About 62 employees of Mandaue City Hall may lose their jobs even if results of their confirmatory test turn out negative for drug use. Mandaue City Administrator Danilo Almendras said 62 employees tested positive for illegal drug…
A complaint for frustrated murder was filed against a former Cebu City Hall job order worker accused of gouging out the eyes of an elderly manghihilot (masseuse) in Barangay Sawang Calero, Cebu City last Wednesday. Manuel Sumalpong…
IT’S my responsibility. Undismayed by criticisms, Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre II on Sunday stood firm on his order to investigate the purported role of opposition lawmakers in the terrorist attack in Marawi City in a bid to…
CEBU CITY—The Regional Trial Court (RTC) has ordered the release of Bohol Board Member Niño Rey Boniel who is accused of killing his own wife, Mayor Gisela Boniel of Bien Unido town, Bohol, and dumping her body…
EMBATTLED Dumanjug Mayor Efren Gica’s legal troubles just got worse due to a suspension order issued against him by the Ombudsman-Visayas. Gica was ordered suspended for leading a police team in conducting a raid without a search…
After holding an “informal meeting” with members of the Police Coordinating and Advisory Council (PCAC) on Thursday, Cebu City Vice Mayor Edgardo Labella is seeking a formal appointment designating him as the mayor’s representative to the PCAC…
Suspended Cebu City councilor Jerry Guardo paid on Monday a fine of close to P70,000 pesos before the Office of the Ombudsman in lieu of his suspension for three months. Guardo said he is now waiting…
ROAD RAGE shooting suspect David Lim Jr. can still drive and use his driver’s license. The Land Transportation Office in Central Visayas (LTO-7) has not yet issued any order to suspend nor revoke Lim’s license since he…
IT all started with a pizza order. A cellphone shop owner and a pizza delivery boy both found themselves in the office of Lapu-Lapu City Acting Vice Mayor Harry Don Radaza, Wednesday, to collect payment for goods…
THERE is no explicit hold-departure order against the seven South Korean nationals allegedly engaging in sex tourism in Cebu. This was the clarification made by the Consulate of the Republic of Korea in Cebu following concerns raised…
MANILA — Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III finally signed on Thursday the Department Order (DO) on contracting and subcontracting. Department Order No. 174 superseded DO 18-A, which was earlier reviewed by the Department of Labor and Employment…
CEBU CITY—A month after he was told to step down as mayor on charges of dishonesty, Efren Gica has been ordered to return to his elective position in Dumanjug town, southern Cebu. The Office of the Ombudsman…
