bunachita 11/07/2016

PDEA-7 chief to file case against brgy. chief, 7 others for not helping in drug raid Barangay Ermita officials are willing to face an investigation on allegations that they did not cooperate with police forces during an…

2 nabbed for drugs charged

Izobelle T. Pulgo 06/24/2016

A 20-year-old man who was arrested during a buy-bust operation last June 18 in Sitio Bato, Barangay Ermita, Cebu City was finally charged in court yesterday for violation of RA 9165 or the Dangerous Drugs Act of…

Who takes care of the orphaned children?

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 06/03/2016

THIS 11-year-old boy has just been orphaned along with his four siblings — aged 5, 8, 13 and 17 — their parents’ bodies riddled with gunshot wounds found lying inside the cemetery of Banacon Island a day…

Vietnamese robbed of necklace; suspect caught

Apple Ta-as 04/16/2016

A 23-year-old Vietnamese national was robbed while walking along Manalili St., Barangay Ermita in Cebu City at past 2 pm on Saturday. PO2 Raydale Sardual, desk officer of the Carbon police precinct, said Thanh Nguyen Thingoc’s gold…

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