SINULOG FILM FESTIVAL 2017: Of life after death and unspoken apologies

Apple Ta-as 02/05/2017

MORE than the awards “Portal 40” brought home during the Sinulog Short Film Festival, director Philip Lapinid IV is dedicating his entry to his grandfather, who died two years ago. “The moral of the story is to…

Fewer dengue deaths, cases in province in Jan.

Izobelle T. Pulgo 01/31/2017

  THERE were fewer deaths caused by dengue and fewer dengue cases in the province last month compared to the same period last year. Nurse Cyril Kay Pangantungan of the Provincial Health Office (PHO) said there were…

Seniors commit suicide

Rene F. Alima 01/26/2017

TWO seniors committed suicide for different reasons in the towns of Argao and Sibonga, Cebu province last Wednesday and yesterday. In Barangay Poblacion, Argao town, 73-year-old Antonio Gemina was found dead by his wife inside his room…

‘Auring’ leaves 15-year old dead in Toledo City

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag, Rene F. Alima 01/09/2017

A 15-year-old girl drowned after being washed away by floodwaters due to heavy rains brought about by tropical cyclone ‘Auring’ in Barangay Landahan, Toledo City on Monday morning. Engineer Alexander Abella, disaster risk reduction management officer of…

THOU SHALT NOT KILL

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 12/29/2016

CONCLUSION Leaders of the Catholic Church, an institution that helped oust two of the country’s leaders in the past, have varied responses to the Duterte administration’s campaign against illegal drugs. While all of them agree that killing…

PRO-7 chief: Xmas peaceful

Izobelle T. Pulgo, Nestle L. Semilla, Norman V. Mendoza 12/27/2016

Six shot dead, 1 hit by stray bullet in three days Despite the death of a police officer including the death of three of his assailants and three other persons in separate shooting incidents, and another wounded…

Younger Paderanga dies three days after shooting incident

Nestle L. Semilla 12/26/2016

The son of the late Lawyer Goering Paderanga who was also shot by security guard Jonathan Sanchez has died before midnight on Sunday, three days after the shooting incident at F. Ramos Street. PO3 Winston Ybañez of…

Slain lawyer buried within 24 hours

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 12/23/2016

Slain Cebuano lawyer, Goering George Paderanga, was laid to rest before 6 p.m. on Friday, about 20 hours after his death. The quick funeral arrangements caught many of his friends and family by surprise; however, Cebu Daily…

Naga cops kill man in shootout

Nestle L. Semilla 12/18/2016

NAGA City police officers shot and killed a man during in what police described as a shootout in Barangay Tuyan, Naga City last Sunday morning. Amelito “Buwa” Alfante, of legal age, sustained gunshot wound in his chest…

Palma: Death penalty is not a deterrent to crimes

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 12/08/2016

Cebu Archbishop Jose S. Palma is saddened when he learned that the House committee on justice has approved on first reading the bill that aims to reinstate the death penalty in the country. Palma said he never…

NO STATE-SPONSORED KILLINGS

Ador Vincent S. Mayol, Izobelle T. Pulgo, Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 12/08/2016

Human rights and church leaders in Cebu expressed dismay over the joint report by the Senate committees on justice and human rights, and public order and dangerous drugs that declared that the government has nothing to do,…

Palma concerned about rising death toll

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 12/06/2016

CEBU Archbishop Jose Palma has expressed concern over the rising death toll from the administration’s war against prohibited drugs. In an interview, he said killing suspected criminals is not the right antidote to the country’s problem on…

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