BINIBINING CEBU 2017: Miss Alcantara and Miss Borbon

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 09/21/2017

THE FIRST ever Binibining Cebu will be crowned on Oct. 28. Among the ladies vying for the title are Ethel T. Elic of Alcantara and Jarred Lou Mangubat of Borbon. Get to know more of these lovely…

Hitman’s confession

Editorial 09/04/2017

The arrest of two barangay officials in Danao City and Borbon town, as well as the arrest of a Tuburan town councilor’s son in the past few days, casts the spotlight anew on President Rodrigo Duterte’s call…

Hitman says he was a ‘hero’

Benjie Talisic 09/03/2017

Barangay Captain Jinnefer Mercader of Lugo, Borbon, was not only an unrepentant hitman but described himself a “hero” for slaying some 30 “criminals” in Cebu City in the early 2000. Mercader, speaking to Cebu Daily News at…

Village chief arrested in Borbon

Benjie B. Talisic 09/02/2017

  Another village chief linked to illegal drugs was arrested by police operatives in Borbon Town, 77 kilometers north of Cebu City, early today, September 2. Police operatives swooped down on the house of Jinnefer Mercader, 42,…

Five women nabbed for illegal gambling

Winston P. Ensomo 08/23/2017

Police arrested five women for illegal numbers game known as ‘swertres’ in Barangay Poblacion, Borbon town, on Tuesday, August 22. As police intensifies its anti-illegal gambling campaign, Borbon PNP apprehended Bernard Moro, Melisa Ygpas, Jennifer Cabahug, Jennifer…

Man caught after he stabbed, wounded his pal in Borbon

Intern 05/20/2017

A 33-year-old man, who stabbed and wounded his 42-year-old drinking buddy using a broken bottle, was arrested on Thursday in Sitio Mangga, Barangay Bili, Borbon town in northern Cebu. Junjun Prescillas was arrested as he tried to…

Police arrest drug suspect in Borbon buy-bust

Benjie Talisic 05/14/2017

A drug suspect was arrested with P33,000 worth of shabu in a buy-bust operation on Saturday evening at Barangay Don Gregorio Antigua, Borbon town, northern Cebu. The suspect was identified as Rheymar John Nies Monroid, 26, resident…

‘Drug pushers’ arrested in Borbon

Intern 05/09/2017

Two drug pushers on a motorcycle were caught in possession of illegal drugs at a checkpoint along the national road of Barangay Laaw, Borbon town in north Cebu around 8 p.m. on Monday. PO1 Effren Diaz Jr.…

Cop’s live in partner nabbed in anti-illegal gambling raid in Borbon town

Benjie Talisic 04/30/2017

The 28-year-old live in partner of a police officer was arrested in a joint police anti-illegal gambling operation in Borbon town in northern Cebu last Saturday. Jenny Suson was caught tallying swertres numbers, an illegal numbers game…

Rep. Durano named new education committee head

Doris C. Bongcac 03/24/2017

  Rep. Ramon “Red” H. Durano VI of Cebu 5th District was named as the new chairperson of the Committee on Basic Education and Culture of the House of Representatives on March 15 this year. With his…

YOLANDA STATUS REPORT: More work to be done, 3 yrs after

Victor Anthony V. Silva 11/08/2016

Government agencies have completed 74 percent of all Yolanda rehabilitation projects in Central Visayas after three years, but an official of the regional National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA-7) said a lot remains to be done. Based…

Yolanda 3rd Anniversary: New homes, new lives

Nestle L. Semilla 11/07/2016

Three years after one of the strongest storms ever recorded in the planet smashed into the Philippines on November 8, 2013, thousands of victims of Super Typhoon Yolanda in Northern Cebu would still be without a decent…

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