LP bets snub covenant signing

Carmel Loise Matus 02/29/2016

Liberal Party candidates snubbed a covenant signing organized by the Commission on Elections (Comelec) and the Carcar City Police yesterday morning. Three out of four mayoralty candidates of Carcar City — incumbent Mayor Nicepuro Apura of Nacionalist…

Ensuring clean, honest elections

Ricky Poca 02/29/2016

Think Bits It is imperative that this year’s elections be kept honest and transparent especially after some quarters still believe to this day that there was cheating in the 2010 automated elections that elevated then senator Benigno…

Teddy Ouano passes on

Norman V. Mendoza, Victor Anthony V. Silva 02/26/2016

Cebu Provincial Board member Thadeo “Teddy” Ouano died from complications of prostate cancer and diabetes yesterday. He was 71. Family spokesperson Emy Bustillo said Ouano passed away at 5:55 p.m. Friday in his residence in Barangay Opao,…

Santiago cites president’s qualities

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 02/26/2016

A PRESIDENT must not have a “kirida” or mistress. Senator and presidential aspirant Miriam Defensor-Santiago cited this as one of the qualifications a president of the country should have during a brief stop yesterday at the University…

Health status

02/26/2016

One of the sidelights of last Sunday’s presidential debate held at the Capitol University in Cagayan de Oro City was Sen. Miriam Defensor-Santiago’s sharp retort to a question about her health posed by GMA TV news producer…

Bets, supporters urged to tape gun muzzles

Apple Ta-as 02/18/2016

For a fair and safe election, police are urging political candidates and supporters to surrender their firearms  for muzzle taping. “It should be a gesture on their part that they want a fair election, not just the…

Winston promises seniors’ center for all towns, cities

Victor Anthony V. Silva 02/18/2016

Should he become governor, One Cebu gubernatorial bet Winston Garcia promised to establish a center for senior citizens in all towns and cities in the province which they can use as a venue for meetings and special…

Comelec: No law requiring drug tests for candidates

Apple Ta-as, Jose Santino S. Bunachita, Victor Anthony V. Silva 02/16/2016

WITHOUT a law requiring its compliance, drug tests among candidates will remain voluntary, the Cebu City Commission on Elections (Comelec) office said yesterday. “Although conducting drug tests for politicians will help voters get informed choices, it can…

Police recommends 32 poll watch list areas in C. Visayas

Apple Ta-as 02/16/2016

THE police has proposed the inclusion of   32 localities in Central Visayas  in the election-watch list areas (EWAs) based on their  history of election-related violence. Chief Supt. Manuel Gaerlan, acting regional director of the Police Regional Office…

Malacañang sa Sugbu to reopen if Binay wins

Carmel Loise Matus, Victor Anthony V. Silva 02/16/2016

The Malacañang sa Sugbo may become operational again if Vice President Jejomar Binay is elected president. In a speech during the launching of One Cebu-United Nationalist Alliance (UNA) coalition on Tuesday, Binay promised to put up a…

Evaluating the presidential bets

Ricky Poca 02/15/2016

Think Bits With the elections still a few months away, the voters have enough time to reflect on who to vote for, in particular the president who will lead the country in the next six years. The…

DRUG TEST FOR ALL

Jose Santino S. Bunachita, Marc Eric Cosep 02/15/2016

With the elections barely three months away,  the Cebu City Office on Substance Abuse and Prevention (Cosap) has issued a challenge to candidates of all elective posts in the city: take a drug test. Dr. Alice Utlang,…

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