Palma issues special prayer for end of killings

Ador Mayol 08/16/2018

As the series of killings continues, Cebu Archbishop Jose Palma called on the people to turn to prayer and help stomp out all forms of violence. The 68-year-old prelate on Thursday issued an oratio imperata or a…

2-time F1 champion Fernando Alonso leaving at end of the season

AP 08/15/2018

TWO-TIME champion Fernando Alonso will leave Formula One at the end of the season and potentially move to IndyCar in the United States. McLaren Racing confirmed Tuesday the Spaniard will not return to F1 next year for…

PRO-7 hopes Osmeña will reconsider plans to end allocation for police car maintenance

Benjie B. Talisic 08/06/2018

The Police Regional Office in Central Visayas (PRO-7) remains hopeful that Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña will not cut off their maintenance allocation for city-issued police cars amid the mayor’s disagreement with police officials. Supt. Reyman Tolentin,…

Toledo plant to add 150 MW to Visayas grid before year end

Futch Anthony Inso 07/25/2018

A new power plant that will provide an additional 150 MW to the Visayas grid will be operational in September at the earliest or before this year ends, the Department of Energy (DOE) regional office said. DOE…

Faithful urged to pray for end to slays, hate

Ador Vincent Mayol 07/16/2018

When beset by society’s problems and ills, Cebu’s Catholic faithful were told yesterday to turn to prayer for resolution. Cebu Archbishop Jose Palma presided over the 10:30 a.m. Mass at the Carmelites Monastery in Barangay Mabolo, Cebu…

Archbishop Palma: ‘End the killings’

Ador Mayol 07/13/2018

  Cebu Archbishop Jose Palma appealed to end all killings and the culture of impunity that has hounded Cebu for some time now. He also urged Cebuanos to join the three-day prayer, fasting, and alms-giving next week…

Demolition of shanties in Lapu seen to end in July

Norman Mendoza 06/30/2018

Lapu-Lapu city’s demolition team dismantled nearly a thousand illegal structures along Mactan channel and its work remains unfinished. Of that number Barangay Ibo has 600 illegal structures consisting of boarding houses and pig pens. There was no…

Violent end

Editorial 06/20/2018

To anyone unfamiliar with Steve Go’s personal history, his death at the hands of a fellow inmate at the Mandaue City Jail may come as both a shock—okay mild surprise considering how violence isn’t foreign to jails—and…

Militant groups renew call: End militarization in agri areas

CNU Intern 06/15/2018

Militant groups in Cebu is calling on the government to end of militarization in agricultural areas as they continue to demand for a genuine agrarian reform program. The groups alleged that the military have been abusing farmers…

New Zealand to kill 150,000 cows to end bacterial disease

AP 05/28/2018

WELLINGTON, New Zealand — New Zealand plans to slaughter about 150,000 cows as it tries to eradicate a strain of disease-causing bacteria from the national herd. Politicians and industry leaders announced the ambitious plan on Monday. They…

Comelec declares end of election period

Inquirer.net 05/21/2018

THE Commission on Elections (Comelec) has formally ended the 2018 Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections. In a statement on Monday, the poll body said that the ban on bearing, carrying and transporting of firearms and other deadly…

More plantilla positions needed to end contractualization in government agencies

Rosalie O. Abatayo 05/03/2018

The Department of Budget and Management (DBM) needs to create more plantilla positions to end contractualization of employees in government agencies. Luchel Taniza, Department of Labor and Employment in Central Visayas (Dole-7) information officer, said that monitoring…

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