A 19-year-old boy was rushed to the hospital after he was shot on Friday dawn in Sitio Sambag, Barangay Magay in Compostela town, northern Cebu. Kenneth Gallardo, single and a resident of Barangay Canamucan in Compostela was…
THE heat, fetid odor and cramped space drove five inmates to escape their cell at the Compostela police precinct last Friday morning. The alleged mastermind of the escape, Nelson Agbay, surrendered to the Compostela police after being…
FOUR of the five escapees from the Compostela police detention cell were arrested by the joint manhunt operation team of Compostela and Liloan Police Stations. Escapee Joel Cuyos, 33, of Barangay Yati, Liloan town, surrendered to Liloan…
Five inmates who escaped from the Compostela Police Station holding cell early yesterday morning are now the subject of a manhunt. Giovanni Tapayan, 40; Joel Cuyos, 33; Rubin Catipay, 19; and Nelson Agbay from Compostela; and Joseph…
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…
ONE of two inmates who escaped from a police precinct in Liloan town was recaptured in Barangay Cadiangan, Compostela town at 4 p.m. last Monday. Andrew Opon, a resident of Barangay Catarman, Liloan town, was isolated from…
A TENTH grader was among the winners in the Family Run and Foam Party, a footrace held as part of the celebration of the 2nd Foundation Day of the Green Rose Center For Academe Inc. (GRCA) in…
A HOMEOWNERS association in Compostela town, northern Cebu voiced concern over the ongoing construction of a cold storage facility near their area, saying it had resulted in floods in their subdivision. “The developer raised the level of…
A CEBU-BASED property developer is planning to pour more investments into Cebu’s real estate sector next year. API executive vice president Joy Veloso said in a recent interview that with the mushrooming of real estate players in…
Very few will probably remember that 75 years ago today, America — and with it her far -flung colony, the Philippines — finally entered World War II. So very few veterans of that brutal war are alive…
But Badian wants own entrance and exit points for tourists Cebu Gov. Hilario Davide III’s executive order creating an Alegria-Badian River Tourism Committee ran into some objections from the Badian municipal government. “Their number one objection is…
SOME athletes who were billeted in different schools in Compostela town, northern Cebu didn’t wait for the closing ceremonies of the Cebu Provincial Sports and Cultural Meet 2016 held in the neighboring northern town of Carmen. The…