12 Cebu City brgys tagged as COVID-19 hotspots; to be under ‘total lockdown’

Katrina Hallare 06/25/2020

MANILA, Philippines — Twelve out of 80 barangays in Cebu City have been tagged as hotspots for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) and will be placed under total lockdown, Environment Secretary Roy Cimatu said Thursday. “There are about…

NPA rebels tagged for burning heavy equipment in NegOr

Rosalie Abatayo 01/03/2019

At least 11 heavy equipment owned by a mining company were burned down in Barangay Jandalamanon, Ayungon, Negros Oriental at around noon on New Year’s Day which state forces believe to be the work of the New…

High food prices tagged as poor families’ inflation hits 8%

Inquirer.net 10/22/2018

FOR AUGUST High food prices pushed up inflation among the country’s poorest families to 8 percent year-on-year in August, the government reported Monday. The rate of increase in prices of basic goods among those belonging to the…

Brgy poll’s delays tagged for low voters turnout

Jessa Mae O. Sotto 06/11/2018

COMELEC officials in Cebu cited the postponements of the holding of the barangay elections as one of the reasons for the low turnout in last May’s Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections. Lawyer Lionel Marco Castillano, Commission on…

5 Albuera, Leyte villages tagged poll hotspots

Inquirer.net 04/25/2018

TACLOBAN CITY – Five villages in the hometown of self-confessed drug lord Kerwin Espinosa in Albuera town, Leyte province, have been identified as possible hotspots for the May 14 barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) elections. One of…

IT’S CEBU CITY JAIL’S TURN

Ador Vincent S. Mayol, Benjie B. Talisic, Morexette Marie B. Erram 02/28/2018

ANOTHER JAIL TAGGED AS DRUG SOURCE Is the Cebu City Jail also a den where illegal drugs thrive? An alleged big-time drug dealer, Walter Villamor, was arrested by police operatives from the Drug Enforcement Group in Central…

Infra spending up by 44.8% in Nov. 2017; Build program tagged

Inquirer.net 01/04/2018

Spending on infrastructure rose by 44.8 percent in November 2017 and played a key role in raising government disbursement for that month, the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) said Thursday. DBM said infrastructure disbursement reached P43.8…

‘Lumad’ teacher tagged as NPA rebel freed from jail

Ador Vincent S. Mayol, Inquirer.net 12/15/2017

A SCHOOL teacher in a lumad (indigenous peoples) community in southern Mindanao was recently released from jail after a trial court in Compostela Valley province dismissed the double murder and frustrated murder filed against her. Amelia Pond,…

Fake news tagged as main challenge of today’s media

USJ-R Journalism Intern Kristine Q. Remolisan 09/19/2017

  CHALLENGES OF MAINSTREAM AND SOCIAL MEDIA FORUM LOCAL media personalities also weighed in on the Challenges of Mainstream and Social Media in a forum as part of the celebration of the 25th Cebu Press Freedom Week…

4S drive tagged in lower dengue cases this year

Futch Anthony Inso 08/03/2017

THE 18 percent drop in dengue cases in seven months this year can be attributed to the effectiveness of the Department of Health’s 4S program. Dr. Shelbay Blanco, DOH-7 health officer, said that from January to June…

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