Toledo City robbery suspect tries to commit suicide

Futch Anthony Inso 01/13/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Patrolman Jaymar Exequiel, who was accused of robbing the Lamac Multipurpose Cooperative in Sitio Luray II, Toledo City, tried to commit suicide while inside his detention cell at the Toledo City Police Station…

EOC warns BPOs: allow contact tracers in or else…

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 01/28/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Cebu City Emergency Operations Center (EOC) is warning Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) establishments in the jurisdiction of the city to be more cooperative with contact tracers. The EOC has noticed a decline…

Public cooperative so far on third day of MECQ in Talisay City

Alven Marie A. Timtim 05/22/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — It has been generally peaceful so far on the third day of the implementation of the modified enhanced community quarantine (MECQ) in Talisay City, Cebu. Police Major Gerard Ace Pelare, chief of Talisay…

Euro-4 modern jeeps to start plying Lapu-Lapu routes in March

Rosalie Abatayo 02/20/2020

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Philippines — Twenty units of air conditioned modern jeepneys that are running on a Euro-4 engine will soon begin to ferry passengers in this city. On Thursday, February 20, 2020, the Land Transportation Franchising and…

ALTERNATIVE TO REFILLED BUTANE CANISTERS: Co-op eyes 3M Cebuanos for its safer LPG cylinders

Jose Santino S. Bunachita, Reporter 09/19/2018

A cooperative is targeting the three million Cebuanos, who prefer to use smaller cylinders like refilled butane canisters to regular LPG tanks, with the launch of its newest offering to the market — refillable stainless steel cylinders…

Pres’l assistant to the Visayas goes cooperative

Malou Guanzon Apalisok 04/10/2017

In his message before members of Cebu NewsCoop during its 20th Annual General Assembly, Presidential Assistant for the Visayas Michael “Mike” Dino showed a keen interest in the workings of cooperatives. Lifting a clip from an archived…

Citrasco to push for P1–P1.50 fare hike

Doris C. Bongcac 04/05/2017

Following strong objections to its proposal for a fare surge on peak hours from 7 a.m. to 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. to 7 p.m., the Cebu Integrated Transport Service Cooperative (Citrasco), a drivers’ organization, will seek…

Garcia expects better deal for co-ops from Duterte

Malou Guanzon Apalisok 06/12/2016

  SAYING that the Aquino administration gave Philippine cooperatives a “raw deal,” former Deputy House Speaker and Cebu governor Pablo Garcia expects a “better deal” if not “a new deal” for PH cooperatives. Garcia said this in…

Missing the boat

Malou Guanzon Apalisok 03/30/2016

Crown Legacy, Baguio City – Close to a thousand co-operative leaders, mostly women are meeting here for the 2nd national summit on Gender and Development in Co-ops, quite a fitting event to conclude the international celebration of…

Partial victory for co-ops?

Malou Guanzon Apalisok 09/10/2015

The moment Daniel Ang, vice chairman of the Philippine Cooperative Center, the apex body of Philippine Cooperatives, rolled out the online petition calling on lawmakers not to strike out the tax-exempt status of cooperatives last September 6,…

An ambush interview with Ate Vi

Malou Guanzon Apalisok 08/17/2015

The administration Liberal Party is reportedly eyeing Batangas Governor Vilma Santos-Recto to run in tandem with LP standard bearer Secretary Mar Roxas in next year’s polls. Although Governor Vi has time and again declared she is not…

Noy Honesto café boosts Cebu police co-op

Apple Ta-as 08/16/2015

Police officials are buoyed by the success of the Noy Honesto Coffee Shop in the headquarters and hope it will evolve as a successful cooperative. “I am very optimistic that this will grow in the next few…

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