DILG withholds signing of documents sans caretaker

Edison Delos Angeles, Inna Mejia, Jose Santino S. Bunachita, Nestle L. Semilla 01/31/2017

After all the elective officials of Barangay Ermita were served their preventive suspension, there is no one authorized to sign any official documents, which could include the payroll of barangay employees. Emma Joyevelyn Calvo, acting Department of…

Let DILG decide who to appoint as Ermita caretaker – Dino

Edison Delos Angeles 01/31/2017

Presidential Assistant for the Visayas Michael Dino said the new caretaker of barangay Ermita should be a “person whose integrity is beyond reproach.” Appointment should also left for the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) to…

Dumpit tops Tom’s pick for Ermita OIC captain

Inna Mejia, Jose Santino S. Bunachita 01/27/2017

IF THE Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) and President Rodrigo Duterte will allow it, then Mayor Tomas Osmeña’s top pick, SPO1 Adonis Dumpit, will become the acting barangay captain of Ermita. Dumpit is among the…

PDEA 7 recognized for significant anti-drugs accomplishments

01/24/2017

The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency in Central Visayas (PDEA-7) on Tuesday was lauded for its accomplishments in the nationwide campaign against illegal drugs. PDEA Director General Isidro Lapeña said the Cebu-based anti-narcotics agency had confiscated five kilos…

Not another shortcut

Nestor Ramirez 01/24/2017

If the gauge to quantify the performance of barangay officials in the campaign against illegal drugs is the continued presence of drug lords, drug peddlers and drug users, Barangay Ermita officials should not only be preventively suspended…

Out of the picture

Editorial 01/23/2017

If barangay officials of Cebu City who were allied with either Team Rama or the Bando Osmeña-Pundok Kauswagan (BO-PK) had any doubts about how serious the Duterte administration’s campaign against illegal drugs is, then the six-month preventive…

DILG-7 seeks caretakers for Ermita

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 01/20/2017

The Department of Interior and Local Government in Central Visayas (DILG-7) has sought the appointment of caretakers for a village here where all officials have been ordered suspended pending investigation for failing to assist in a anti-drug…

SUSPENDED

Ador Vincent S. Mayol, Fe Marie Dumaboc, Jose Santino S. Bunachita 01/19/2017

The Office of the Ombudsman in the Visayas has ordered a six-month preventive suspension of all the village officials of Barangay Ermita in Cebu City pending an investigation on their alleged failure to cooperate in a drug…

Ombuds suspends Ermita officials

Ador Vincent S. Mayol, Fe Marie Dumaboc 01/19/2017

The Office of the Ombudsman in the Visayas has ordered the preventive suspension of all the barangay officials of Barangay Ermita in Cebu City pending an investigation on their alleged failure to cooperate in a drug raid…

Supporters rally behind their leaders

Jose Santino S. Bunachita, Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 12/15/2016

As allies of former mayor Michael Rama came to his defense amid accusations by Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña that he received P10 million in drug money from slain drug lord Jeffrey “Jaguar” Diaz, the incumbent mayor…

No more displacement of residents as access road to Cebu-Cordova toll bridge scrapped

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 12/12/2016

Residents near the mouth of Guadalupe River in Cebu City can now heave a sigh of relief as their houses won’t have to be cleared anymore as the planned additional access road near the mouth of the…

Village chief denies coddling drug pushers

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 12/05/2016

BARANGAY Ermita chairman Felicisimo “Imok” Rupinta vowed yesterday to resign from his post if it can be proven that he receives money from drug traffickers. In yesterday’s press conference at his office, he denied allegations in an…

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