‘No proclamation until after special polls’

Izobelle T. Pulgo 05/12/2016

DESPITE a 15,000 margin over One Cebu gubernatorial candidate Winston Garcia, the proclamation of Cebu Gov. Hilario Davide III as well as several Provincial Board members will have to wait until all the election results are in.…

Sitoys, Cortes confirmed as winners

Carmel Loise Matus, Izobelle T. Pulgo 05/11/2016

With each their votes thrice larger than their closest rivals, the tandem of Cordova Vice Mayor Teche Sitoy-Cho and Mayor Adelino Sitoy was proclaimed winner by the Cordova Board of Canvassers (BOC) yesterday. “We proclaimed them at…

Tech glitches delay Cordova proclamation

Jessie D. Campos 05/10/2016

WHILE Vice Mayor Tetche Sitoy Cho won the mayoral race in Cordova town, she has yet to be proclaimed since 436 voters in Barangay Gabi were unable to cast their votes last Monday. Results of the canvassing…

More than half of Gabi voters cast ballots

Jameela Antoniette I. Mendoza 05/10/2016

THE regional Commission on Elections (Comelec-7) confirmed that more than 50 percent of voters in Barangay Gabi, Cordova have voted yesterday. Yesterday morning, 722 voters in the Barangay Gabi were unable to vote due to the lack…

VM wins Cordova mayoral race

Jessie D. Campos 05/10/2016

CORDOVA Vice Mayor Mary Therese Sitoy-Cho won the mayoral race but she had yet to be proclaimed after 400 voters of Barangay Gabi were unable to cast their votes last Monday. Results of the canvassing of votes…

722 voters in Gabi, Cordova to cast vote on Tuesday

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 05/09/2016

At least 722 voters in Barangay Gabi, Cordova town, Cebu would  have to wait another day to cast their votes. Director Jose Nick Mendros of the Commission on Elections in Central Visayas (Comelec-7) said only 10 official…

Voting suspended in Cordova school due to misplaced ballots

Izobelle T. Pulgo 05/09/2016

VOTING had been suspended in Precincts 74a, 74b, 76a and 7b in Gabi Elementary School, Cordova town in Cebu after election personnel found that the official ballots were intended for Jolomaynon, Dalaguete instead. “The label on the…

Third bridge gets PB nod

Victor Anthony V. Silva 04/25/2016

The Cebu Provincial Board (PB) has given its go signal for the P27-billion Cebu-Cordova Bridge Project, the proposed third span that will link mainland Cebu to Mactan Island. During its regular session yesterday, the board approved a…

Cebu City greenlights third bridge project

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 03/18/2016

The Cebu City Council has authorized Mayor Michael Rama to sign the joint venture agreement with Metro Pacific Tollways Development Corp. (MPTDC) for the Cebu-Cordova Bridge project, allowing the Pangilinan-led company to start working on the regulatory…

Two dead in two shootings

Apple Ta-as, Chito O. Aragon 02/20/2016

Two men were killed in separate shooting incidents  in Cebu City and Cordova town in Mactan Island. At 5 p.m. in Gaisano Street, Barangay Tejero last Friday, a man was found dead with a gunshot wound in…

CPA chief expects dry run of ferries, barges next week

Nestle L. Semilla, Vanessa Claire Lucero, Victor Anthony V. Silva 02/19/2016

A DRY RUN of additional sea vessels is expected next week in the Mactan Channel. Vice Admiral Edmund Tan, Cebu Port Authority (CPA) general manager, informed members of the  Mactan-Cebu Bridge Management Board about the dry run…

Barangays to benefit from BUB program

Victor Anthony V. Silva 02/19/2016

Barangays in Cebu province will soon be able to ask funding for their projects directly from the national government through the expanded Bottom-Up Budgeting (BUB) program. More than 800 barangay captains and councilors from all over the…

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