Tight Holy Week security begins

Ador Vincent S. Mayol, Fe Marie Dumaboc 04/06/2017

As the week-long Association of Southeast Asean Nations (Asean) Summit meetings in Cebu are about to end, the Philippine National Police (PNP) has turned its preparations to the Holy Week celebration next week. Senior Supt. Joel Doria,…

Tumulak to commuters: Don’t leave luggage at the terminal

Fe Marie Dumaboc 04/06/2017

An unattended bag left in one of the food stalls at the Cebu South Bus Terminal (CSBT) caused a stir early morning on Thursday. The indigo-colored travelling bag was left in a “lugawan” (porridge store) inside CSBT…

Taliño: Traffic is security nightmare for the police

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 04/05/2017

  “SO far, so good.” This was how Police Regional Director Chief Supt. Noli Taliño described the first three days of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) Summit meetings in Cebu. Since Monday, he said they…

‘WE ARE READY’

Ador Vincent S. Mayol, Victor Anthony V. Silva 03/29/2017

Banking on Cebu’s experience in hosting big international events in the past, organizers of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) Summit meetings to be held in Cebu and Bohol next month are confident the two provinces…

SECURITY UP

Ador Vincent S. Mayol, Jose Santino S. Bunachita, Norman V. Mendoza 03/28/2017

Asean Summit meetings in Cebu  AT least 5,000 policemen, soldiers and other security forces have been tapped to secure Cebu as it hosts next week seven finance and defense ministerial meetings that will precede the Association of Southeast…

Formation

Madrileña de la Cerna 03/25/2017

Having been exposed to the ICM sisters from kindergarten to being a teacher, the words formation and formation house became familiar whenever former teachers and schoolmates in St. Catherine’s School entered the congregation. We used to visit…

STC alumni have fond memories of school security guard Macua, now graduating cum laude

Cris Evert Lato-Ruffolo 03/25/2017

  Marketing communications professional Beatrice Claudine Evardone memories of Erwin Macua, her school’s security guard at Saint Theresa’s College in Cebu City, was that of a compassionate giver and an honest man who never gave up on…

Security guard is still on duty hours before he graduates, cum laude, at Saint Theresa’s College in Cebu

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 03/25/2017

  It is just hours before he graduates, and with honors at that, but Erwin Valmoria Macua. 38, is still on duty – working the night shift – as a security guard at the Catholic-run St. Theresa’s…

White House boosts security after bomb threat arrest

03/20/2017

WASHINGTON — The US Secret Service bolstered security at the White House after a man was arrested after making threats at one its checkpoints, an official said. CNN reported that the man made a threat claiming he…

Operation Greyhound and male circumcision

Nestor Ramirez 03/07/2017

The latest Operation Greyhound conducted at the Cebu Provincial Detention and Rehabilitation Center (CPDRC) is inarguably successful if our only gauge is the pieces of contraband recovered from the inmates. For that I would congratulate Regional Director…

MAO BA?

Editorial 03/05/2017

TIGHT SECURITY During last Thursday’s visit of President Rodrigo Duterte in Cordova town, security was so tight that no one was allowed to bring ballpens within the venue where the groundbreaking of the bridge project was held.…

China stays mum on its defense budget

AP 03/05/2017

BEIJING — China in recent years has responded to calls for greater military transparency by releasing its defense budget. Not this year, it seems. The defense and finance ministries did not immediately respond to questions about why…

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