Councilor: Build shelter for homeless, mentally ill people

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 05/14/2017

With many mentally ill people on the streets and few facilities to cater to them, the Cebu City Council wants the city government to establish its own mental health institution. In an approved resolution, the City Council…

City Council pays tribute to Aboitiz

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 04/18/2017

A RESOLUTION giving recognition to the late business icon Roberto Eduardo “Bobby” Aboitiz was passed by the Cebu City Council during its regular session yesterday. The council resolution extended their condolences to the Aboitiz family and acknowledged…

BO-PK GAINS

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 03/27/2017

Tumulak sets the record straight: He is no longer  ‘independent’ CEBU City Councilor Dave Tumulak has confirmed that he plans to join the Bando Osmeña-Pundok Kauswagan (BO-PK) party yesterday, months after he left Team Rama to become…

Tumulak expresses interest to join BO-PK

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 03/27/2017

Cebu City Councilor Dave Tumulak has officially expressed his intent to join the Bando Osmeña-Pundok Kauswaga (BO-PK) party. In an interview on Monday morning, Tumulak set the record straight and clarified that he no longer wants to…

‘Gun pointing’ leads to suspension of Cubacub Barangay Captain Bihag

Norman V. Mendoza 03/26/2017

CONTROVERSIAL Cubacub Barangay Captain Almario Bihag of Mandaue City will be served with a two-month suspension order this week after he was found guilty of an administrative charge for misconduct in office. In a six-page committee report,…

Balamban village councilor shot dead

Rene Alima 03/23/2017

  An active anti-drug crusader in the town of Balamban, midwest of Cebu, was shot dead by two unidentified armed men on Wednesday inside his home. Sixty-year-old Cornelio Pepito, a former barangay captain of Luca, was sitting…

Lapu dad laid to rest

Norman V. Mendoza 03/11/2017

Lapu-Lapu City’s veteran legislator Damian “Damgo” Gomez Jr. was finally brought yesterday to his final resting place by his family, relatives and city officials and employees. After a Novena Mass at the City Hall lobby yesterday morning,…

MAO BA?

Editorial 03/07/2017

MAO BA The city councilors who were rumored to leave their once dominant party for the administration party resorted to joking about it to reporters. At one event, one of these councilors went inside the session hall…

Lapu-Lapu City govt starts search for replacement of the late councilor Gomez

Norman V. Mendoza 03/03/2017

One of the barangay captains from the 30 barangays in Lapu-Lapu City will replace the late councilor Damian Gomez. Acting Vice Mayor Harry Radaza said the 30 barangay captains are among those being considered as replacement for…

Lapu-Lapu Councilor Gomez Jr. passes on

Junjie Mendoza 03/02/2017

LAPU-LAPU City Councilor Damian “Damgo” Gomez Jr. has passed on. He was 66. His nephew, Ruben Gomez, said yesterday that the councilor died in his sleep at 7 a.m. at the Perpetual Succour Hospital in Cebu City…

Lapu councilor Damian Gomez passes on

Norman V. Mendoza 03/02/2017

Lapu-Lapu City Councilor Damian Gomez Jr. passed away at 7:00 a.m. on Thursday at Perpetual Succour Hospital in Cebu City. He was 66. Gomez, who is also known as “Damgo”, was admitted to the hospital since Monday…

Community vigilance

Editorial 02/20/2017

There is something to be said about community vigilance being key to preserving the environment as seen in two separate cases in the cities of Mandaue and Cebu recently. In Mandaue City, residents living near a private…

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