Bloody Sunday in Cebu: 5 dead in 4 shootings

Apple Ta-as, Rene Alima 02/08/2016

Five persons, including a businessman and his wife in Liloan town northern Cebu, were among those killed in four separate shooting incidents last Sunday. The couple, Celedonio Angelo and his wife Josephine, were heading home to Barangay…

Capitol turns over new coastal road to Cordova

Victor Anthony V. Silva 02/06/2016

THE Cebu provincial government has turned over a new 520-meter coastal road to the Cordova municipal government. The P8-million new road links Sitio Camolinas in Barangay Poblacion to Barangay Alegria, the Capitol said in a statement. Construction…

Child-caring center in Cordova seeks parents of abandoned kids

PR 01/23/2016

THE Children’s Haven of the Albert Schweitzer Familienwerk Foundation Philippines Inc. in barangay Pilipog, Cordova is seeking the public’s assistance in locating the parents and relatives of three children. Gabriel Taactaac Tesing, 9,  was left by his…

Msgr. Jumao-as passes away

Jessie D. Campos 01/14/2016

MONSIGNOR Gerardo Jumao-as died last Monday at the Perpetual Soccour Hospital due to pneumonia. His remains were brought yesterday to his hometown, Cordova on Mactan Island, Cebu. A concelebrated Mass officiated by Cebu Archbishop Jose Palma was…

Higher tax collection in Cordova

Campos 01/11/2016

The municipal government of Cordova said its real property tax collection increased by around 50 percent to P15.59 million last year from P10.32 million in 2014. Cordova Mayor Adelino Sitoy attributed the increase to their offer to…

San Francisco is still best in Cebu

Mary Claire U. Catado 12/30/2015

SAN Francisco, a third-class town of about 47,000 people in Camotes Islands, was named the Most Outstanding LGU in Cebu for the sixth straight  year. The municipality received a P1 million cash prize and trophy from the…

Boy stabbed dead

Norman V. Mendoza 12/12/2015

A 16-YEAR-OLD boy was stabbed dead by a 20-year-old man in barangay Bangbang, Cordova town, Cebu. Rodel Desierdo succumbed to 17 stab wounds. He died while being treated at the Lapu-Lapu City Hospital. Police identified the suspect…

Cordova cyberporn raid leaves 1-year-old boy without parents

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 12/10/2015

A one-year-old boy is  left in the care of his grandmother after  Saturday’s cybercrime raid in Cordova town  resulted in the arrest of the child’s parents, who were both charged with human trafficking. The grandmother said  she…

METRO PACIFIC FOR 3RD BRIDGE

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 12/09/2015

Mayor to issue notice of award; City Council to deliberate It’s final – Metro Pacific Tollways Development Corporation (MPTDC) is the only entity endorsed to build the third Cebu-Mactan Bridge. Metro Pacific was officially declared the original…

Pernicious trade

Editorial 12/09/2015

The arrest of a young couple in Cordova town last Saturday on charges of trafficking minors came days after an international conference in Cebu was held to combat cyberabuse of children. With the ubiquitous use of mobile…

3rd bridge winning bidder to be known today

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 12/07/2015

Cebu City Hall’s Committee on Awards is set to declare today Metro Pacific Tollways Development Corporation (MPTDC) as the sole private proponent for the third Cebu-Mactan bridge project. As of yesterday afternoon, City Administrator Lucelle Mercado, who…

Cordova couple charged for trafficking of minors

Ador Vincent S. Mayol, with Apple Mae Ta-as and Norman V. Mendoza 12/07/2015

CHARGES of human trafficking were filed yesterday against the teenage mother and her live-in partner accused of using children for cyberpornography in Cordova town, Cebu. Jaimie, 18, and her 22-year-old live-in partner Arnold (not their real names)…

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