Cebu congressmen back Garcia over backriding policy

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 06/04/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The representative of seven districts in the Province of Cebu have expressed support to the plans of Governor Gwendolyn Garcia to allow backriding in non-commercial motorcycles. First District Representative Eduardo Gullas Jr., Second…

House panel discreetly OKs reso extending terms of local execs, congressmen, senators

Pathricia Ann V. Roxas 12/12/2019

MANILA, Philippines — A committee of the House of Representatives has discreetly approved a resolution relaxing the economic restrictions in the 1987 Constitution and extending the terms of local government officials, congressmen and senators to five years…

Who do congressmen really represent? – Arch. Jose Palma

Ador Vincent S. Mayol and Nestle L. Semilla 03/21/2018

DIVORCE BILL Cebu Archbishop Jose Palma expressed disappointment over the House of Representatives’ approval of a bill which seeks to legalize absolute divorce and dissolution of marriage in the country. The head of the country’s biggest archdiocese…

12 CV congressmen back DPWH-7 Chief Canlas on Cebu road projects

Doris C. Bongcac 03/08/2018

Twelve Central Visayas congressmen have expressed their support on the leadership of the public works Central Visayas director Ador Canlas amidst controversy on the implementation of road projects in Cebu. The group also set up a meeting…

3 Cebu congressmen voted against giving CHR P1,000 budget for 2018

Ador Vincent Mayol, Inna Gian Mejia, Jose Santino S. Bunachita, Miguel Ernest Ermac, Morexette Marie B. Erram, Nestle L. Semilla, Norman V. Mendoza 09/14/2017

THREE Cebuano lawmakers were among the 32 congressmen who voted against giving the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) a budget of P1,000 for 2018. Representatives Raul del Mar of Cebu City’s north district, Aileen Radaza of the…

Strict enforcement of law, not death penalty, deters crime — Del Mar

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 12/09/2016

Cebu City North District Representative Raul del Mar believes that the best way to deter crime is strict enforcement of the law and not the reimposition of death penalty. “Our laws and justice system are there. Nobody…

Exempted sa FOI ang prosecution service?

Lloyd Suarez 11/27/2016

Wa ko kasabot ni Assistant City Prosecutor Ma. Theresa Casiño kinsa maoy gi-designate nga spokesperson sa Cebu City Prosecutor’s Office kay gilisod-lisod gyud ko nga maka-access sa mga dokumento sa mga kaso nga may public interest. Nga…

I’ll just tell the truth – Cuenco

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 09/14/2014

Former congressman to tell all on Guadalupe seedling anomaly if called by court to testify Former Cebu City Rep. Antonio Cuenco said he’s making himself available in case he is  called by the court to shed light…

Ombudsman sharpens tools vs pork barrel

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 02/07/2014

Anti-graft investigators in the Visayas had a seminar yesterday on how to detect irregularities in use of lawmakers’ pork barrel. Deputy Ombudsman for the Visayas Pelagio Apostol said they want to equip their investigators with the knowledge…

Cuenco cleared in P3M pork conspiracy

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 02/07/2014

FORMER Rep. Antonio Cuenco has been dropped from the Ombudsman’s investigation of a “conspiring” to misuse over P3 million from his pork barrel in “ghost purchases” of medicine for the poor in Cebu city’s south district. Tanodbayan…

2008 ‘goat house’ funded by Cuenco’s pork barrel in barangay Taptap, Cebu City lies idle

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 09/18/2013

A big empty shed with concrete posts and a tin sheet roof is all that’s left of the “goat house” built for over P600,000 from the pork barrel of former Rep. Antonio Cuenco of Cebu city’s south…

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