Honoraria dispute may lead to Mambaling brgy chief’s suspension

Morexette Marie B. Erram 01/10/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — For withholding the honoraria of four barangay councilors since July, Mambaling Barangay Captain Gines Abellana may face suspension for at least three to four months.  This developed after the City Council found Abellana…

Pajo brgy captain to run for mayor

Jessa Mae O. Sotto 10/13/2018

MIDTERM POLLS: LAPU-LAPU CITY Pajo Barangay Captain Junard “Ahong” Chan is making a run for the Lapu-Lapu City’s mayor’s seat in the 2019 election, hoping to bring his brand of leadership to City Hall and loosen the…

Opposition allies boycott ABC elections

Morexette B. Erram 07/30/2018

In a recent turn of events, Mabolo Barangay Captain Prisca Niña Mabatid and several barangay captains allied with the opposition Barug Team Rama – PDP Laban boycotted the elections for the next set of officials of the…

The winged ‘barangay captain’

Morexette Marie B. Erram, USJR Intern 07/27/2018

Aside from several cellphones, and a pile of paperwork that needed his signature, Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña keeps a container filled with M&Ms on his office table at the Cebu City Hall. But the chocolate candies…

Mabatid blames Osmeña on clamping of barangay vehicles

Morexette Erram 07/13/2018

  Mabolo Barangay Captain Niña Mabatid blamed Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña for playing politics on clamping four vehicles of their barangay. Mabatid said enforcers from the Cebu City Transportation Office (CCTO) clamped the vehicles on Friday…

Police say texts sent to captain meant to extort money

Norman Mendoza 05/22/2018

  Chief Supt. Mark Gifter Sucalit, City Intelligence Branch (CIB) chief of the Lapu-Lapu City Police Office (LCPO), said that they are now conducting an investigation to identify the person who threatens to kill Pajo Barangay Captain…

Police investigate death threat against Pajo Barangay Captain

Norman Mendoza 05/21/2018

Pajo Lapu-Lapu City village chief sought help from Lapu-Lapu City police after he received several death threats on her mobile phone. Junard “Ahong” Chan, the re-elected Barangay Captain of Pajo, recalled that he received the first death…

Cooperate with new brgy captain, Duljo-Fatima residents urged

Morexette Marie B. Erram 05/18/2018

RESIDENTS of Duljo-Fatima are encouraged to cooperate with the new barangay captain, Elmer Abella, the first councilor, who took over the village chief post with the sudden demise of the barangay captain-elect Ricardo “Joel” Ycong. Abella, who…

MOURNING IN DULJO-FATIMA

Benjie Talisic and Morexette Marie B. Erram 05/17/2018

WINNING BARANGAY CAPTAIN DIES Ricardo Joel Ycong only had a few days to celebrate his victory as the new barangay captain of Duljo-Fatima in Cebu City. Ycong was found dead inside his residence in Barangay Duljo–Fatima, Cebu…

Cabrera to run Barrio Luz captain, ends Cenro post

Morexette B. Erram 04/19/2018

Seeking to win as barangay captain of Barrio Luz, Ma. Nida Cabrera has resigned as chief of the Cebu City Environment and Natural Resources Office (Cenro). Cabrera confirmed this in a text message sent to Cebu Daily…

Buscaino says Calamba captain behind death threats, strafing incident

Doris Mae C. Mondragon 03/05/2018

Barangay Calamba Councilman Richard Buscaino visited Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña on Monday morning to give the mayor updates of the strafing incident wherein the councilman’s car was peppered with bullets on Sunday. Buscaino said he believed…

Captain released without charges

Jessa Mae O. Sotto and Benjie Talisic 02/08/2018

THE captain of the motorized banca, which capsized off the seawaters of Camotes last Tuesday, was released after the survivors said they would not pursue charges against him. “According to them (survivors), hindi raw sila magpa-file ng…

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