Four areas in Cebu under close watch vs bird flu

Morexette B. Erram 08/16/2017

The avian influenza, affecting more than 18,000 fowls in Pampanga, may not have reached Cebu; but the provincial government’s veterinary office (PVO) is not taking any chances to ensure the outbreak will not happen here. The PVO…

Two lechon outlets close shop before receiving closure order

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 08/03/2017

  Two branches of a lechon chain in Cebu City were ordered closed by Cebu City Hall for operating without proper business permits. Personnel from the mayor’s office, the City Legal Office and the Prevention, Restoration, Order,…

Close wins for SG-ARQ, Fighter Wine

Jonas N. Panerio 08/02/2017

THE SG-ARQ Builders and Fighter Wine padded their win totals as they authored exciting victories in the continuation of the Emil’s Fresh Chicken Cup on Tuesday night at the Minglanilla Sports Complex. The Builders hiked their win-loss…

Up close with the future of Philippine basketball

Jonas Rey N. Panerio 07/21/2017

  IT’S NOT easy to miss Kai Zachary Sotto. Already standing 7-feet tall at just 14 years of age, the prodigy is as can’t miss as they come, having already been anointed as the “future of Philippine…

DPWH-7 to close down lanes leading to south

Ador Vincent Mayol 06/21/2017

MANANGA BRIDGE REPAIR The southbound lane of the Mananga bridge that connects Talisay City and Minglanilla town in south Cebu will be closed to vehicular traffic starting late on Friday until midnight of Monday to allow the…

Finding Gisela: Too close, too far

Ador Vincent Mayol, Benjie Talisic, Norman V. Mendoza 06/10/2017

The culprits made sure that Bien Unido Mayor Gisela Boniel would be thrown into a place where it would be near impossible to find her body. Thus, even if expert divers already zeroed in on the section…

Drug busts yield 24 arrests, close to a million in shabu

Nestle L. Semilla, Norman V. Mendoza, Rene Alima 05/27/2017

Close to a million pesos worth of drugs were seized while at least 24 persons were arrested in separate drug busts in the towns of Consolacion and Minglanilla and the cities of Talisay, Toledo and Lapu-Lapu on…

Lapu police arrest 5, seize close to P2 million worth of drugs

Norman V. Mendoza 05/16/2017

Five persons were arrested by police in a buy-bust operation at Sitio Kagudoy, Barangay Basak, Lapu-Lapu City past 4 a.m. on Tuesday yielding close to P2 million worth of shabu. Rosilyn Daño a.k.a. “Elen”, 32, married, unemployed…

Close encounters of the wild kind

Thea C. Rinen 05/05/2017

Looking at wild animals in cages in a conventional zoo may be absorbing, but interacting with them up close in their natural setting is a different kind of thrill. Within the premises of the Toda-iji Temple in…

Of drugs and renewal

Cris Evert Lato-Ruffolo 12/30/2016

I t was Christmas Eve. I left the house telling my husband Jeff that I will come back before 10 p.m. “I really just need to do these interviews. Dinner is prepared. Please feed the children,” I…

Gov’t orders shutdown of all firecracker establishments

11/25/2016

MANILA — The Department of Labor and Employment issued, on Thursday, an order stopping all work in establishments manufacturing and selling pyrotechnics and firecrackers nationwide. “Pursuant to Rule 1012.02 of the Occupational Safety and Health Standards in…

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