State of calamity declared in three sitios in Brgy. Pasil

Nestle L. Semilla, Therese Mae Alegado 01/16/2018

  THE Cebu City Council yesterday declared a state of calamity in Sitios Lawis 1, Lawis 2 and Riverside in Barangay Pasil which was gutted by fire last Sunday, Jan. 14. The declaration of a state of…

Ombud suspends Badian brgy chief

Nestle L. Semilla 11/16/2017

Barangay Captain Epifania Alviso of Badian town has been placed under a six-month preventive suspension by the Office of the Visayas Ombudsman. This developed after Alviso was arrested for allegedly selling illegal drugs. The November 10 Ombudsman…

Brgy chiefs wary of putting tip boxes in their areas

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 10/10/2017

ASSOCIATION of Barangay Councils (ABC) Cebu City president Philip Zafra has also expressed his reservations on the putting up of boxes where people could drop names of those allegedly involved in illegal drugs in each of the…

BRGY TIP BOX

Ador Vincent S. Mayol, Jose Santino S. Bunachita 10/09/2017

Boxes to be placed in villages where residents can drop names of those involved in drugs, corruption; CHR, church wary This is one drop box where you don’t want your name to be drawn. The Department of…

BRGY ERMITA MARKS ‘DRUG-FREE’ HOMES

Ador Vincent S. Mayol, Morexette B. Erram 10/05/2017

REVERSE LABELING Instead of humiliating drug users and pushers, officials of Barangay Ermita in Cebu City, tagged by the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency in Central Visayas (PDEA-7) as one of the drug hot spots in the city,…

Bohol brgy. councilwoman killed in ambush

Benjie B. Talisic 09/25/2017

A barangay councilwoman from Carmen town in Bohol province was killed while her husband was injured during an ambush, Sunday afternoon. Police investigators are now conducting hot pursuit operation against suspect Jose Neosinia, who is said to…

Mixed reactions over postponement of brgy, SK polls

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 09/21/2017

CEBU City officials expressed exasperation over the postponement, yet again, of the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) elections to May 2018. Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña said he hopes this will be the last postponement of the…

Guns seized; brgy chief nabbed

Benjie B. Talisic 09/15/2017

TOLEDO RAID Reports of alleged harassment and indiscriminate firing of guns of a barangay official led to the arrest of a barangay captain and two others on Thursday in an establishment in Barangay Camban-ong, Toledo City. Barangay…

Pajo brgy. chief warned: Stop or face charges

Ador Vincent Mayol, Miguel Ernest E. Ermac, Winston P. Ensomo 09/11/2017

SHAME CAMPAIGN If Pajo Barangay Captain Junard Chan will continue his shame campaign after the Commission on Human Rights in Central Visayas (CHR-7) declared this as “unconstitutional,” then he will likely face criminal or administrative cases. CHR-7…

ANOTHER EXTENSION

Carla P. Gomez, Inquirer, Jose Santino S. Bunachita 08/07/2017

House agrees to postpone brgy elections to next year Village officials may have to stay in their seats a little longer. The members of the House of Representatives agreed to postpone the barangay elections for another seven…

Davide backs holding of brgy. elections

Morexette Erram 07/04/2017

THE fate of this year’s barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) elections, whether or not it will be postponed to 2018, is still pending at Congress, but Cebu governor Hilario Davide III expressed his disapproval on the possibility…

Brgy. chief, councilman nabbed with guns, drugs

Benjie B. Talisic 06/16/2017

A BARANGAY captain and a barangay councilman of a northern town were arrested on Thursday after police confiscated unlicensed firearms inside their houses. Rene Olivar, barangay captain of Lamintac Norte of Medellin town, and barangay councilman Rex…

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