Garcia family matriarch laid to rest Sunday

Carmel Loise Matus 02/07/2016

  THE matriarch of the Garcia family was laid to rest at the Angelicum Garden of Angels in Mandaue City this afternoon. Retired Regional Trial Court judge Esperanza “Inday” Fiel Garcia died due to kidney failure last…

Inday Garcia’s lasting legacy

Victor Anthony V. Silva 02/06/2016

Sixty-year-old street sweeper Thelma Inocencio never met Esperanza Fiel Garcia, but their lives have a common thread:  an organization that the Garcia matriarch founded. Inocencio, who works for the Mandaue city government, said she never feared about…

Garcia clan matriarch passes away at 82

Carmel Loise Matus 02/02/2016

RETIRED Regional Trial Court Judge Esperanza “Inday” Fiel Garcia, the matriarch of the Garcia family in Cebu, passed away late on Monday night, February 1, a family member announced yesterday. Garcia, 82, left behind her husband, Pablo…

Gwen to miss Congress sessions while recovering from hip surgery

Victor Anthony V. Silva 01/28/2016

Cebu 3rd District Rep. Gwendolyn Garcia will have to miss the last three regular sessions in Congress next week because flying to Manila would be detrimental to  her recovery. “I had perfect attendance for the first and…

Gwen recovers from injury

Victor Anthony V. Silva 01/27/2016

REP. Gwendolyn Garcia of Cebu’s 3rd district is scheduled to be discharged from a Metro Cebu hospital today after figuring in a minor accident last week. In a press statement yesterday, Garcia’s staffers said she “slipped and…

Ombudsman penalizes nine for CICC bidding shortcuts

Ador Vincent S. Mayol, Edison Delos Angeles 12/03/2015

After three years of investigation, the Ombudsman’s Office  in Manila ordered the dismissal from service of nine persons – eight  former Cebu provincial government officials  and one legal officer  — for disregarding bidding requirements in the Cebu…

Claiming credit

Editorial 11/26/2015

Leave it to a bureaucrat to give a  dispassionate view of Cebu province’s wealth as a landlord. “The bulk of the province’s assets which increased to more than P20 billion was caused by the reappraisal of our…

Garcia on the CICC’s Yellow Billboard

Press Statement 11/10/2015

“Either bakakon , way kalibutan or inutil.” So said Rep. Gwendolyn Garcia on Gov. Hilario Davide who earlier claimed that he had no knowledge on who placed the “Never Again” banner at the CICC. Another huge banner…

MYSTERY BILLBOARD

Eileen G. Mangubat 11/10/2015

Who owns 2nd tarp? Gov. Davide says it has his ‘approval’; Rep. Gwen Garcia hits use of CICC for ‘politcal sloganeering’ A huge yellow tarpaulin was added to the giant streamer “NEVER AGAIN…” draping the front of…

Davide stands by refusal to repair CICC

Victor Anthony V. Silva and Jhunnex Napallacan 11/04/2015

CEBU Gov. Hilario Davide III remains adamant that the province won’t pay for contracts entered into by his predecessor, former Cebu governor Gwendolyn Garcia, that were not approved by the Provincial Board (PB). “We have not changed…

Davide: SC ruling doesn’t clear Gwen from charges

Victor Anthony V. Silva 11/02/2015

The Supreme Court (SC) decision affirming the province’s civil liability to a contractor for extra work done on the Cebu International Convention Center (CICC) doesn’t mean it wasn’t built under questionable circumstances. This was the response of…

It’s Gigi vs Gwen

Jhunnex Napallacan, Victor Anthony V. Silva 10/09/2015

Cebu Provincial Board (PB) Member Grecilda “Gigi” Sanchez announced her bid for Congress yesterday, saying she felt it was destiny calling her. “I submit to destiny’s call,” she said in a speech during the general assembly of…

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