Ombudsman files graft charges against Dalaguete mayor

Doris C. Bongcac 06/07/2016

The Office of the Ombudsman has filed graft charges against Dalaguete Mayor Ronald Allan Cesante for allowing his wife to lease four commercial spaces at their town’s public market without contract and payment since 2004. It was…

DTI opens Negosyo Center in south Cebu

Victor Anthony V. Silva 05/30/2016

MICRO, small, and medium enterprises (MSME) in southern Cebu will now have access to government services after a Negosyo Center was opened in Dalaguete town yesterday. Located in the town’s public market, the center is the first…

Firm eyes ship repair facility in Dalaguete

Victor Anthony V. Silva 05/30/2016

A Cebu-based shipping company plans to put up a ship repair facility in Dalaguete town in southern Cebu. Suspended Dalaguete Mayor Ronald Allan Cesante declined to identify the firm until they resume informal talks on June 8,…

One-stop shop business center opens in Dalaguete

Victor Anthony V. Silva 05/30/2016

A ONE-STOP shop business processing office called the Negosyo Center was launched by the regional Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) in barangay Poblacion near the town hall of Dalaguete town, southern Cebu Monday morning. DTI Central…

Two drug raids net 7 persons, yield shabu worth P130K

Rene F. Alima 05/27/2016

TWO separate anti-illegal drug operations in Dalaguete town in southern Cebu and Danao City in northern Cebu last Thursday yielded at least P130,000 worth of illegal drugs and led to the arrest of seven persons including a…

Farmer killed by neighbors in bolo duel in Dalaguete

Apple Ta-as 05/22/2016

A farmer was killed by two of his neighbors, who stabbed him with a jungle bolo during a bolo duel last Saturday afternoon, in an upland barangay in Dalaguete town in southern Cebu. Camelo Cartilla, 46, died…

Man kills cousin in Dalaguete town

Rene F. Alima 05/20/2016

An argument during a drinking session during last Thursday’s fiesta celebration led a 38-year-old man to kill his 48-year-old cousin in Barangay Banyas, Dalaguete town. Gilbert Empig died after he was stabbed by his cousin, Julius Empig,…

Bodol-bodol woman caught in Dalaguete

Rene F. Alima 04/30/2016

A 37-year-old woman was arrested yesterday after she tried to con a 73-year-old widow of her valuables using the bodol-bodol method in Barangay Balod, Dalaguete town in southern Cebu. PO3 Reynaldo Vidas, Dalaguete police station desk officer,…

Woman, son, nephew arrested in drug bust

Apple Ta-as, Rene Alima 04/16/2016

A WOMAN, her son and nephew were arrested in separate buy bust operations by police at their homes in Barangay Mantalungon, Dalaguete town in southern Cebu last Friday. Senior Insp. Dexter Basergo, Dalaguete police chief, said they…

Suspended Dalaguete mayor goes full blast on the campaign trail

Victor Anthony V. Silva 04/09/2016

DALAGUETE Mayor Ronald Allan Cesante began serving his nine-month suspension last Friday, but he just shrugged it off, as it gave him more time to focus on his campaign for reelection. “Of course I’ll be campaigning. I…

Dalaguete mayor suspended for nine months

Victor Anthony V. Silva 04/08/2016

THE regional Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG-7) confirmed the nine-month suspension of Dalaguete Mayor Ronald Allan Cesante for “having material and financial interests in transactions requiring approval from his office.” DILG-7 Regional Director Rene Burdeos…

5 Southern towns losing crops

Sheila Mae Gumapon 04/06/2016

The intense heat brought about by the El Niño phenomenon has affected the production of vegetables of the upland barangays in at least five towns in the southern part of Cebu province. “These places are from the…

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