CA clears Naga Mayor Chiong of admin raps on petroleum firm permit issue

Rosalie O. Abatayo 07/17/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The appellate court has cleared Naga City, Cebu Mayor Valdemar Chiong of administrative charges of grave misconduct and gross negligence over the issuance of a conditional mayor’s permit to a petroleum company, despite…

Court of Appeals orders reinstatement of Panglao mayor

Inquirer.net 10/29/2018

TAGBILARAN CITY, Bohol – Embattled Panglao Bohol Mayor Leonila Paredes-Montero on Monday reclaimed her position as town mayor after the Court of Appeals granted her appeal. Personnel from the Department of the Interior and Local Government-Central Visayas…

Suspended Ermita village officials file motion before Court of Appeals

Rosalie O. Abatayo 07/22/2018

THE camp of suspended Ermita barangay officials refuse to wait for a year in order to re-assume their posts. Suspended Barangay Captain Mark Rizaldy Miral said he and the other six councilors, who were slapped with a…

Councilor James Anthony Cuenco dismissed from service

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 10/04/2017

CEBU CITY–The Office of the Ombudsman has ordered the dismissal of Cebu City Councilor James Anthony Cuenco and a former congressional staff member for serious dishonesty and grave misconduct due to alleged irregularities in the program funded…

Police defy Bohol court order

Nestle L. Semilla 06/12/2017

Instead of heeding the court, the Police Regional Office in Central Visayas (PRO-7) will file petition for certiorari to contest a Bohol Regional Trial Court’s (RTC) order to release two of the suspects in the killing of…

Comelec proclaims Escario as new Bantayan Mayor

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 05/08/2017

Ian Christopher Escario has been formally proclaimed by the Commission on Elections (Comelec) as the new mayor of Bantayan town, Cebu in a simple ceremony at the Comelec office in Intramuros, Manila on Monday morning. In a…

Sabalones no longer under CIDG custody

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 03/10/2017

Self-confessed Cebuano drug lord Franz Sabalones is no longer in the custody of the Philippine National Police. According to his lawyer, Louie Arma, there is no basis to hold Sabalones in Camp Crame. Arma declined to reveal…

Freezing of Sabalones’ accounts will affect group’s operation – Noble

Nestle L. Semilla 03/08/2017

Cebu Provincial Police Office (CPPO) director Senior Supt. Eric Noble lauded the decision of the Court of Appeals to order the freezing of suspected drug lord Franz Sabalones’ assets saying it will really have an impact on…

CA freezes Sabalones’ accounts

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag, Nestle L. Semilla 03/07/2017

After the Court of Appeals (CA) ruled to freeze the bank accounts of self-confessed drug lord Franz Sabalones, the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency in Central Visayas (PDEA-7) vowed to go after the holding of the assets of…

Council to hold public hearing on transfer station proposal

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 03/05/2017

THE Cebu City Council will ask city residents if they would support the city government’s move to set up a one -hectare transfer station in the now closed Inayawan dumpsite despite a court order not to do…

Cebu City to ask CA to allow use of Inayawan landfill

Morexette Erram 12/23/2016

The Cebu City government will file a petition asking the Court of Appeals (CA) to allow the use of the Inayawan landfill at Barangay Inayawan, Cebu City as a temporary dumping site until the administration can find…

WHAT’S IN A NAME?

John Carlo Villaruel, Jose Santino S. Bunachita, Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 12/19/2016

A dumpsite by any other name would still smell as awful. Cebu City continues to dump garbage at the SRP lot It’s been three days since Cebu City started dumping its garbage, averaging 500 tons per day,…

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