Village chiefs ask Ombuds for help to claim allowances

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 03/06/2017

Sixty-four barangay chairpersons in Cebu City signed a letter asking the Ombudsman-Visayas to investigate Mayor Tomas Osmeña’s order to suspend the cash incentives to barangay tanods and garbage loaders. “With all due respect, we are manifesting our…

DUTERTE ASKS CEBU BUSINESSMEN

Victor Anthony V. Silva 03/02/2017

Help stop corruption President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday rallied businessmen in Cebu, calling for them to help him put an end to corruption in Philippine government. Speaking to members of the Cebu Chamber of Commerce and Industry…

Expert moves to help creative industry grow

Dominic D. Yasay 02/26/2017

CEBU needs to prop up its visual design industry. John Henry Delfino, founder of the school Draft Academy of Design, made this call as he worked to train more skilled visual artists and designers to help the…

If your vagina could talk

Apple Ta-as 02/25/2017

NOT all warriors wear armors. Sometimes they wear dresses and heels, while embracing their sexuality and curves, to fight a war that started long before they were born. They call themselves “Vagina Warriors” and their hearts and…

Bystanders capture robber after victim shouts for help

Intern 02/25/2017

A MAN was arrested after he robbed a nurse of her cellular phones and cash in front of BDO branch on Osmeña Boulevard, Barangay Capitol Site, Cebu City at around 8:45 p.m. on Friday. Jeny Candelasa Mata,…

Family of missing Chinese tourist calls for help

Aileen Garcia-Yap 02/19/2017

The family of a female Chinese tourist who went missing in Cebu since Saturday morning is asking for help from everyone who could give them information and help them locate her. Weiying Gu, 72, who was in…

City Hall to assess areas, Capitol to allocate P1M

Inna Mejia, Izobelle T. Pulgo, Jose Santino S. Bunachita 02/14/2017

Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña wants a detailed on-site assessment of the situation in quake-stricken Surigao City before deciding what assistance City Hall can extend to the victims. “We don’t like to be a burden. We want…

Cebu City, Capitol officials to find ways to help Surigao

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 02/12/2017

CEBU City Hall and Capitol officials yesterday vowed to look for ways to extend assistance to the victims of the earthquake which hit Surigao City and neighboring areas last Friday night. Cebu City councilors expressed their sympathy…

PALMA CALLS ON CEBUANOS: HELP SURIGAO

Ador Vincent S. Mayol, Doris C. Bongcac, Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 02/11/2017

From a community that experienced how it was like to be a victim of a devastating earthquake, Cebuanos must now extend a helping hand to the quake victims in Surigao City and its neighboring areas. And like…

Business urged: Support drug ops

Dominic D. Yasay, Nestle L. Semilla 01/23/2017

THE Mandaue City government is eyeing to draft guidelines for business establishments like hotels and motels requiring them to fully cooperate with the police’s drug bust operations. This comes after the discovery of drug dens being operated…

Politics and El Niño: The heat rises

Izobelle T. Pulgo 01/03/2017

(PART 2) Following months of heated political bickering, One Cebu gubernatorial candidate Winston Garcia conceded defeat to re-elected governor, Hilario Davide III a day after the May 9 elections. Results later showed that Davide garnered 616,381 votes…

Lapu, Cebu City seniors get cash aid

Norman V. Mendoza 12/10/2016

LAPU-LAPU City’s seniors and persons with disabilities in the city’s 30 barangays received their financial assistance handed over by City Hall personnel yesterday. The senior citizens who numbered 23,000 each received P2,000 this month, about P200 more…

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