Family sticks to traditional cheese making

Victor Anthony V. Silva 01/04/2016

AS soon as her supply of fresh carabao’s milk arrives, 43-year-old cheese maker Carmela Calo buckles down to work inside her home in Compostela town, northern Cebu. First, she uses a mesh to strain the milk into…

Aboitiz to launch ‘most affordable project ever’

Marites Villamor Ilano 10/22/2015

DEVELOPER AboitizLand, Inc. is venturing into the low-to-mid-market housing segment with Amoa, a P6-billion development in Compostela town in northern Cebu. “This is AboitizLand’s most affordable project ever,” said John Amon, vice president for marketing, in an…

Host team Hayashi-ha tops 1st Mayor Quiño karatedo

Dale G. Rosal 08/11/2015

Host team Hayashi-ha Shitoryukai, harvested 18 gold medals to rule last weekend’s First Mayor Joel Quiño Visayas Karatedo Open Championships held at the Compostela Sports Complex in the municipality of Compostela. Hayashi-ha Shitoryukai karatekas also added six…

Motorcycle-riding attackers, robbers strike anew in Cebu

Apple Ta-as, Rene Alima 08/02/2015

Motorcycle-riding gunmen and robbers struck Cebu on separate occasions on Thursday and Friday leaving a former barangay councilor seriously wounded and making off with a laptop and P6,000 cash. In barangay Cantao-an, Naga City,  an assailant  shot…

School charged for dumping in Compostela lot

Victor Anthony V. Silva 07/24/2015

The University of Southern Philippines Foundation has been charged for dumping garbage in a vacant private  lot in Compostela town, northern Cebu. Compostela police filed a complaint for violation of Republic Act No. 9003 (Ecological Solid Waste…

Gapo-Magdadaro clan holds reunion

PR 07/17/2015

THE Gapo-Magdadaro clan of Lilo-an town in northern Cebu recently held its first family reunion at the Green Lagoon in Compostela. In attendance were the children and grandchildren of couples Narcisa  and Anastacio Gapo and Luisa and…

Japanese paid P4M for fake gold bars, golden Buddha

Apple Ta-as 07/05/2015

POLICE arrested three persons  who tried to sell fake gold bars and a golden Buddha to a Japanese national for  P4.4 million. The entrapment operation was set up in a resort in Compostela town, north Cebu where…

BURGLARY IN COMPOSTELA

Apple Ta-as 06/21/2015

MORE than P50,000 worth of equipment was stolen from the  stockroom of Compostela town in northern Cebu. The theft was discovered by municipal worker Timoteo Calo, who found the stockroom door forcibly opened last Friday afternoon. The…

Teacher gunned down

Apple Ta-as 06/18/2015

A 44-YEAR-OLD high school teacher was killed while driving to school with his 16-year-old son in barangay Pitogo, Consolacion town, northern Cebu. Felimon Nepumuceno, a teacher at the Compostela National High School, succumbed to  gunshot wounds in…

Developer sets aside P3.7B for projects

Aileen Garcia-Yap 05/29/2015

Condominium projects no longer in the pipeline Aboitiz Land, Inc. has set aside P3.7 billion for various projects this year in line with its thrust to become a major national player in property development. Andoni Aboitiz, Aboitiz…

After death of Aussie accused of child sex crime, taxi driver has ‘no lawyer’

Apple Ta-as 04/13/2015

With Australian inmate Hilton Munro gone, the future looks more bleak for the Ilonggo taxi driver who was arrested with him. Gilbert Andrada, 42, said their case of human trafficking and child abuse was dragging due to…

Former Aussie teacher accused of child trafficking found dead inside Cebu jail

Apple Ta-as 04/12/2015

Before taking his own life, Munro wrote another inmate: ‘Help me pass quietly’   The night before, he stayed up late scribbling on a sheet of paper. A fellow inmate across his cell said he noticed the…

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