Kalunasan jails OK move to stop creek pollution

Jose Santino S. Bunachita, Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 01/24/2017

THE foul smell in Langub Creek in Barangay Kalunasan may soon be gone. This will happen if the officials of the Cebu City Jail and the Cebu Provincial Detention and Rehabilitation Center (CPDRC) will stick to their…

Classes in Cebu province suspended

Doris C. Bongcac 01/16/2017

Classes were ordered suspended in Cebu province and Mandaue City on Monday following continuous rains affecting the entire province. Mandaue City Mayor Gabriel Luis Quisumbing posted at around 7 a.m. announcing his decision to suspend classes in…

Creek stench

Editorial 12/16/2016

It was pathetic seeing the officials of both the Cebu City Jail and the Cebu Provincial Detention and Rehabilitation Center (CPDRC) blaming each other for the stench emanating from the Kalunasan Creek which, if left to worsen,…

FINDING THE CULPRIT

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag, Nestle L. Semilla 12/12/2016

Whose poop is it? The question appears to have no answer for now, as Cebu’s biggest jails, the Cebu City Jail and the Cebu Provincial Detention and Rehabilitation Center (CPDRC), began throwing blame at each other on…

EMB to determine cause of foul odor in Kalunasan creek

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 12/10/2016

THE Environmental Management Bureau in Central Visayas (EMB-7) will send a technical team tomorrow, Monday, to check on the creek near the Our Lady of Guadalupe grotto in Barangay Kalunasan, Cebu City, that is believed to be…

Our Lady of Guadalupe cave woes

Nestle L. Semilla 12/09/2016

Human waste allegedly from nearby jails causes religious spot to smell Barangay Kalunasan residents, who are taking care of the Our Lady of Guadalupe cave otherwise known as Langub Church, are planning to raise funds to cement…

Man with mental disability found dead in a creek

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 11/29/2016

CEBU CITY– The body of a 23-year-old man, who was said to be suffering from mental disability, was found in a creek in Barangay Kamputhaw, Cebu City past 11 a.m. on Tuesday, three days after his family…

‘Crazy 4’ saves creek

Marian Z. Codilla 10/15/2015

JOHN Tobit Cruz and three of his friends called themselves “the crazy four.” Cruz said they dreamed of saving the earth by starting with the 3-kilometer stretch of Maningning creek in Taytay City, Rizal province in Luzon.…

Mandaue to clear Mahiga ‘tent city’ today

Anie M. Paujana 10/29/2014

The Mandaue City government will clear all the tents that displaced settlers of the Mahiga Creek put up in the site. Albert Lapesique, head of the demolition team, said they were ordered to clear the area today.…

Mahayag folk asks Gov to save their shanties

Norman V. Mendoza, Victor Anthony V. Silva 10/10/2014

Residents of sitio Mahayag in barangay Subangdaku in Mandaue City has turned to Cebu Gov. Hilario Davide III for help in their bid to stop the ongoing demolition of their houses as ordered by Mandaue City Hall.…

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