Four bets fail to beat SOCE extension

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 06/30/2016

FOUR candidates in Cebu province failed to submit their Statement of Election Contributions and Expenses (SOCE) when the extended deadline lapsed on Thursday. As of 5 p.m., gubernatorial candidate Desiderio Estinozo and three others have yet to…

Dino wants to serve ‘without fanfare’

Carmel Loise Matus 06/26/2016

In assuming the post of presidential assistant for the Visayas, businessman Michael Dino said he wants to help his fellow Filipinos in the Visayas without any fanfare. The 47-year-old Dino, one of the founders of the Bisaya…

Can an elected official sit in post sans SOCE?

Carmel Loise Matus 06/23/2016

WHILE the elected officials at the Cebu Capitol have submitted their Statement of Contributions and Expenditures (SOCEs), not all elected officials of the different towns in the province have complied with this Commission on Elections (Comelec) requirement.…

Dry spell’s end and political intramurals

Stephen D. Capillas 06/23/2016

Manila — The last few days of rains have brought some relief to Metro Cebu residents after four months of heat aggravated by the El Niño dry spell caused many faucets to go bone dry. April was…

Rama promises legal aid to sued village chiefs

Izobelle T. Pulgo, Nestle L. Semilla 06/22/2016

SUSPENDED Cebu City Mayor Michael Rama decried as political harassment the criminal cases lodged against the seven Team Rama-allied barangay captains and vowed to extend them all the legal assistance that they would need. The seven were…

San Fernando mayor’s brother shot by couple at cockfight derby

Carmel Loise Matus 06/18/2016

CEBU CITY — The 74-year-old brother of Mayor Abe Canoy of San Fernando town in southern Cebu was shot and wounded by a couple who attended a cockfight derby about 4:30 p.m. on Saturday. PO1 Erwin Oyao,…

Cebu legislators: Strange bedfellows

Jose Santino S. Bunachita, Julit C. Jainar 06/15/2016

As the jump on the Duterte bandwagon continues, new oaths of allegiance for the winning party are expected from local politicians. But what can be expected now that political nemesis find themselves under the same umbrella of…

COUNTER CHARGES

Ador Vincent S. Mayol, Edison Delos Angeles, Nestle L. Semilla 06/14/2016

The lawyers of Labangon Councilman Rodolfo Tabasa yesterday made good on their threat to file a string of charges against Cebu City Acting Mayor Margarita “Margot” Osmeña and seven other City Hall employees and policemen over the…

Davide: shifting alliance ‘normal’

Jose Santino S. Bunachita, Nestle L. Semilla 06/10/2016

AS local allies of the Liberal Party (LP) made a beeline for the Partido Demokratikong Pilipino-Laban ng Bayan (PDP-Laban) of President-elect Rodrigo Duterte, Cebu Gov. Hilario Davide III decided to buck the trend. However, he said, it…

NEW ALLIANCE

Carmel Loise Matus, Doris C. Bongcac, Jose Santino S. Bunachita, Nestle L. Semilla 06/09/2016

A new alliance, although informal, is shaping in Cebu City between President-elect Rodrigo Duterte and politicians identified with the Liberal Party (LP) and Bando Osmeña-Pundok Kauswagan (BO-PK) not just in their common desire to rid the country…

Dealing with Digong

Jobers R. Bersales 06/08/2016

There are two ways to deal with incoming president Rodrigo Duterte: accept him for what he is or assail and lambast him to high heavens. The turncoats in the Liberal Party, who only a few weeks ago…

Pastor known for anti-drug advocacy shot dead

Nestle L. Semilla 06/06/2016

CEBU CITY–A Baptist Church pastor, who actively campaigned against illegal drugs, was shot dead by two unidentified men in the Barangay Bonbon, Cebu City Sunday afternoon. Crisostomo Maternal Jr., an evangelist of the Bonbon Mission Church, was…

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