Shimura seeks police security for campaign period after his car was stoned

Rosalie O. Abatayo 04/01/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu Fourth District Board Member Sun Shimura will request the Commission on Election (Comelec) in Cebu province for security details for the duration of the campaign period after a still unidentified man reportedly…

PRO-7 troops in Mindanao are safe, says Sinas

Morexette Marie B. Erram 02/06/2019

Cebu City, Philippines – All 329 police officers from the Police Regional Office in Central Visayas (PRO -7) who were deployed in Mindanao are safe. In a press conference held Wednesday, February 6, 2019, Chief Superintendent Debold Sinas,…

Lanao float showcases Muslim-Christian unity

Rosalie O. Abatayo 01/20/2018

COLORFUL interwoven strings that form the “lantsa” or Maranao boat will headline the Lanao del Norte float for today’s Sinulog Grand Parade. “It serves as a visual metaphor for tying together different ideas and ethnicities around the…

Tangub, Lanao to guest in Sinulog parade, float

Doris C. Bongcac 01/20/2018

The winner of last year’s Sinulog Based (SB) and Free Interpretation (FI) categories won’t defend their titles this year. But the Sinanduloy Cultural Troupe of Tangub City will still be featured as a guest performer in this…

Marawi kids enroll in Cebu schools

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 06/05/2017

Waffie Naim sat down and calmly surveyed the quadrangle of the Cebu City Central School at past 7 a.m. yesterday. The 12-year-old Naim is one of the few students who transferred from Marawi City that is besieged…

Memories of Marawi

Radel Paredes 05/27/2017

Stopping over at a terminal just before our bus made the ascent to the Islamic city of Marawi, we did something haram or forbidden: steal a few bites of pork adobo from our lunch box while most…

MAO BA?

Editorial 05/25/2017

MARTIAL LAW GETS SUPPORT Netizens supported President Rodrigo Duterte’s declaration of martial law in Mindanao and his plans to extend it to the Visayas and Luzon in light of fears that the terrorist Maute Group may flee…

Man runs amok, kills wife and sister

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 11/25/2016

In the sleepy town of Dalaguete, 90.9 kilometers south of Cebu City, residents of a mountain village were painfully jolted at dawn when a drug-crazed man suddenly slashed his wife’s throat, stabbed his sister and injured his…

Cops shoot dead man who ran amok in Dalaguete

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 11/25/2016

CEBU CITY–A construction worker slit the throat of his wife and stabbed his sister and son inside their residence in Barangay Lanao, Dalaguete town 90.9 kilometers south of Cebu City on Friday dawn. The suspect, identified as…

Troops seize terror camps in Lanao

03/02/2016

Butig, Lanao del Sur — Government security forces yesterday regained full control of this town following the capture of three major strongholds of a local terror group said to be inspired by the Islamic State. The 10-day…

Lanao students overwhelmed, speechless

Nestle L. Semilla 01/18/2016

Students of Bansarvil National High School prayed for a spot among the top 5 winners of the Sinulog Grand Parade. The announcement that they won left them speechless, said 8th grader Sulpicio Songu-ad, Jr. The Bansarvil students…

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