Pastor known for anti-drug advocacy shot dead

Nestle L. Semilla 06/06/2016

CEBU CITY–A Baptist Church pastor, who actively campaigned against illegal drugs, was shot dead by two unidentified men in the Barangay Bonbon, Cebu City Sunday afternoon. Crisostomo Maternal Jr., an evangelist of the Bonbon Mission Church, was…

Gwen, 6 execs submit SOCE

Carmel Loise Matus 06/03/2016

REELECTED Rep. Gwendolyn Garcia of the third district of Cebu had the highest campaign expenditures among the seven candidates who filed their statement of contributions and expenditures (SOCE) yesterday. In her SOCE, Garcia spent P884,906.72, which was…

Comelec thanks police, military for peaceful polls

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 05/31/2016

EXCEPT for a few technical glitches involving some vote-counting machines (VCMs), the May 9 election in Central Visayas was peaceful and successful, said Commission on Elections (Comelec 7) director Jose Nick Mendros. The voter’s turnout of 86.09…

Bets urged to file SOCE before June 8 deadline

Carmel Loise Matus 05/30/2016

NINE days before its deadline and the end of the election period on June 8, Acting Comelec Cebu Provincial Supervisor Eliseo Labaria continues to remind candidates even those who have lost to file their statement of contributions…

Why Digong skipped his own proclamation

Malou Guanzon Apalisok 05/30/2016

I wrote this article while waiting for the live streaming of President Rodrigo Duterte’s proclamation, an event which he said he will not attend. Skipping his own proclamation as the country’s 16th President, Digong told news reporters…

MTRCB can’t censor Duterte’s cussing on live TV interview

05/28/2016

Reacting to queries on presumptive President-elect Rodrigo Duterte’s cussing on live interviews and press conferences, the Movie and Television Review and Classification Board (MTRCB) yesterday clarified that it could not censor live media briefings and on-the-spot news…

Graces for church and state

Jason A. Baguia 05/27/2016

Flowering of Thought First, Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte cursed Pope Francis over the traffic jams that attended the Catholic Church leader’s apostolic visit to the Philippines in 2015. Next, the mayor’s camp made public a conciliatory…

Patalinjug wants Senate to investigate Lapu-Lapu’s election results

Norman V. Mendoza 05/24/2016

Defeated Lapu-Lapu City mayoralty candidate Rolando Patalinjug (Kusgano-PDP-Laban) is set to petition the Senate to include in its investigation alleged electoral discrepancies in the city during the May 9 elections. Outgoing Cordova Mayor Adelino Sitoy, adviser and…

Macalintal: Robredo’s win now indisputable

05/24/2016

The victory of Leni Robredo as vice president is now indisputable, the leading vice presidential candidate’s election lawyer said yesterday. “We’re very, very confident that the victory of Leni Robredo is now unassailable and that’s why we…

Cebu solons eye alliance with Duterte

Victor Anthony V. Silva 05/23/2016

TWO newly elected congressmen under the Liberal Party (LP) in Cebu are open to a possible alliance with the Partido Demokratiko Pilipino-Laban ng Bayan (PDP-Laban) of incoming President Rodrigo Duterte. Cebu second district Rep. Wilfredo Caminero said…

Rama files election protest against Osmeña

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 05/22/2016

SUSPENDED Cebu City Mayor Michael Rama has formally filed an election protest against Mayor-elect Tomas Osmeña before the Commission on Elections (Comelec) in Manila. Councilor-elect Joy Pesquera, one of Rama’s lawyers said the election protest was filed…

Election watchdog fetes 10K volunteers

Michaela Jaycel L. Dolores 05/21/2016

THE elections may be over but the campaign for good governance continues for the Cebu Citizens Involvement and Maturation for People Empowerment and Liberation (C-Cimpel). “In between elections, we do seminars on good governance at the barangay…

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