VAT system overhaul instead of Trabaho bill — lawmaker

Inquirer.net 11/06/2018

Senator Joel Villanueva wants an “overhaul” of the value-added tax (VAT) system in the country. Aside from lowering the VAT rate from the present 12 percent to 10 percent, Villanueva also sees the need to rationalize the…

Scavenger attempts to swim from Cebu to Bohol to visit departed parents

Gerard Francisco, John Aroa 10/29/2018

CEBU CITY–Ceferino Angco, 47, wanted to visit the graves of his family and relatives in Carmen town, Bohol during All Saints’ Day but did not have money for a boat fare. Determined to go home, Ceferino decided…

Pokémon Go clone lets players collect saints instead of monsters

Marc Cosep 10/25/2018

A Catholic group recently released a video game that resembles the popular mobile game POKEMON GO. The Vatican-based game is called FOLLOW JC Go where players are tasked to collect saints and other religious figures to join…

‘Soul searching’ prods Rama to run for vice mayor instead

Morexette Marie B. Erram 08/30/2018

Partymates surprised, Labella ‘humbled’ by Rama’s sacrifice After a week of soul searching and contemplation, former Cebu City Mayor Michael Rama announced on Thursday that he will be running as vice mayor only under his United Barug…

Guv: Give cash reward instead to informants

Jessa Mae O. Sotto 08/29/2018

P5M BOUNTY INSTEAD of giving rewards to those who can kill ninja cops, Cebu Gov. Hilario Davide III believed it would be best that President Rodrigo Duterte’s P5 million bounty be given to witnesses instead. Davide said…

Use money to stop the killings instead

Rosalie O. Abatayo 08/26/2018

PALMA ON BOUNTY FOR NINJA COPS CEBU Archbishop Jose Palma on Sunday urged President Rodrigo Duterte and other officials who offer a bounty for the heads of so-called “ninja cops,” or rogue police officers, to use the…

Garma: ‘What series of killings?

Nestle L. Semilla 08/07/2018

Senior Supt. Royina Garma, director of the Cebu City Police Office (CCPO), brushed aside talks that violence has reigned over the city. “What series are you talking about? If you say series, there should be a pattern.…

Keys thinks about facing Serena next, but loses instead

AP 07/07/2018

LONDON — Madison Keys started thinking ahead to facing Serena Williams at Wimbledon. Here’s the problem: Keys was playing someone else at the time. And so Keys, the U.S. Open runner-up and French Open semifinalist who was…

Osmeña: Citation tickets instead of clamps for illegally parked vehicles

Rosalie O. Abatayo 04/08/2018

WHILE the Cebu City Transportation Office (CCTO) still runs short of wheel clamps, Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña said that tickets will be issued to those who will violate the anti-illegal parking ordinance. Osmeña said he had…

Public urged to use ‘torotot’ instead of firecrackers

Jessa Mae O. Sotto 12/24/2017

The Chairman for the Emergency Department of the Vicente Sotto Memorial Medical Center (VSMMC), Dr. Mari Leo Pataray discourages the public from using firecrackers and urge them to instead use alternative noisemakers, like “torotot,” which is safe…

Trillanes: Why not investigate EJKs instead of Mamasapano?

Inquirer.net 07/17/2017

Senator Antonio Trillanes IV criticized Senator Richard Gordon’s proposal to revive the investigation into the Mamasapano debacle that led to the deaths of 44 elite policemen and 18 Moro rebels and five civilians last January 15. Trillanes…

Bring kids to libraries instead, Talisay mayor says

Izobelle T. Pulgo 02/23/2017

  Let the students go to the library instead of letting them go on field trips. Talisay City Mayor Eduardo “Eddie” Gullas said this yesterday as he welcomed the order of the Commission on Higher Education (CHED)…

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