Capitol information chief faces Ombud plaint

Morexette Marie B. Erram 07/13/2017

Two public information officers (PIO) of the Cebu provincial government face complaints filed by two broadcasters against them at the Ombudsman-Visayas. Citing conflict of interest, radio broadcasters Arnel Bacalan of DYRC and Isabelo ‘Rico’ Osmeña of dyCM…

High school, elementary classes suspended in Cebu province due to Auring

Izobelle T. Pulgo, Lesley Cara Delos Santos 01/08/2017

Classes for public and private elementary and high schools in Cebu province for January 9 will be suspended after the state weather bureau Pagasa placed the province under signal No. 1 due to tropical cyclone “Auring.” Suspension…

MAO BA?

Editorial 12/02/2016

ABOUT-FACE During the budget hearing of a local government unit, every department head was given a chance to justify his/her budget. When it was the turn of the public information officer, who is known to be feuding…

Quisumbing orders suspension of classes across all levels in Mandaue City

Lesley Cara Delos Santos 11/24/2016

Mandaue City Mayor Gabriel Luis Quisumbing has ordered the suspension of classes in public schools across all levels for November 25, Friday due to the entry of tropical depression Marce. With the order, classes for public preschools,…

Provincial police director dismisses Abu threat in Carcar

Dominic D. Yasay, Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 11/07/2016

Provincial police director Senior Supt. Eric Noble in a Facebook message to Cebu Daily News negated a threat report regarding a Ceres bus supposedly cornered by an Abu Sayyaf group, stating that they did not receive such…

Radaza defends choice of social media personality as Lapu-Lapu City’s good citizenship model

Stephen D. Capillas 10/27/2016

Lapu-Lapu City Mayor Paz Radaza justified her choice of social media personality Snake Princess as the city’s Model of Good Citizenship. The mayor responded to online message sent to one of the consultants of the Lapu-Lapu Public…

One dead in factory explosion

Lesley Cara Delos Santos 10/13/2016

An ammonia leak was reported at the Big Blue cold storage facility located at F. Zuellig Avenue, Subangdaku in Mandaue City at 2 am Thursday. The Mandaue City Public Information Office (PIO) said the Mandaue City Command…

Luigi: No gag order on city dep’t heads

Julit C. Jainar 08/22/2016

MEDIA outlets are not prohibited from interviewing department heads of Mandaue City Hall despite Mayor Luigi Quisumbing’s memorandum requiring all interviews by the press to be handled by the Public Information Office (PIO). The mayor’s chief of…

Terminal dispute

08/03/2016

When the Traffic Enforcement Agency of Mandaue (Team) said that they will enforce the loading and unloading of passenger jeepneys only in designated terminals, common sense would tell us that they were referring to LEGAL terminals only.…

GETTING READY FOR ‘BUTCHOY’

Doris C. Bongcac, Julit C. Jainar, Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 07/04/2016

Still coping with the effects of the rain-induced floods that hit Metro Cebu on Friday, Cebuanos were told yesterday to again brace for more heavy rainfall when a tropical storm enters the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR)…

3 motorcycles collide in Tabogon

Rene Alima 12/29/2015

A man was killed while 10 others were injured in a three-motorcycle crash last Sunday in barangay Pio, Tabogon town in northern Cebu. Emerson Cardinio, 23, of Tabogon died of severe head injuries when he was thrown…

PIOs told: Don’t say ‘tsunami’ when you want to warn of a storm surge

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 06/10/2014

SHOULD authorities use the term “tsunami” instead of “storm surge” to warn residents living in vulnerable areas when the next big storm comes? No, that would mislead people, warned Presidential Communications Operations Office Secretary Herminio “Sonny” Coloma…

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