Southwest University students gripe on CHED’s slow paced assistance

Vanessa Claire Lucero 11/17/2015

Over 100 students of Southwestern University-College of Medicine rallied in front of the regional Commission on Higher Education (CHED 7) office to denounce the agency’s alleged failure to provide assistance to students. Among their complaints were the…

Legal support for employees

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 11/12/2015

CEBU City Mayor Michael Rama yesterday assured legal support for City Hall employees and officials who were administratively charged before the Civil Service Commission (CSC) 7 for participating in a protest rally last month. “I can guarantee…

People’s co-op to hold assembly

PR 11/04/2015

THE Cebu People’s Multipurpose Cooperative (CPMPC) will hold a special officers and representative assembly this Saturday at the Social Hall of the Cebu Provincial Capitol. Cebu People’s Co-op chief executive officer Macario Quevedo is calling on all…

Bus operators want status quo; MLC welcomes mass transit

Jose Santino S. Bunachita, Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 10/17/2015

Is there a need for new high-quality, less-polluting buses in Metro Cebu? Bus operators and public utility drivers yesterday joined forces in opposing the grant of a franchise to a fleet of 77 brand-new air-conditioned hybrid buses…

Rally against bus line on Friday

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 10/14/2015

A CEBU-BASED transport group will stage a rally in front of the Land Transportation Franchising Regulatory Board (LTFRB-7) this Friday to air  their opposition to the operation of European-made buses that will soon ply Metro Cebu routes.…

FEW MAYORS IN BINAY RALLY

Doris C. Bongcac, Jhunnex Napallacan, Jose Santino S. Bunachita 10/10/2015

UNA rally  fills Coliseum but  for pol  leaders, it’s only Mike   Rama, Sonny Osmeña The Cebu Coliseum was more than half-filled with cheering supporters for Vice President Jejomar Binay  during  the Visayas launch of his party yesterday.…

Vendors, seniors, barangay folk show up for Binay

Jhunnex Napallacan, Michelle Joy L. Padayhag, Nestle L. Semilla 10/10/2015

Roads around the Cebu Coliseum were closed to traffic starting 6 a.m. Some City Hall buses were seen ferrying people to the venue. Rally goers who entered were given attendance sheets and UNA membership forms to sign.…

Militants ‘welcome’ APEC delegates with rally

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 08/24/2015

While the cities of Cebu, Mandaue and Lapu-Lapu laid out a red carpet welcome for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) delegates last Saturday, militant groups greeted their visit with a protest rally in front of one of…

Militants denounce P-Noy ahead of SONA

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 07/27/2015

MILITANTS said President Benigno Aquino III failed to deliver on his programs and promises in his five years in office. During a rally at Colon Street, Cebu City hours before the President is scheduled to give his…

PNP on heightened alert in Luzon, Visayas, full alert in Mindanao for Labor Day

04/30/2015

MANILA — The Philippine National Police is on heightened alert in Luzon and Visayas as it gears for protest rallies across the country for the Labor Day celebration on Friday (May 1).  In Mindanao, police units there will be…

Piston-Cebu to hold whole day rally tomorrow

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 10/26/2014

The militant transport group Pagkakaisa ng mga Samahan ng Tsuper at Opereytor Nationwide (Piston) Cebu confirmed that they will push through with their whole day rally tomorrow. They warned the commuters to stay at home as they…

Strong push to abolish pork barrel starts in Cebu

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 08/24/2014

‘FOR LOVE OF COUNTRY’ For Bernard Villalon, walking isn’t as easy as it was two decades ago. But the 75-year-old theater arts director could not let an opportunity to change the country slip away. Accompanied by a…

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