President gives Tabunok stallholders time to air their grievances
A GROUP of vendors from the Tabunok Public Maret in Talisay City yesterday appealed to President Benigno Aquino III that they not be transferred to the new market in Barangay Lagtang today.
The vendors went to the City of Naga and waited along the national highway for the presidential...
Reconsider dismissal: principal facing criminal case to ombud
A RANKING Talisay City school official formally asked the Office of the Ombudsman-Visayas to reconsider its decision dismissing her from service for allegedly pocketing around P12,600 for students’ swimsuits.
Apart from her dismissal for dishonesty, Maria Lourdes Ipong, former principal...
Soc open to new market date
THE Talisay City Government is set to finally close the old Tabunok Public Market on June 28, a bold step aimed at completely barring stallholders and vendors from doing business at the old market building.
But in yesterday’s a press conference, Mayor Socrates Fernandez said the City may...
Dad recommends closure of factory
TALISAY City Councilor Bernard Joseph Odilao yesterday said he will recommend the closure of a plastics-crushing plant in Barangay San Isidro.
His committee on environment protection gave a report to the City Council on the reported re-opening of Green Earth Plastic Crusher Service in...
Ship that damaged reef to face charges
THE Talisay City Government has decided to pursue a civil case against a foreign cargo ship that destroyed a protected marine sanctuary off Barangay Poblacion two years ago.
In its regular session yesterday, the Sangguniang Panglungsod (SP) approved a resolution authorizing Mayor Socrates...
City allocates P5M to convert mausoleum into public park
TO preserve the historical importance of the Osmeña Mausoleum, the Cebu City Government wants to develop the property into a people’s park.
During its regular session last week, the City Council approved a resolution that sought to annotate in the title of the donated property the...
Cab driver shot; another lauded for honest act
A TAXI driver was shot by an unidentified man on a motorcycle along Sa-bellano St., Barangay Quiot, Cebu City yesterday morning.
Edigardo Artajo, 49, is in critical condition at Chong Hua Hospital. He suffered a gunshot wound in the face.
Warden wants playground in jail
A LOCAL jail official is transforming the Talisay City Rehabilitation and Detention Center (TCRDC) in the upland village of Maghaway, Talisay City, Cebu into child-friendly jail facility.
TCRDC Warden Renan-te Rubio plans to construct a playground inside the one-hectare jail compound...
Talisay vendors continue protest
WITH the lifting of the 20-day temporary restraining order (TRO), market vendors in Tabunok, Talisay City yesterday vowed to hold a series of protest actions aimed at preventing City Hall from transfering them to a market-cum-terminal in neighboring Barangay Lagtang.
They said their daily...
Talisay, DSWD set feeding plan for day-care kids
THE Talisay City Government and the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) 7 will pool their resources to maximize the mass feeding for underfed day-care children.
In last Tuesday’s regular session, the Sangguiang Panglungsod (SP) passed a resolution authorizing Mayor...
CH will abide by court decision: VM
THE Talisay City Government will abide by whatever decision the court will come up with, even if it means a delay in the opening of the new public market in Barangay Lagtang.
Vice Mayor Alan Bucao said the City will continue with its preparations, as well as negotiations with vendors of...
More drug seizures, more arrests during 1st 2 quarters: PDEA 7
EVEN though the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) 7 and the Cebu City Police Office (CCPO) conducted fewer drug operations for the first two quarters this year, they seized more illegal drugs compared to the same period last year.
Since January, the two agencies have conducted 61...
Smoking to be banned inside Talisay prison
THE Talisay City Rehabilitation and Detention Center (TCRDC) in Barangay Maghaway is now a smoke-free zone.
The no-smoking order of TCRDC Warden Renante Rubio covers not only the inmates but also all jail personnel and civilians visiting the jail compound.
Rubio said he has not...
Aid continues to pour for landslide victims
MORE cash aid has been extended to the 11 families, who have been displaced by a cave-in in the upland village of Bairan, City of Naga, Cebu last month.
The Capitol released at least P3,000 per family through City Social Welfare Officer Delia M. Tibay last Thursday.
The monetary...
City to put up cop substation in new market
THE Talisay City Government will set up a police outpost inside the market-terminal in Barangay Lagtang in preparation for its possible opening this month, a city official yesterday said.
Councilor Rodi Cabigas, committee chairman on public infrastructure, said the design of the Lagtang...
Lack of classrooms still hound schools in Cebu Province, City
A TOP police official described the opening of the classes yesterday as “generally peaceful.”
About 90 percent of 7,000 police officers in Region 7 were deployed in various schools, terminals and streets to ensure peace and order on the first day of classes.
Putting the cityhood issue to rest
REP. Eduardo R. Gullas (Cebu, 1st district) is optimistic the Supreme Court (SC) will finally put to rest the cityhood issue of 16 new cities when the SC en banc convenes this week.
The High Tribunal is set to hear the second motion for reconsideration (MR) filed by the League of Cities...
Majority bloc passes resolution backing closure of old market
AT the risk of being held in contempt of court, the Talisay City Council’s majority bloc passed a resolution agreeing with the closure of the old Tabunok Public Market and its transfer to a new facility in Barangay Lagtang.
Three minority councilors—Romeo Villarante, Danny Caballero and...
Joavan takes on new role: crimebuster on wheels
FROM lawbreaker to crime-buster.
Joavan Fernandez is assuming a crime-buster role, as the police will tap him as part of a soon-to-be-created anti-crime watch group.
Talisay City Police Station Chief Eddie Recamara yesterday disclosed that the adopted son of Mayor Socrates...
House grieves for public servant, passes resolution
THE House of Representatives approved Tuesday a resolution expressing its condolences to the family of the late Cebuano lawmaker Regalado Maambong.
“His passing away is a tremendous loss not only to his family and friends, the legal circle and the academe, but also to the Filipino people...
CPPO revamps town station chiefs
THE Compostela Police Station has a new police chief.
Senior Insp. Allan Rosa-rio, former Sibonga Police Station chief, replaced Senior Insp. Rodrigo Giangan yesterday.
Giangan is now the operations branch deputy chief of the Cebu Provincial Police Office (CPPO), said Supt. Elmer...
Joavan feeds Tanke kids, mulls making a bid for elected post
AFTER expressing his intention to turn over a new leaf, Joavan said he may follow the political path of his adoptive father, Talisay City Mayor Socrates Fernandez.
Joavan, who has become notorious for his brushes with the law, said he is open to the idea of running for an elective post...
Baby saves ma during rockfall
CEBU CITY – Aileen Panilag, 26, was doing the laundry when two huge boulders crashed down on her family’s house in Barangay Naalad, City of Naga, Cebu shortly before noon last Saturday.
The housewife could have been pinned to death, had she not stood up just moments before the rockfall to...
Vendors oppose closure of Tabunok market, file case
VENDORS of the Tabunok Public Market lodged a formal civil suit yesterday against the closure of the facility and their transfer to the market in Barangay Lagtang.
“The City Government of Talisay, Cebu, has no authority to order the total closure of the Tabunok Public Market,” they...
New hiree just lucky to land job: Soc
FOR Talisay City Mayor Socrates Fernandez, Ray-mund Paran is one lucky guy who found an opportunity to work in the City’s Bantay Dagat office.
Fernandez took exception to reports that Paran’s employment at City Hall was some sort of reward for withdrawing the criminal case he earlier...
