Valmoria takes over CPDRC

Jessa Mae O. Sotto 05/25/2018

The new Cebu Provincial Detention and Rehabilitation Center (CPDRC) Warden Reynaldo Valmoria started his post on Friday, hoping to bring change in the system of the jail facility. Valmoria has spent his first day in CPDRC inspecting…

Sotto: Revival of death penalty to get over 13 votes in Senate if…

Inquirer.net 05/24/2018

SENATE President Vicente “Tito” Sotto III yesterday said the proposed reimposition of the death penalty could get more than 13 votes at the Senate already if the measure would only cover high-level drug trafficking. Sotto, who recently…

UPROAR OVER FOREIGNER NABBED FOR ALLEGEDLY MOLESTING GIRLS

MAO BA? 05/18/2018

The news on the Russian national who was arrested for allegedly molesting six girls in a subdivision in Barangay Lamac, Consolacion town in northern Cebu drew mixed reactions from the netizens. A netizen named Sam Mitchell commented:“People…

FUROR OVER DISQUALIFIED SK BETS

MAO BA? 05/17/2018

Netizens were taken aback by the news that 30 candidates in the Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) elections in Central Visayas were disqualified by the Commission on Elections (Comelec) after they failed to meet the age requirement. Suson Salas…

Durant’s 37 lead Warriors over Rockets 119-106

AP 05/15/2018

HOUSTON — Kevin Durant scored 37 points and Klay Thompson added 28 to lead Golden State to a 119-106 win in the long-awaited showdown with the Houston Rockets in Game 1 of the Western Conference finals on…

Osmeña vent ire on Barug Team Rama in social media over Kawit deal rejection

Jessa Mae O. Sotto, Morexette B. Erram 05/13/2018

  Was the Cebu City council’s decision to scrap the P18 billion joint venture agreement with the Gokongwei-led Universal Hotels and Resorts Inc. politically motivated? Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña thinks so as his series of criticisms…

Tommy O criticizes nephew over voting against Kawit Island JVA

Morexette B. Erram 05/12/2018

Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña is not yet done on criticizing council members from the opposition Barug Team Rama party. Opposition councilors junked the resolution that would have authorized the mayor into signing a joint venture agreement…

Cebu City barangay captains cry harassment over cases filed by Osmeña

Morexette Marie B. Erram 05/11/2018

The legal battle that Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña waged against 37 barangay captains (village chiefs) in Cebu City was nothing but an attempt to harass the opposition, the mayor’s critics said. Cebu City Councilors Joel Garganera…

Dumanhug candidates turned over firearms for peaceful election

Benjie B. Talisic 05/04/2018

A total of 31 firearms were turned over by running candidates of the Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) Elections in Dumanjug town, southwest Cebu on Thursday morning. This, after the police personnel of Dumanhug town, called the…

Dela Rosa: I’ll face any charges over war on drugs

Inquirer.net 04/17/2018

FORT DEL PILAR, Baguio City — Outgoing Philippine National Police (PNP) chief Dir. Gen. Ronald Dela Rosa is ready to face a possible wave of charges linked to the thousands of deaths under the government’s anti-illegal drug…

Mooning over masareal

Ronald P. Villavelez 04/01/2018

MY FONDNESS for peanuts dates back to my first day in first grade: I can still remember my mother tucking a plastic pouch of peanuts in my lunch box as my snack at recess time in school.…

Power plays over projects

Editorial 03/27/2018

When bureaucrats and elected officials argue over which projects should get implemented or not, it’s not them but the public whom they were supposed to serve that suffers the most from the fallout of their oftentimes unnecessary…

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