All eyes on CJ Corona today
ALL eyes will be on Chief Justice Renato Corona if he does testify at the Senate today, but an administration congressman said he would not be surprised if Corona will resign.
House Deputy Speaker Lorenzo Tañada III of the Liberal Party, addressing a forum in Cebu, said that if Corona...
Terminal fee to be included in airfare
THE management of Mactan-Cebu International Airport Authority (MCIAA) is finalizing the draft Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) to include the passenger service charge (PSC) or terminal fee in the cost of airline tickets.
MCIAA General Manager Nigel Paul Villarete said they included the...
Travel agents, liaison officers to seek Aquino’s intervention on DFA’s ban order
TRAVEL agents and liaison officers in the country, including those from Cebu, will appeal to President Benigno Aquino III to stop the implementation of an order from the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA), which they considered as “illegal and arbitrary.”
The order, which will take...
Senior citizens, students to pay P6 jeep fare
STUDENTS and senior citizens will now pay only P6 for a jeepney ride following a fare rollback from P8 to P7.50, less their 20 percent discount as mandated by law, said Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) 7 Director Ahmed Cuizon said.
Cuizon said the reduction of...
Jeepney fare back to P7.50
EFFECTIVE today, May 15, the jeepney fare in Cebu and the rest of the Visayas will be P7.50 for the first five kms., after the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) recalled the provisional increase it ordered last March 20.
LTFRB also denied with finality the...
Guv’s transfer of voter’s registration to 3rd district fuels speculations
GOV. Gwen Garcia yesterday transferred her voter’s registration from Dumanjug in the second district to Barili in the third, fueling speculations that she might run for Congress if her senatorial ambitions don’t pan out.
Gwen is now a registered voter of Sitio Lamac, Barangay Mayana,...
Number of voters in Cebu has fallen since last polls
AS OF last month, the total number of voters in Cebu Province, including Cebu City and the other cities, is 2,274,131.
The number of voters in the province has been falling since the May elections in 2010. That year, the number of voters was 2,430,267. In October the following year, the...
Citom to go after motorbike drivers without helmets
MOTORCYCLE drivers and riders must wear their old helmets pending the availability of helmets with Import Commodity Clearance (ICC) marks for imported ones or Product Standard (PS) stickers for locally made, otherwise they will be apprehended by the Cebu City Traffic Operations Management (Citom...
No extra benefits, Villarete tells ‘disgruntled’ workers
DESPITE the threat of some officials and employees to rally against him, airport manager Nigel Paul Villarete stood by his earlier decision not to give in to the demand for additional benefits.
Villarete of the Mactan Cebu International Airport Authority (MCIAA) reiterated his statement...
Davide willing to sacrifice guv bid for ‘good of Cebu’
LAWYER Hilario “Junjun” Davide III yesterday said he is willing to run for vice governor and be the running mate of Agnes Magpale if Liberal Party (LP) bigwigs in Manila will see it to be in Cebu’s best interest.
Davide was asked if he is willing to slide down in favor of Magpale to have...
Over 3,000 jobs open
ABOUT 8,000 jobseekers are expected to turn up for a jobs fair the Cebu Provincial Government will host today, as part of the Labor Day celebration.
There will be over 3,700 jobs available, an official said.
One Cebu Party to respect choice of allies: governor
VICE Gov. Agnes Magpale is the logical choice of One Cebu Party to be the running mate of Rep. Pablo John Garcia (Cebu, 6th district). Not only is she the incumbent number two official, Magpale also belongs to the Bakud Party, which is allied with One Cebu.
Gov. Gwen Garcia yesterday...
P25M needed for bridge repair
THE repair of Marcelo B. Fernan Bridge, which will cost more than P25 million, will be taken from the regular infrastructure preventive maintenance fund of the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) for the 2011 and 2012.
Renult Ricardo, assistant district engineer for Cebu 6th ...
Leave for airport much earlier: Villarete
WITH traffic expected to be congested once the repair of the Marcelo B. Fernan Bridge starts on May 2, passengers need to leave for the airport much earlier to catch their flights.
The advice came from Nigel Paul Villarete, general manager of the Mactan Cebu International Airport...
Members’ investments ‘safer’ with Pag-ibig: senior officer
MEMBERS of the Home Mutual Development Fund (HMDF), or the Pag-ibig Fund, can get their money back even if they only contributed for less than 10 years, as long as they are 60 years old and above and fall under the senior citizens category.
Manuel Margallo, Pag-ibig Fund senior marketing...
Mga pasahero giawhag pagsayo
GIAWHAG ni Mactan Cebu International Airport general manager Nigel Paul Villarete ang tanang airlines ug concessionaires sa pag-adjust sa ilang biyahe sa ilang mga pasahero.
Kini taliwa sa ipahigayong repair sa Marcelo B. Fernan Bridge nga sugdan karong Miyerkules, Mayo 2.
“MCIAA...
Key endorsements may pave governor’s road to the Senate, that is, if she runs
SEN. Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel III yesterday said there is “a great possibility” that Cebu Gov. Gwen F. Garcia will win as senator in the 2013 elections if she is endorsed by Vice President Jejomar Binay and former president Joseph Estrada.
Pimentel said the latest survey results of the...
Sonny O. transfers voting precinct to Toledo, endorses nephew for governor
VICE President Jejomar Binay announced that Gov. Gwen Garcia has been included in the list of senatoriables under United Nationalist Alliance (UNA).
This, as former senator John Henry “Sonny” Osmeña yesterday announced his transfer of voting precinct from Camputhaw, Cebu City to Toledo...
M. Fernan bridge undergoes repair; heavy traffic seen
STARTING next week, the Marcelo B. Fernan Bridge will undergo major repair, which is expected to disrupt traffic flow on both approaches of the second Mandaue-Mactan brirdge.
The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) 7 announced that it will repair the expansion joints of the...
10 Cebu companies suspected of misdeclaring imported goods
BUREAU of Customs (BOC) Commissioner Rozzano Rufino “Ruffy” Biazon issued alert orders against 10 importers, including prominent firms.
Biazon addressed his orders to Cebu Task Force React, an agency reportedly kept secret at the Port of Cebu.
2 drug suspects caught in Tuburan
POLICE arrested two alleged drug pushers, one of whom is a relative of a police officer, in a buy-bust in Barangay 1, Tuburan, Cebu over the weekend.
Tuburan Police Station Chief Welther Grapa identified the arrested drug suspects as Dominic Allego, 35, and Chester Canencia, 32.
Random road drug tests ‘unlawful’
DRUG testing laboratory owner Dr. Danilo Dionson yesterday said the random roadside drug tests of the Land Transportation Office (LTO) is a violation of law because it has no permission from the Department of Health (DOH) and no drug test fees were collected.
Dionson said that such random...
Groups split over P1.50 hike bid
CONSUMER and urban poor groups argued with operators and drivers during a public hearing conducted by the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) on the petition for a P1.50 fare increase yesterday.
The public hearing was conducted by LTFRB 7 Director Ahmed Cuizon,...
‘Avoid penalty, file taxes now’
THE Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) yesterday urged the people to file their income tax return ahead of the April 16 deadline to avoid paying interest, surcharges and compromise penalties.
Speaking before the Kapihan sa PIA hosted by the Philippine Information Agency, BIR 13 Director...
Mayor says he’ll wage election just like Aquino
LIKE President Benigno Aquino III, Cebu City Mayor Michael Rama said his team is capable of running a campaign without ample funds.
While money is a political necessity, Rama said the real election machinery runs on the support of the people.
