30 PRO-7 cops deployed to help Talisay policemen clear Tangke of drugs in three months

Alven Marie A. Timtim 02/03/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Thirty policemen from the Police Regional Office in Central Visayas (PRO-7) have been deployed to augment the Talisay City policemen manning the Police Community Precincts in Barangay Tangke, drug-infested barangay in Talisay City.…

Gwen to set guidelines to define what ‘help’  barangays can get from Capitol

Rosalie Abatayo 12/04/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Not all needs of the province’s 1,066 barangays can be sourced from the Capitol. This applies especially for barangays that have relatively high income, said Cebu Governor Gwendolyn Garcia. Garcia said she will…

Capitol gives Kawasan Falls tour operators 30 days to clear structures violating easement rule

Rosalie Abatayo 11/01/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Tour operators in Kawasan Falls in Badian have 30 days to tear down their structures that encroach within the 20-meter easement zone. The recent inspection conducted by the Provincial Environment and Natural Resources…

60 day countdown for LGUs to clear public roads starts Monday — Año

07/29/2019

MANILA, Philippines – The 60-day period given to local chief executives for the removal of street obstructions starts this Monday, Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Eduardo Año said. Año revealed that this comes with…

Sinulog organizers get greenlight to clear routes

Morexette Erram 11/06/2018

With two months to go, organizers of the Sinulog 2019 Foundation are preparing to clear the routes of obstructions. Councilor Dave Tumulak, chairperson of the Sinulog Foundation Inc., passed several resolutions that seek to clear the Sinulog…

Rama visits PRO-7, seeks to clear name from drug allegations

Benjie B. Talisic 09/28/2018

Former Cebu City Mayor Mike Rama visited the headquarters of the Police Regional Office in Central Visayas (PRO-7) on Friday morning (September 28) to meet Chief Supt. Debold Sinas, director of PRO-7. During his visit, Rama sought…

Shimura: Give my stepfather a chance to clear his name

Jessa Mae O. Sotto and Nestle L. Semilla 05/21/2018

Provincial Board Member Sun Shimura has appealed to President Rodrigo Duterte to give his stepfather, Daanbantayan Mayor Vicente Loot, a chance to prove his innocence in a proper forum, instead of threatening to kill the local executive.…

CPADAO aims to clear more barangays from drugs

Morexette Erram 01/08/2018

For the year 2018, the Cebu Provincial Anti-Drug Abuse Office (CPADAO) is aiming to add 200 more barangays as drug-cleared. CPADAO head, Carmen Remedios “Ivy” Durano – Meca said for 2017, a total of 160 out of…

SM security guards need seminars

Atty. Ruphil F. Bañoc 12/28/2017

While I appreciate security guards, who strictly implement the rules and regulations of the establishments that they guard to secure them from bad elements, they should also bear in mind that they have limitations. They should not…

Farewell, dear cardinal

JASON BAGUIA 10/27/2017

It had been rainy or windy and cold for the tropics all week. But the weather is fair on the cardinal’s burial day. Did you intercede with God for this, your eminence? For us? It is midmorning.…

Cardinal recollections

JASON BAGUIA 10/20/2017

The cardinal is visiting our chapel. Wear your best clothes. These were mother’s instructions. It was late in the 1980s and Cebu Archbishop Ricardo Cardinal Vidal was to spend time with the community of the chapel of…

Clear and present danger

Editorial 06/02/2017

The lone gunman attack at the plush Resorts World Manila near the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (Naia) may have sealed the deal for President Rodrigo Duterte’s declaration of martial law throughout the country. And unlike the Marcos…

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