John Gokongwei pays Kawit property a surprise visit

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 12/27/2017

Cebu City officials got a surprise visit yesterday from one of the country’s biggest business magnates. John Gokongwei Jr., founder and chairman emeritus of JG Summit Holdings Inc., visited and inspected the Kawit property in the South…

Duterte’s ‘pangkurat’ and mass transport options

STEPHEN CAPILLAS 12/14/2017

Somehow, President Rodrigo Duterte’s assurance to the Malacañang Press Corps that he is “not their enemy” isn’t all that reassuring given the spate of developments over the past few months. Notably one such development, however minor it…

SURPRISE APPOINTEE

Miguel Ernest E. Ermac, Norman V. Mendoza 09/27/2017

New Lapu-Lapu City councilor Clad in a suit and carrying a shoulder bag and a folder containing various documents, lawyer Jeannify Tan-Dungog calmly went inside the Lapu-Lapu City Council session hall past 1 p.m. on Wednesday. It…

Ermita officials, workers undergo surprise drug test

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 09/05/2017

MORE than a hundred officials and workers of Barangay Ermita were made to undergo a surprise drug test, Tuesday morning, by the Cebu City Office for Substance Abuse Prevention (Cosap). Cosap announced the surprise drug tests after…

Hipodromo barangay workers undergo surprise drug testing

Inna Gian Mejia 08/16/2017

  Employees of Barangay Hipodromo were called to their barangay gym on Wednesday morning for an important gathering. The at least 70 employees who came were later on asked to submit their urine samples in compliance with…

Surprise jail inspection yields mobile phones, Nubain, weapons

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 05/19/2017

Personnel of the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) conducted a surprise inspection inside the Cebu City Jail and seized a number of contraband on Friday dawn. Among those recovered by jail personnel were at least…

23 gov’t workers fail surprise drug tests

Norman V. Mendoza 05/09/2017

MANDAUE CITY Twenty-three government employees, mostly job order workers, have been found positive of illegal drug use in two separate surprise drug tests conducted in five Mandaue City government offices in the last couple of days. Yesterday,…

Doria holds police surprise inspection

Intern 05/03/2017

TO ensure that there are no secret detention cells in Cebu City, the director of the Cebu City Police Office (CPPO) Senior Supt. Joel Doria conducted a surprise inspection on several police precincts. “We searched all the…

Mandaue City hall dept heads undergo surprise drug test

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 04/24/2017

Department and office heads of Mandaue City Hall were made to undergo a surprise drug test on Monday morning. According to Mandaue City Administrator Danilo Almendras, only 26 out of the 40 department and office heads showed…

Cosap conducts surprise drug test on 76 officials and workers of Barangay Banilad, Cebu City

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 03/12/2017

  Officials and employees of Barangay Banilad in Cebu City underwent a surprise drug testing on Sunday morning. A total of 76 officials and employees were tested by the Cebu City Office for Substance Abuse Prevention (Cosap),…

Tanods, garbage loaders undergo surprise drug test anew

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 03/06/2017

ABOUT 121 barangay tanods and garbage loaders employed in Barangays Inayawan, Quiot, Basak San Nicolas and Cogon Pardo in Cebu City underwent a surprise drug test at the Quiot Sports Center yesterday morning. Dr. Alice Utlang, chief…

Watch: Obama surprises 3 moms with Mother’s Day phone calls

05/11/2015

What will you do if you answer a phone call and the President of the United States is on the other line? That was the privilege that three mothers from Minnesota, Arizona and Florida had when President…

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