Boljoon medical mission serves 500 residents

05/24/2016

Around 500 patients composed mostly of senior citizens, mothers and children received free medical services at the El Pardo Elementary School in Boljoon town, southern Cebu last Friday. The Brgy. El Pardo is the first medical mission…

Two killed, two wounded in bloody Boljoon disco

Jhunnex Napallacan, Rene F. Alima 04/09/2016

A disco in a mountain barangay in Boljoon town in southeastern Cebu turned bloody when a man suddenly stabbed a policeman and grabbed the law enforcer’s Armalite rifle, which went off during the scuffle, killing a 16-year-old…

Boljoon’s altar retablo and our enduring faith

Jobers R. Bersales 01/27/2016

(This article also appears in today’s issue of the 51st IEC Bulletin) The choice of putting the magnificent main altar retablo (retable or screen) of the Parish Church of Boljoon on the cover of the 51st IEC…

Boljoon killing

Rene Alima 12/27/2015

A store helper was found dead with his throat slashed inside the public market in Boljoon, Cebu. The body of Nelson Alcaya, 23, was found at 10 p.m. last Friday inside the market. He had been sleeping…

Trader nabbed for firing gun

Rene Alima 12/18/2015

A 40-YEAR-OLD businesswoman was arrested for indiscriminate firing in  Boljoon town, south Cebu. Josephine Andaya, who operates a carnival in  barangay Poblacion,  fired a a .45 caliber pistol with five bullets. People in the carnival panicked after…

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…

Roxas meets with allies, attends Boljoon fiesta

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag, Norman V. Mendoza 11/14/2015

AFTER meeting at least 5,000 supporters at the Lapu-Lapu Hoops Dome in the morning, Liberal Party’s presidential candidate Mar Roxas went south of Cebu to meet  mayors and other supporters and to attend Boljoon town’s  fiesta. “Namyesta…

Boljoanons pay homage to patron saint

11/13/2015

Every second Saturday of November, the Patrocinio de Maria parish in Boljoon town, southern Cebu celebrates its feast in honor of its patroness, Nuestra Señora de Patrocinio. Boljoanons, their relatives, visitors and friends would always find time…

Boljoon attack

Rene Alima 08/11/2015

A 34-year-old farmer hacked and stabbed to death a 28-year-year-old  man with a jungle bolo last Sunday in barangay Upper Beserel, Boljoon, southern Cebu. Marlon Romaguera told police that he was only defending himself when he attacked…

Six Cebu cagers in Gilas wish list

Jonas N. Panerio 08/04/2015

The list of players that the Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas (SBP) has requested the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) to be part of the national team pool was finally released yesterday. And it included six Cebuanos. Among the…

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…

Mapping of fault lines in Cebu done this year

Victor Anthony V. Silva 05/28/2015

Solidum: Cebuanos should prepare for a quake THE Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) expects to finish mapping the fault lines in Cebu this year. “(This) is so that we will have a scenario that can…

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