DSWD keeps 20 rescued children; tourist took nude photos of kids

Apple Ta-as, Fe Marie Dumaboc, Peter L. Romanillos 06/28/2014

Their parents want to take them home but the 15 children who were rescued from a Cordova beach resort where they were allegedly sexually abused by an Australian guest will remain for now with the Lapu-Lapu City…

Tourist charged with abusing 4 boys, 11 girls in Mactan resort

06/27/2014

Not just school girls, but boys were sexually abused by the Australian tourist who invited several children to his room in a Cordova beach resort over the weekend. A 14-year-old boy from Lapu-Lapu City said he knew…

‘Consenting parents also liable’

Fe Marie Dumaboc, Norman V. Mendoza 06/26/2014

Lapu-Lapu mayor  upset that elders let their girls  go with a foreigner to beach resort for weekend The Australian tourist who was arrested on Tuesday for bringing local school girls to his room in a Cordova beach…

20 girls rescued from Aussie in Cordova resort

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 06/25/2014

It was a school day but about 20 girls were having fun in a resort in Cordova town, courtesy of a 50-year-old Australian engineer. Ana (not her real name), 15, her 12-year-old sister and 12-year-old cousin found…

Cordova coastal folk complain about drilling, use of ‘chemicals’, noise in Mactan stone quarrying

Peter L. Romanillos 06/05/2014

Several residents and fisherfolk families living in the coastal barangay of Bangbang in Cordova town have complained about the excavation of coral stone in the area. Backhoes and jackhammers are used to drill and cut blocks of…

Sitoy wants to know insurers of shipping companies

Victor Anthony V. Silva 06/03/2014

Cordova Mayor Adelino Sitoy asked shipping companies 2GO and Philippine Span Asia Carrier Corp to disclose their insurers so the municipal government could pursue their damage claims. Sitoy said he has doubts over the refusal of the…

Sitoy shifts to using ‘positive’ stickers to fight cyberporn

Peter L. Romanillos 03/21/2014

Cebu Provincial Board Member Arleigh Sitoy has revised  his plan to use “shame” signs against   suspected operators of  cyberpornography in his hometown  of Cordova. Instead he said he’s printing  8,000 stickers with the wholesome message: “No to…

Magpale doubts proposed shame campaign vs cyberporn

Peter L. Romanillos 03/19/2014

Cebu Vice Gov. Agnes Magpale  expressed worry that  staging a  “shame campaign”  against cyberpornography operations in Cordova town without solid proof would backfire. Asked about the proposal of Provincial Board Member Arleigh Sitoy to post  signs identifying …

Davide OK with shame campaign but talks about human rights

Peter L. Romanillos 03/18/2014

As long as it  does not violate human rights, a proposed  “shame campaign” against alleged perpetrators of cybersex in Cordova town  has the  support of Gov. Hilario Davide III. “That’s  a good suggestion,” he said of the…

Sitoy threatens to plaster suspected cyberporn houses in Cordova with shame signs

Peter L. Romanillos 03/17/2014

If you still can’t beat them, shame them. Cebu Provincial Boardmember Arleigh Sitoy said he is considering posting shame signs on houses in Cordova town that are being used in cyberpornography activities as he calls on communities…

Radaza to cybercriminals: Your 15 minutes are up

Norman V. Mendoza 03/04/2014

MANILA — Lapu-Lapu City Rep. Aileen Radaza called for the creation of a group solely tasked to go after operators of cyber pornography dens in the country. Radaza yesterday took the floor and delivered her first privilege…

2GO to Cordova: Collect from Sulpicio, not us

Jeanette Malinao 03/02/2014

The legal office of 2GO Group Inc. is asking the Municipality of Cordova to direct the town’s compensation claim to  the company of MV Sulpicio Express Siete, whom they insist was at fault for the August 16,…

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