Jessica Zafra to hold writing bootcamp in Cebu

PR 09/08/2017

  YOU’VE always wanted to write, but you don’t know how to get started. You used to write, but you haven’t done it in a while and you feel rusty. You’ve started many stories, but you ran…

MINORS IN TROUBLE

Fe Marie Dumaboc, Nestle L. Semilla, Norman V. Mendoza 03/12/2017

As the police and other law enforcement authorities recalibrated their offensive against illegal drugs, they find themselves facing a troubling aspect of the drug war — dealing with minors caught alongside the adult offenders. Over the weekend,…

Village chiefs ask Ombuds for help to claim allowances

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 03/06/2017

Sixty-four barangay chairpersons in Cebu City signed a letter asking the Ombudsman-Visayas to investigate Mayor Tomas Osmeña’s order to suspend the cash incentives to barangay tanods and garbage loaders. “With all due respect, we are manifesting our…

One more chief folds under pressure

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 06/23/2016

AND then there were six. Sambag 1 Barangay Captain Lemar Alcover decided to return his Cebu City government-issued service vehicle to the General Services Office (GSO) yesterday, despite the assurance of suspended Mayor Michael Rama that he…

Rama promises legal aid to sued village chiefs

Izobelle T. Pulgo, Nestle L. Semilla 06/22/2016

SUSPENDED Cebu City Mayor Michael Rama decried as political harassment the criminal cases lodged against the seven Team Rama-allied barangay captains and vowed to extend them all the legal assistance that they would need. The seven were…

Who will lead Cebu City’s opposition?

Stephen D. Capillas 06/02/2016

The reported appearance of businessman Michael Dino at the press conference where President-elect Rodrigo Duterte showed off his Cabinet members was a bit of surprise to anyone familiar with his involvement in the Davao City mayor turned…

Zafra gets 4 vehicles, says all were used for service

Nestle L. Semilla 05/30/2016

Two L300 vans, one Mitsubishi Adventure and one Strada sports utility vehicle were issued to Councilor Philip Zafra and one of them is parked at the Tisa Elementary School. Ronald Malacora, special assistant of the General Services…

ABC suspends liaison officer for abuse in traffic incident

Jose Santino S. Bunachita, Marian Z. Codilla 06/04/2015

The Association of Barangay Council suspended blocktime commentator Roger Cimafranca as their liason officer, Thursday morning. ABC President Philip Zafra said the board called for an emergency meeting, Thursday morning and decided to indefinitely suspend Cimafranca without…

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