Fish market in Pasil is now a playground

Juli Ann M. Sibi 02/24/2016

The smell of fish and the noise of vendors have been replaced by green grass, pastel colored swings, slides and monkey bars in what used to be the Pasil Fish Market site. The 3,000-square-meter lot fronting the…

Playtime

02/22/2016

PLAYTIME. Kids have a grand time at a newly developed playground in the old Pasil fish market.  (CDN PHOTO/CHRISTIAN MANINGO)…

Drug ops net 2

Chito O. Aragon 02/17/2016

TWO persons were arrested and packs of suspected shabu worth at least P300,000 were seized in separate anti-illegal drug operations in Cebu City last Tuesday night. Daisy Perez Cabutero was arrested by operatives of the Regional Anti-Illegal…

Cardinal Bo visits youth center, dances Sinulog

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 01/28/2016

The Burmese prelate sent by Pope Francis to represent him to the 51st International Eucharistic Congress (IEC) yesterday showed Cebuanos that he had the moves. Cardinal Charles Maung Bo, Archbishop of Yangon, Myanmar, gave in to requests…

Fire hits botica in Pasil

Nestle L. Semilla 12/27/2015

FIRE broke out in a pharmacy along M. dela Concepcion Street, barangay Pasil, Cebu City yesterday afternoon. The Cebu City Fire Department received the alarm at 4:38 p.m., and the fire was controlled 20 minutes later. Fire…

Anti-illegal fishing task force seize dynamited fish at Liloan checkpoint

Victor Anthony V. Silva 11/19/2015

ABOUT 482 kilos of assorted dynamited fish were confiscated from a truck at a checkpoint in Liloan town at 11:30 p.m. last Wednesday. Lawyer Chad Estella, task force coordinator, said a team intercepted the truck and apprehended…

Feed the Children treats Pasil kids

PR 11/12/2015

Nearly 150 children and their parents  gathered at the Don Bosco Youth Center in Pasil, Cebu City recently to celebrate the Universal Children’s Month. The day- long gathering was organized by Feed the Children and participated in…

Advocates push for blast-free fish markets

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 11/01/2015

Various stakeholders in the campaign against illegal fishing agreed to work to ensure that fish sold in markets, especially Pasil fish market in Cebu City, would be dynamite-free. Doing this would require training consumers and fish inspectors…

Can Pasil market ban sale of dynamited fish?

Marian Z. Codilla 10/30/2015

More than 24,000 people have signed a week-old online petition to stop dynamite fishing after a grieving mother in Cebu called on the government to ensure that public  and private markets  sell only “dynamite-free fish.” Lorna Coyoca…

Costly judgments

10/20/2015

When the chief of the Philippine Coast Guard-Central Visayas (PCG-7) promised to   “teach a lesson” to the boat owner and crew of the Motor Banca (MB) Mansan for sailing at night despite a ban against night travel,…

Injured seaman who lost foot: I’ll find a way to earn a living

Carine A. Lapid, Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 10/20/2015

  No regrets for rescue, says chief mate; banca crew released without charges After losing his right foot trying to rescue passengers of a capsized motorbanca, chief mate Rudyard Payusan is uncertain about his future. But Payusan,…

Suspect in businessman ambush killed

Jhunnex Napallacan 08/07/2015

The suspect in last month’s ambush of a businessman was shot dead while driving his motorcycle in Barangay Pasil, Friday afternoon. Arnel Gomez, 35 years old was tagged as gunman in the killing of Jaime Villaceran on…

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