Tuburan batters collar CPSG gold

John Carlo Villaruel 05/17/2016

BATTERS from Tuburan town dominated Minglanilla, 16-5, in the baseball finals of the Cebu Provincial Summer Games 2016 over the weekend at the Cebu Technological University grounds in Tuburan town, northwestern Cebu. Tuburan experienced smooth sailing all…

Diamante wins by 46 votes in Tuburan

Victor Anthony V. Silva 05/10/2016

Tuburan town Mayor Democrito Diamante won a third term by a mere 46 votes in one of the most hotly contested mayoral races in Cebu. The municipal Board of Canvassers completed the canvass of votes on Tuesday…

Tuburan mayor wins by small 46 vote margin

Victor Anthony V. Silva 05/10/2016

INCUMBENT Tuburan Mayor Democrito Diamante won by only a 46 vote margin against challenger Daphne Lagon based on results released by the municipal Board of Canvassers Tuesday morning. Diamante received 17,140 votes while Lagon received 17,094 votes.…

Poll watcher allowed to vote despite ink mark on finger

Victor Anthony V. Silva 05/09/2016

DESPITE the “indelible ink” on his right index finger, 33-year-old was still allowed to vote. Motebon, a poll watcher assigned to re-electionist Tuburan Mayor Democrito Diamante, cast his vote at 8:30 a.m. on Monday at the Jagbuaya…

Vote counting machine bogs down in Tuburan elementary school

Victor Anthony V. Silva 05/09/2016

VOTING in one of the clustered precincts in Mangga Elementary School in Tuburan town stopped after a vote-counting machine (VCM) bogged down. Technical coordinator Emil Quindiagan said they tried feeding 10 ballots since the voting center opened…

Tuburan mayor’s poll watcher accuses rival camp of vote-buying

Victor Anthony V. Silva 05/09/2016

A POLL watcher of Tuburan Mayor Aljon Diamante accused mayoral candidate Daphne Lagon’s camp of vote-buying. Jebel Montebon reported the incident to the Tuburan police precinct at midnight. The 33-year-old Montebon said he was called to Lagon’s…

Tuburan mayoral candidates accuse each other of harassment

James Nicole Franz R. Savellon, Victor Anthony V. Silva 05/08/2016

(WATCH:  Reelectionist Tuburan Mayor Aljon Diamante calls mayoral candidate Daphne Lagon (One Cebu) as liar. Video by James Savellon) The opposing mayoral candidates in Tuburan town in midwest Cebu accused each other of harassment. Mayoral candidate Daphne…

Cops looking for grenade owner

Apple Ta-as 05/07/2016

POLICE are still trying to identify the owner of the hand grenade and several packs of suspected shabu worth at least P1 million found inside a motorcycle’s compartment in Tuburan town in northern Cebu last Thursday. The…

Security raised ahead of tomorrow’s elections

Apple Ta-as, Michelle Joy L. Padayhag, Nestle L. Semilla, Victor Anthony V. Silva 05/07/2016

As the campaign period officially ended at midnight, security has been elevated in Cebu and the rest of the country for tomorrow’s elections. A liquor ban is in effect today and tomorrow while 943 police officers were…

Tuburan security forces beefed up amid conflicting accounts

Jhunnex Napallacan, Victor Anthony V. Silva 05/06/2016

Tuburan ambush suspect Ludivico Oroquero talks to his wife Imelda at the Tiburan police station. Amid conflicting accounts on the whereabouts of the suspect of an ambush-slay of a Liberal Party (LP) campaigner in the northwestern town…

Police checking bomb threat in Tuburan; bag on motorcycle said to contain explosives

Jhunnex Napallacan 05/06/2016

CEBU CITY–Policemen have cordoned off an area where a motorcycle has been parked outside the Cebu Technological University (CTU) campus in Tuburan town, northwestern Cebu on suspicion that it contained a bomb. Senior Insp. Leo Logronio, Tuburan…

WHERE ARMED MEN ROAM

Apple Ta-as, Jhunnex Napallacan, Rene F. Alima, Victor Anthony V. Silva 05/05/2016

Do armed men move freely about the mountain villages of Tuburan? This seemed to be the case in the northwestern Cebu town, which is listed by the Commission on Elections (Comelec) as an election hotspot, after police…

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