Coal plant project draws support

Fe Marie Dumaboc, Jose Santino S. Bunachita 02/21/2017

Despite being pregnant with her eighth child, 30-year-old Jesiebel Paluena joined 100 residents of Barangays Sawang Calero, Duljo Fatima, Suba and Pasil in showing support to the 300-MW Ludo coal plant project yesterday. “Our barangay chairman who…

PDEA-7 to target ‘big fish’ in Cebu City’s barangays

Fe Marie Dumaboc 02/17/2017

  THEY are gunning for the big fish in the illegal drug trade in Cebu City’s barangays. Director Yogi Felimon Ruiz of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency in Central Visayas (PDEA-7) said that this would be their…

Sawang Calero residents, anti-coal groups rally against proposed coal-fired power plant

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 02/17/2017

“No to coal! No to coal!” This was the repeated chant of at least 80 residents of Barangays Sawang Calero, Pasil and Suba as well as anti-coal groups who held a protest in front of Ludo Power…

Revival of coal plant in Sawang Calero sought

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 12/20/2016

Proponents of the 300-megawatt coal-fired power plant in Barangay Sawang Calero in Cebu City have revived their plans to build the project in the densely populated barangay. But unlike their first attempt with the previous City Council,…

No more displacement of residents as access road to Cebu-Cordova toll bridge scrapped

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 12/12/2016

Residents near the mouth of Guadalupe River in Cebu City can now heave a sigh of relief as their houses won’t have to be cleared anymore as the planned additional access road near the mouth of the…

Twenty years of legal alternatives for women center

Sofia Aliño Logarta 12/07/2016

Law Center Inc. last Monday, December 5, had its general assembly. Clients, members and partners (Kaabag, Zonta, Sidlak, Kahupayan) actively celebrated its 20th year of growing and learning with women: listening to women, providing legal services, linking…

Bogo City remains unbeaten

Calvin D. Cordova 11/28/2016

Games today Cebu Coliseum (U-17 Division) 5:00 p.m. – UC vs. Sarawak (Men’s Division) 6:30 p.m. – Bogo City vs. SG/ARQ 8:00 p.m. – Sarawak vs. USC THE BOGO City cagers defended their homecourt as they chalked…

Suba and Sawang Calero pilot areas for community-based fire prevention

Dominic D. Yasay, Inna Mejia 11/22/2016

ROCEL Quijano, 28, together with his wife and two little children, was in Barangay Opon, Lapu-Lapu City to offer their prayers during the feast of the Virgin of the Rule when the fire ravaged several houses in…

Village chiefs defend Station 6 police on Osmeña’s illegal gambling claims

Edison Delos Angeles, Jose Santino S. Bunachita 11/16/2016

DIFFICULT access to some locations and criminal lookouts giving suspects an early warning to an impending police raid were among the reasons given by village officials for the proliferation of illegal gambling in Barangays Pasil and Sawang…

Boy cited for saving baby in Suba fire

Michaela Jaycel L. Dolores 11/14/2016

The 17-year-old boy who earned praise for rescuing a month-old baby from their burning house in Sitio Taguntongan, Barangay Suba, Cebu City last October 25 was awarded yesterday morning by the Bureau of Fire Protection in Central…

62 drug suspects in five barangays to cooperate with police in anti-drug drive

07/04/2016

ABOUT 62 self-confessed drug users and dealers from barangays Calamba, San Nicolas, Sawang Calero, Pasil and Suba voiced their willingness to cooperate with police in their Oplan TokHang Monday morning. Insp. Alejandro Lopez of the San Nicolas…

Councilor has no plans yet to push for coal plant approval

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 04/28/2016

He may be convinced of the need to build another power plant in Cebu City, but Councilor Noel Wenceslao said he had no plans to re-file his motion to endorse the proposed Ludo coal-fired thermal power plant…

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