SWU, White Sands set up beach volleyball finals match

John Carlo Villaruel 05/21/2016

Reigning title-holders White Sands and last year’s runner up Southwestern University Lady Cobras (SWU) beat separate foes to set up a titular showdown in the Rider Beach Volleyball competition this afternoon at Compostela town, North Cebu. Earlier…

Blasted fish worth P243K seized in Compostela town

Victor Anthony V. Silva 05/12/2016

A truckload of blasted fish was intercepted in Barangay Estaca, Compostela town last Wednesday evening. Lyndon Ruiz, Cebu Provincial Anti-Illegal Fishing Task Force (CPAIFT) head, said the task force intercepted a truck carrying 27 boxes of assorted…

Task force seizes dynamited fish, nab four in Compostela town

Victor Anthony V. Silva 05/12/2016

THE Cebu Provincial Anti-Illegal Fishing Task Force intercepted a truckload of blasted fish in Barangay Estaca, Compostela town last Wednesday evening. Task force chief Lyndon Ruiz said the operation yielded 27 boxes of assorted dynamited fish. They…

Man killed in bus and motorcycle collision

Sheila Mae Gumapon 04/26/2016

A MAN died after being hit by a bus in Barangay Poblacion, Compostela town in Cebu yesterday. The 45-year-old victim identified as Ramil Precillas, a resident of Liloan town in Cebu, rode a motorcycle heading to the…

53 finish free electrical, plumbing courses

03/30/2016

Fifty-three individuals from barangays Cabadiangan and Tamiao in Compostela, northern Cebu graduated from the free basic electrical and plumbing courses initiated by AboitizLand and Aboitiz Foundation last March 6 at Cabadiangan Barangay Hall. Twenty-four students of basic…

Utility post falls, kills tanod, councilman

Apple Ta-as 03/06/2016

A barangay councilman and a barangay tanod died after a concrete post fell on them when a trailer truck snagged the low-lying wires connected to a utility post in Barangay Estaca, Compostela town in northern Cebu. Police…

American Tourist, man arrested

Apple Ta-as 03/06/2016

A 52-YEAR-OLD American tourist and a 19-year-old man were arrested in separate incidents on Friday and Saturday in Argao town southern Cebu and Compostela town northern Cebu. On Friday, American tourist Brian Wayne Keitschuck was arrested after…

‘No fund’ for sanitary landfill in Compostela, Bogo City

Ador Vincent S. Mayol, Victor Anthony V. Silva 02/13/2016

The local governments of Compostela town and Bogo City pointed to lack of fund as the reason for their failure to construct sanitary landfills. The two local government units were among the about 600 LGUs in the…

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…

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