Compostela fire left elderly couple homeless

Agnes Alpuerto 07/09/2017

Electrical short circuit burned half a million worth of properties including an elderly couple’s home in Barangay Poblacion, Compostela town located around 30 kilometers north of Cebu City on Friday morning. The fire left couple Bonifacio and…

The Compostela experience

Editorial 05/15/2017

There was practically nothing that Arthur Despi can do short of outright defiance of a Supreme Court ruling that affirmed the Commission on Elections (Comelec) ruling that effectively voided his legitimacy as Bantayan mayor. With Despi not…

107-PT MASSACRE

Calvin D. Cordova 05/07/2017

  Coming off a 102-point victory, Mandaue City scored yet another lopsided win after it massacred Pilar, 157-50, last Friday night in the North Division Bracket 1 of the 2017 Cebu Governor’s Cup 21-Under Inter-Cities/Municipalities Basketball Tournament…

Lack of training facility forces v’belle to transfer

John Carlo Villaruel 04/15/2017

Thinking of her future as a volleyball player, Cebuana Iris Tito decided to leave the University of Cebu (UC) girls’ volleyball team. The 17-year-old Tito from Compostela town, northern Cebu has instead decided to join the University…

Man shot 19-year-old boy in Compostela

Benjie Talisic 04/14/2017

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…

Fifth escapee surrenders to Compostela police

Fe Marie Dumaboc 04/09/2017

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 five Compostela jail escapees rearrested

Rene Alima 04/08/2017

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 prisoners escape Compostela jail; guard on duty under investigation

Ador Vincent S. Mayol, Fe Marie Dumaboc 04/07/2017

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. 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…

Liloan inmate recaptured

Rene F. Alima 03/21/2017

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…

10th grader wins in GRCA run

James Nicole Franz R. Savellon 02/25/2017

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…

Compostela homeowners object to cold storage project

Izobelle T. Pulgo 02/21/2017

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…

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