Farmer killed

Apple Ta-as, Rene Alima 05/15/2015

A farmer was shot and killed allegedly by his two neighbors in barangay Nangka, Boljoon town, southern Cebu on Wednesday afternoon. Ricardo Gumera succumbed to multiple gunshot wounds. The suspects, identified by police as Randy Bintasal, 29,…

Limestone, rocks hauled to Boljoon coast despite DENR stop order

Marian Z. Codilla 01/04/2015

DUMPING RESUMES Rep. Caminero pushes for reclamation   Before Christmas Day last month,  Boljoon town’s coastal residents noticed the sea had turned muddy brown. Residents could no longer swim in what used to be crystal  clear water…

Sacrificing Boljoon

01/03/2015

Just when it thought that it could proceed trouble-free with the Boljoon reclamation project, the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) ran into a  wall when the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) issued a…

Sacrificing Boljoon

Editorial 01/03/2015

Just when it thought that it could proceed trouble-free with the Boljoon reclamation project, the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) ran into a  wall when the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) issued a…

DENR issues stop order for Boljoon reclamation

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 12/19/2014

The Department of Environment and Natural Resources in Central Visayas (DENR-7) issued a cease and desist order (CDO) against an  8,000 square meter reclamation project in  Boljoon town because it has no Environmental Compliance Certificate (ECC). The…

Boljoon council green-lights DPWH Ili Rock projects

Marian Z. Codilla 12/16/2014

The Boljoon municipal council yesterday passed  two resolutions supporting projects of  the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) in the town’s  Ili Rock cliff and reclamation of its seashore. The legislation gives the DPWH the green…

Boljoon town to decide: Sandy shore or reclamation?

Marian Z. Codilla 12/15/2014

Boljoon  town council set to support  DPWH coastal project and excavation of Ili Rock for ‘public safety’; Seascape to have 20-meter-wide pavement   The Boljoon municipal council will decide today whether  to proceed with a reclamation project…

DPWH gets Capitol support to resume Boljoon projects

Victor Anthony V. Silva 12/11/2014

The Cebu Provincial Board (PB) supported the resumption of excavation of Ili Rock in Boljoon town  and a reclamation by  the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) that were put on hold in the past two…

Boljoon reclamation has no permit

Marian Z. Codilla 12/06/2014

  DENR 7: Remove excavated rocks atop Ili Rock before the typhoon comes Piles of excavated limestone on top of Ili Rock in Boljoon town, south Cebu must be removed immediately before typhoon Ruby reaches the Visayas…

Kawasan opens, but guides required; Boljoon cleans up

Marian Z. Codilla, Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 12/01/2014

  Kawasan Falls, which sustained damage from tropical depression Queenie, opened to the public yesterday, but authorities will require tourists to have tour guides. In Boljoon town, residents started cleaning up a flooded school to the resumption…

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…

Language of development

11/26/2014

  Because the landscape has been destroyed. I say it is a result of ignorance.  One is talking one language and the other one in another language and they haven’t come together. They are misinformed. If you…

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