Mayor Jonas Cortes seeks reconsideration of one year suspension

Mary Rose Sagarino 08/31/2024

MANDAUE CITY, Cebu – Suspended Mandaue City Mayor Jonas Cortes has filed before the Office of the Ombudsman a motion to seek reconsideration of his suspension for one year. According to Atty. Jamaal James Calipayan, Mandaue City’s…

Alice Guo ordered suspended as mayor of Bamban, Tarlac

Gabriel Pabico Lalu 06/03/2024

MANILA, Philippines — Alice Guo has been ordered suspended as mayor of Tarlac’s Bamban town by the Office of the Ombudsman. In an order dated May 31, signed by Ombudsman Samuel Martires, Guo was placed under preventive…

Cebu City Mayor Mike Rama suspended for 6 months

Futch Anthony Inso and Niña Mae Oliverio 05/08/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu City Mayor Michael Rama has been placed under suspension by the Office of the Ombudsman. The state’s anti-graft investigating body on Wednesday, May 8 announced that they ordered to put Rama under…

Suspended Alabama priest married the 18-year-old he fled to Italy with, records show

Associated Press 11/23/2023

MOBILE, Alabama— State records show that a suspended Alabama priest recently married the 18-year-old woman he fled to Italy with this summer, and an archbishop said Wednesday that he expects the Vatican to pursue the man’s official…

NBA: Draymond Green suspended 5 games for grabbing Gobert; 3 players fined

Associated Press 11/16/2023

NEW YORK — The NBA has suspended Golden State’s Draymond Green for five games for grabbing Minnesota’s Rudy Gobert around the neck “in an unsportsmanlike and dangerous manner,” the league said Wednesday night. Also penalized by the league for their roles…

Sea travel suspended in some Bicol areas due to Egay

Ma. April Mier-Manjares 07/23/2023

LEGAZPI CITY – Sea travel in some areas in the Bicol region was suspended on Sunday, July 23, as Severe Tropical Storm Egay brought rough seas along the eastern seaboards of Luzon and Visayas. In its 5…

Podway may be the future of transportation in Danao City

Doris C. Bongcac 07/10/2023

MANDAUE CITY, Cebu – Imagine travelling on a car-like suspended transport system when in Danao City in northern Cebu. Dorothy Pinyoloya, CEO of  Transit X, said their company has allocated an initial investment of $759 million on…

Feasibility study for building PH’s first suspended transport system in Cebu launched

Philippine Daily Inquirer 03/22/2023

CEBU CITY — A feasibility study was launched to construct the country’s first suspended transport system that will be built in Mandaue City, Cebu. Futran (or Future of Transport) Philippines, Inc. signed a Memorandum of Agreement with…

Classes, work suspended in Eastern Visayas due to non-stop rains

Joey Gabieta, Robert Dejon 01/11/2023

TACLOBAN CITY — Non-stop rains caused by a low-pressure area (LPA) resulted in the suspension of classes and work in Eastern Visayas on Tuesday, Jan. 10. Northern Samar Gov. Edwin Ongchuan issued an order suspending all classes…

Marcos spox cries ‘censorship, interference’ after FB suspends his account

Neil Arwin Mercado 04/26/2022

MANILA, Philippines — The Facebook account of Atty. Vic Rodriguez, the spokesperson of presidential candidate Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr., was temporarily suspended, a move that he claimed was a form of “censorship” and an “interference on a…

Cebu City seniors jab suspended until more vaccines arrive

Doris C. Bongcac 04/26/2021

MANDAUE CITY, Cebu – Senior citizens in Cebu City, who are scheduled for vaccination this Monday, April 26, are advised to stay at home and wait for further announcements from the city government. This after city officials…

Entry of locally stranded individuals in Negros Occidental suspended from Oct. 3 to 9

Carla Gomez 10/06/2020

The Western Visayas Regional Inter-Agency Task Force (RIATF) on COVID-19 has approved the suspension of the arrival of locally stranded individuals (LSIs) in Negros Occidental from October 3 to 9. LSIs bound for Bacolod, however, may enter…

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