Magpale still provincial tourism committee head

Morexette Marie Erram 11/03/2017

  Vice Governor Agnes Magpale will stay as head of the Provincial Tourism committee. This after Governor Hilario Davide III prevented her from vacating the post. Magpale said that Provincial Tourism Officer Joselito “Boboi” Costas also visited…

Senate committee steps in

Inquirer 07/19/2017

Transportation Network Companies will continue to serve to commuters while the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) resolves their appeal for a reconsideration of the board’s decision to already suspend their operation. Senator Grace Poe said…

Council fails to elect committee heads, members

Nestle L. Semilla 07/04/2017

  ATTEMPTS at electing the committee chairmanships and memberships at the Cebu City Council were thwarted by Barong Team Rama councilors, who questioned the issue of coming up with a simple majority. During yesterday’s inaugural session, the…

Poe panel OKs 5-year validity of driver’s license

AP, Inquirer.net 05/09/2017

After just one hearing on Tuesday, the Senate committee on public services chaired by Senator Grace Poe approved a measure extending the validity of all driver’s licenses from three years to five years. “There is no opposition…

Red Durano appointed chairman of House Committee on Education

Doris C. Bongcac 03/24/2017

CEBU 5th District Rep. Ramon “Red” Durano VI has been named as the new chairperson of the Committee on Basic Education and Culture of the House of Representatives. He replaced Rep. Evelina Escudero (1st District, Sorsogon) who…

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…

Taliño: Use of minors as couriers alarming

Ador Vincent S. Mayol, Michelle Joy L. Padayhag, Nestle L. Semilla, Norman V. Mendoza 03/13/2017

  POLICE regional director Chief Supt. Noli Taliño expressed concern over the arrest of minors who were allegedly used as drug couriers. “Nakakatakot yan. Napakabata pa nila pero ginagamit na (That’s fearsome. They are still very young,…

DILG inspects provincial jail amid policy changes

Izobelle T. Pulgo 03/08/2017

A TEAM from the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) inspected the Cebu Provincial Detention and Rehabilitation Center to see the conditions of both inmates and the facility yesterday. Regional DILG Director Rene Burdeos said the…

MAO BA?

Editorial 12/11/2016

DEAN’S LISTER It seems being a dean’s lister is not as simple as getting the minimum grade requirement for the academic recognition. For a northern Cebu school, for instance, it also takes initiative and guts on the…

About Ronnie and Kerwin

Ricky Poca 11/28/2016

Last week my good friend and kumpare Arleigh Sitoy succumbed to embolism after his kidney transplant. I knew for a fact that the kidney transplant operation was not easy on Sitoy’s part because a day before the…

Dissolve redundant committees

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 05/20/2016

The Cebu City government will have to dissolve some councils and special committees created under the administration of suspended Mayor Michael Rama because it is costly to keep them all. Lawyer Ralph Sevilla, a member of the…

STILL ON TOP OF SINULOG?

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 12/16/2015

Suspended Mayor Rama chairs Sinulog Foundation meeting With the Sinulog barely four weeks away, suspended Cebu City Mayor Michael Rama made good his promise to stay “active” in its preparations. He presided yesterday over the annual meeting…

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