Resort worker shot dead at Bantayan resort

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 03/25/2016

A MAINTENANCE worker was shot dead at Sugar Beach Resort in Barangay Pooc , Santa Fe, Bantayan Island at dawn Friday. The 39-year-old victim identified as Joseph Cordova Tibay Jr., worked at Marlin Beach Resort in Barangay…

SPARE HOLY WEEK FROM POLITICS

Ador Vincent S. Mayol, Carmel Loise Matus 03/23/2016

There is a clear separation of Church and state particularly in matters involving politics. But in this case, both the Catholic Church hierarchy and the head of the Commission on Elections in Cebu are sending the same…

Local candidates take a break

Carmel Loise Matus, Nestle L. Semilla, Victor Anthony V. Silva 03/23/2016

One Cebu campaign starts March 27, LP on March 28, Team Rama on March 29 Local candidates will take a two-day respite from campaigning to be with their families for the Holy Week observance. Reelectionist Gov. Hilario…

Reliving Christ’s Passion at the Celestial Garden

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 03/23/2016

Gemma Natividad, 44, has a Holy Week ritual that  she has  faithfully observed  since she was a young girl and which she has now passed on to her own young children. Natividad, a devout Catholic who hails…

Binignit: A Good Friday Cebuano soul food

Izobelle T. Pulgo 03/23/2016

For street vendor Nang Piling, what she sells is not just a simple sweetened stew that you eat on a hot afternoon. Neither is it just a lowly snack that you settle for because it’s there. Nang…

Security raised in ports, terminals for Holy Week

Apple Ta-as, Jhunnex Napallacan 03/23/2016

SECURITY is raised at bus terminals and ports in Central Visayas due to yesterday’s large turnout of passengers who are headed to their hometowns for the Holy Week break. Chief Supt. Manuel Gaerlan, regional director of Police…

Former OFW, scavenger join Seven Last Words activity

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 03/23/2016

A FORMER overseas worker and a former scavenger were among the lay persons invited to join the clergy in reflecting on the Seven Last Words of Jesus Christ or the Siete Palabras on Good Friday at the…

No reenactment of Talisay landing

Carmel Loise Matus 03/23/2016

Owing to budget constraints and the onset of the Holy Week, there will be no reenactment of the American forces arriving in Talisay in this year’s observance of the Talisay landing, Councilor Valerio Ylanan said yesterday. “It’s…

Hotels, resorts report high occupancy rates

Vanessa Claire Lucero 03/23/2016

City hotels rely on ‘staycations,’ events to attract guests Most hotels and resorts on Mactan Island are now nearly or fully booked for the rest of Holy Week while hotels in Cebu City are banking on “staycations”…

Former OFW, scavenger join Seven Last Words activity

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 03/23/2016

For the third time, lay persons will join selected members of the clergy in reflecting on the Seven Last Words of Jesus Christ or the Siete Palabras on Good Friday at the Cebu Metropolitan Cathedral. Former overseas…

Security raised in ports, terminals for Holy Week

Apple Ta-as 03/23/2016

Police are monitoring terminals and ports in Central Visayas due to the expected large turnout of passengers heading to the provinces for the Holy Week break. Chief Supt. Manuel Gaerlan, regional director of the Police Regional Office…

Half day work for Capitol today

Victor Anthony V. Silva 03/23/2016

The Cebu provincial government declared a half-day work schedule at the Capitol today to give employees time to prepare for the Holy Week break. Provincial Administrator Mark Tolentino, in a memorandum, said this was “in order for…

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