Investors eye north Cebu: P1.4B Compostela projects

Jessa Mae O. Sotto 10/02/2017

CEV-Norkis tieup A residential development and a memorial park project worth P1.4 billion is expected to bring more economic progress to Compostela town, a third class municipality 31.6 kilometers from Cebu City. This developed after a Minglanilla-based…

Man burns neighbor’s house in Compostela

Winston Ensomo 09/25/2017

A 40-year old man set his neighbor’s house on fire in Barangay Poblacion, Compostela on Sunday night. Joselito Tejero allegedly used pieces of dry woods to burn the house of couple Raymond Blancia Di and Rachel Gomez.…

50-year old arrested in Compostela buy-bust

Rene Alima 09/19/2017

A 50-year-old man was arrested in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Magatay, Compostela town, on September 18, Monday. Tomas Villasco,from Barangay Magatay, Compostela town was arrested and seized three small sachets of suspected shabu. Villasco is now…

BINIBINING CEBU: 2017 Miss Compostela

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 09/15/2017

FIFTY-FOUR lovely ladies are showcasing the best of their towns and cities in the first ever Binibining Cebu pageant to be held on Oct 28. Here’s Ed Lyka Glice Galeos of Compostela town: Ed Lyka Glice Galeos Age:…

Habal-habal driver nabbed in Compostela buy-bust

Benjie B. Talisic 08/08/2017

A HABAL-habal (motorcycle-for-hire) driver was arrested in a buy-bust operation in Compostela, northern Cebu Tuesday morning. Salomio Cabang has been monitored by the Compostela police for a week before a buy-bust operation was conducted in his home…

Shabu worth P6.9 M seized in Compostela

Benjie B. Talisic 08/06/2017

MORE than P6 million worth of shabu were seized by the Cebu police from two suspected drug pushers and a minor at Barangay Estaca, Compostela town in Cebu at 3 a.m on Sunday. The three suspects were…

Farmer found dead in Compostela cornfield

Rene F. Alima, Winston Ensomo 08/05/2017

A 58-year old farmer was found dead with gunshot wounds riddled all over his remains in a cornfield in Compostela town, northern Cebu Friday morning. Eleuterio Dapat, Sr., reportedly went out of his house in Sitio Tabok,…

Task force seizes P60,000 dynamited fish

Morexette B. Erram 07/26/2017

A TRUCK loaded with dynamited fish was intercepted by a Capitol task force against illegal fishing at Barangay Magay, Compostela town, northern Cebu Tuesday. Rey Lyndon Ruiz, chief of the Cebu Provincial Anti-Illegal Fishing Task Force, said…

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…

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