Cebu City Comelec to hold satellite voter registrations this July

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 06/24/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Cebu City Commission on Elections (Comelec) will hold satellite registrations on July 4 to 23, 2022 in order to facilitate faster registration for the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan (SK). The national Comelec…

Comelec Cebu City: BOPK may field replacement for Alcoseba with same surname

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 04/25/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Commission on Elections (Comelec) in Cebu City said that upon the death of re-electionist, South District Councilor Raul “Yayoy” Alcoseba, his party could field a substitute that bears his last name. Marilou…

Comelec: Two schools in Cebu City mountain barangays too damaged for polls

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 02/21/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Two schools in Barangays Babag and Pungol-Sibugay in Cebu City sustained considerable damage from Typhoon Odette making them unusable for the May 9 elections. Marilou Paredes, acting South District Commission on Election (Comelec)…

Cebuano Ironman participants can get shot at spot in Herbalife Triathlon Team

Mars G. Alison 08/09/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Promising Cebuano participants of the Regent Aguila Ironman 70.3 Philippines Cebu will get a chance to join the Herbalife Triathlon Team when they race on Sunday, August 11, 2019.  Julian Valencia, who co-captains…

San Francisco town mayor, vice mayor freed after posting P750K bail

Rosalie O. Abatayo 05/02/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Arrested San Francisco town Mayor Aly Arquillano and Vice Mayor Al Arquillano were granted temporary liberty after posting a bail of P750,000 on Thursday, May 2. Retired Judge Meinrado Paredes, legal counsel of…

CPPO chief on Arquillano raid: Police operation not politically motivated

Zena V. Magto 04/09/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The police operation is clean and not politically motivated. Police Colonel Manuel Abrugena gave this assurance after the retired Judge Meinrado Paredes, lawyer of San Francisco Mayor Aly Arquillano and his brother, Vice…

Arquillano brothers detained in Danao City Jail

Rosalie O. Abatayo 04/08/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Arrested San Francisco town Mayor Aly Arquillano and brother Vice Mayor Alfredo Arquillano, are now detained at the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP)-run Danao City Jail. Retired Judge Meinrado Paredes, legal…

Retired Judge Paredes to ask court to quash search warrant vs Arquillano brothers

Rosalie O. Abatayo 04/07/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The camp of San Francisco Mayor Aly Arquillano and his younger brother, Al, will be asking the court to invalidate the search warrant that lead to their arrest and the confiscation of firearms…

Retired Judge Paredes, SDK, NASUKHU condemn ‘state sponsored’ killings

USJ-R Journalism Intern 08/21/2018

RETIRED Judge Meinrado Paredes representing the Samahang Demokratiko at Kaakbay (SDK) joined the Nagpakabanang Sugbuanon alang sa Kinabuhi ug Hustisya (NASUKHU) in condemning the recent spate of killings that he claimed were allegedly state sponsored. “These killings…

Full of grace

04/29/2017

Ivy Grace Paredes In the universe of Ivy Grace Paredes, a large part of her magic, also so palpable every day in the lives of Filipinos, is the common understanding that—in the best of times, but especially…

DIGONG’S PLAN TO APPOINT BRGY. EXECS

Izobelle T. Pulgo, Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 03/23/2017

Judge Paredes: It’s a slide to dictatorship Retired Judge Meinrado Paredes called President Rodrigo Duterte’s plan to appoint barangay officials instead of electing them as a slide down to dictatorship. “Kaning election and appointment, this is democracy…

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