Local execs’ slays no link to destab plot

Inquirer.net 07/09/2018

Initial investigation conducted by the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) has not found any links between a destabilization plot and the death of three local executives in a span of one week. Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra said…

Provincial Tourism to screen local guides

Jessa Mae O. Sotto 07/09/2018

Provincial Tourism Office (PTO) chief has requested the local government of Badian to screen their local guides following the arrest of two canyoneering guides in a buy-bust operation last July 6. PTO Head Joselito “Boboi” Costas said…

PNP eyes politics behind local officials’ slay

Inquirer.net 07/08/2018

After two mayors and one vice-mayor were brazenly killed in a span of a week, the Philippine National Police (PNP) said that politics may be a possible motive for all cases, especially since the next elections will…

10 local execs slain since 2016 – report

Inquirer.net 07/04/2018

This month alone, two mayors in Luzon were killed in two days: General Tinio, Nueva Ecija Mayor Ferdinand Bote and controversial Tanauan Mayor Antonio Halili, known for his “Walk of Shame” campaign where he made criminal offenders…

PDP-LABAN IN LOCAL POLITICS 

Jessa Mae Sotto, Morexette Marie B. Erram 07/03/2018

DUTERTE YEAR 2 (CONCLUSION) It is said that history is bound to repeat itself. And indeed this was so when in November 2017, an estimated 50,000 spectators and elected officials flocked to Plaza Independencia to witness another…

DOH-7: “Most LGUs have implemented no smoking policy”

Intern 06/19/2018

A year after the Executive order 26 has been signed, the Department of Health (DOH) said that most of the Local Government Unit (LGU) have already taken steps to implement to “No smoking in public places” policy.…

COA flags ‘excessive’ local, foreign travels of Calida’s office

Inquirer.net 06/01/2018

STATE auditors have flagged the “excessive” local and foreign travel expenses of the Office of the Solicitor General. The Commission on Audit (COA), in its 2017 annual audit report, said that Solicitor General Jose Calida’s office should…

Duterte meets local execs

Benjie B. Talisic 05/19/2018

President Rodrigo Duterte still found time to meet with elected officials and business leaders in Cebu after gracing two majorevents in Cebu City and province. The President met with the Cebu officials in a closed-door meeting at…

Local tourism execs: More programs from DOT’s new chief

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 05/09/2018

WITH Cebu and Central Visayas’ tourism efforts gaining ground over the past several years, local stakeholders hope for more programs from the new leadership of the Department of Tourism (DOT). The Hotels, Resorts, Restaurants Association of Cebu…

Top local cagers converge in tryouts for Casino Active-Cebu

Jonas Rey N. Panerio 05/08/2018

THE second of the five-day tryouts for spots on the lone Cebu team that would be competing in the Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League (MPBL) — the Casino Active-Cebu Niños — was fiercer this time around with a…

Local historian: “A Lapu-Lapu statue at the airport”

Cris Evert Lato-Ruffolo 04/26/2018

A statue of Datu Lapu-Lapu, the legendary chieftain of Mactan, should stand on a prominent site within the vicinity of the Mactan Cebu International Airport (MCIA) for tourists and visitors to be introduced to the Visayan hero…

City Council to establish Local Public Transport Route Plan

Morexette Erram 04/09/2018

Cebu City Councilor Pastor Alcover Jr. has proposed a resolution urging Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña to establish a Local Public Transport Route Plan (LPTRP) Team to address the worsening traffic condition in Cebu City. It was…

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