Province-wide volleyball tournament looms

John Carlo Villaruel 03/12/2017

THE possibility of another premier volleyball competition in Cebu is getting a warm reception. Brando Velasquez, an official of the Cebu Provincial Sports Commission (CPSC), said there’s a chance that a province-wide volleyball tournament will be held…

CPADAO endorses 128 barangays in Cebu Province as drug free

Fe Marie Dumaboc 03/08/2017

  At least 120 barangays out of the 1,066 barangays in Cebu Province will move a step closer to being declared as drug free barangays. This developed after the Cebu Provincial Anti-Drug Abuse Office (CPADAO) endorsed 128…

Province to appraise selling price of CICC

Dominic D. Yasay 03/02/2017

Cebu provincial legal officer Orvi Ortega said that the Cebu Provincial Appraisal Committee (CPAC) will conduct an appraisal on the selling price of the Cebu International Convention Center (CICC), which is P350 million, so they could finalize…

IBP Cebu province elects first female prexy; ex-Citom counsel to lead Cebu City chapter

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 02/25/2017

A NEW set of officers was elected yesterday to lead the Integrated Bar of the Philippines (IBP) Cebu City and province Chapters for two years. Lawyer Jose Glenn Capanas ran unopposed for the position of president of…

Grassroots program helps Cebu Province improve Cviraa placing

Calvin D. Cordova 02/24/2017

THE RECENTLY concluded Central Visayas Regional Athletic Association (Cviraa) in the City of Naga, south Cebu saw the Cebu City Niños hog the limelight when they copped the overall crown for the 25th straight time. While the…

Calamity resilient

Editorial 02/17/2017

Last week’s earthquake that rocked Surigao is yet another reminder of the necessity to build better homes and buildings in the country if only to rebuild faster and protect one’s families from harm. The 6.7-magnitude earthquake did…

Green spaces 

Cris Evert Lato-Ruffolo 02/17/2017

I am working on a personal inventory of “green spaces” in Cebu. By green spaces, I mean playground and parks where I can take my children on our regular “Nanay-Nicholas/ Nanay-Antoinette/ Nanay-Jeff Jr.” weekly dates to a…

21 Badjao kids rushed to Bohol hospital; amoebiasis seen

Inquirer.net 02/09/2017

DAUIS, Bohol — At least 21 children from the Badjao community in Barangay (village) Totolan here were rushed to the hospital after showing symptoms of amoebiasis. The Badjao children, aged one to 12, complained of stomach ache…

No governors in Duterte narco list

Izobelle T. Pulgo, Rene F. Alima 01/30/2017

PRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte’s new list of government officials allegedly involved in drugs or are drug coddlers, does not contain the name of any governor. This was disclosed by Cebu Gov. Hilario Davide III as he talked about…

‘Land swap deal benefits province’

Inna Mejia, Nestle L. Semilla 01/25/2017

BOTH Cebu City Hall and Capitol officials refuted the claims of former governor Pablo Garcia that the land swap deal they recently entered into was “illegal” and “grossly disadvantageous” to the province. In separate statements, Francisco “Bimbo”…

Over 100K drug users nabbed, killed in 7 months

John Carlo Villaruel 01/09/2017

The Police Regional Office (PRO-7) said its implementation of the national government’s Oplan TokHang resulted in the arrest and deaths of over 100,000 suspected drug users in the past seven months. From July 1 to January 5,…

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…

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