2 brothers gang up on policeman, get shot
A POLICE officer allegedly shot two brothers after a near-collision on the road.
PO1 Sterl Jason Inot, 25, also wounded himself in his left upper arm during a struggle for possession of the gun.
The shooting took place around 2 a.m. yesterday at a crossroads in Sitio Datag,...
Trash bins outside biz firms required: proposed ordinance
A MANDAUE City councilor wants the City Government to require owners to place at least two trash cans in front of their business establishments.
Under the proposed ordinance of Councilor Demetrio Cortes Jr., owners of the business establishments where there are no trash cans outside will...
Councilor pushes stricter policy for contractor
A MANDAUE City councilor wants the City Government to require any person, contractor or firm to secure permits before constructing a building.
Councilor Demetrio Cortes wants the City to strictly implement the National Building Code of the Philippines by passing an ordinance that will...
2 human traffickers convicted
JUDGE Wilfredo Navarro yesterday convicted two men for qualified trafficking in persons. He sentenced Reynaldo Marange and Willy Rosales to life imprisonment and to pay a fine of P2 million.
The court decision came nearly four years after the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) filed a...
Jadewell suspends towing operations in Mandaue
THE management of Jadewell Parking System Corp. has suspended its operations starting Wednesday, nearly two weeks after the Mandaue City Government ended its contract with the towing company.
“I fear for the safety of my men,” said Tomas Villanueva, operations manager of Jadewell’s...
MCPO director sacks station head, officer
SUPT. Noel Gillamac, head of the Mandaue City Police Office (MCPO), relieved yesterday the chief of Subangdaku Police Station and a police officer over an extortion complaint.
Gillamac assigned Insp. Mark Edward Barrios and SPOI Herbert Pelayo at the MCPO headquarters while a team from...
1,000 kids hone ball skills
GEOFFREY Gepega and Emmanuel Magsayo sat on the floor beside the basketball ring, waiting for their turn to hold a ball.
“Bend your knees!” shouted a tall man standing in the middle of the court. “Chest out! Butt out! Always protect the ball!”
The sound of bouncing balls filled the...
Blind street singer tells life’s tales
THE sound of Guillermo Martinet’s guitar and harmonica filled the air outside the Mandaue City Hall and the National Shrine of St. Joseph yesterday afternoon.
Sitting on a small folding chair, the 68-year-old musician played Matt Monro and Marco Sison’s songs on his guitar and harmonica...
Groups restore kids’ smiles
VILMA Suello arrived in Mandaue City yesterday morning with her one-year-old daughter, who will undergo a surgery for her cleft palate.
At the lobby of the Mandaue City Hospital, they joined the line of parents and children with cleft palates. The children had to undergo a screening to...
Mom says it’s a miracle how she, triplets survived ordeal
INSIDE their cramped house, Maricel Ygoña watched her three newly born babies as they slept on the wooden bed, surrounded by small pillows that she and her husband bought while the triplets were still six months in her womb.
As though sensing the crowd that had begun to gather inside the...
Judge lets go of Apas dispute
JUDGE Soliver Peras Jr. inhibited himself yesterday from hearing the case of about 168 families from Barangay Apas, Cebu City whose houses stand to be demolished.
Peras, the pairing judge of the Regional Trial Court (RTC) Branch 9, cited “personal reasons” for wanting to be released from...
‘Drug pusher’ killed in raid
ONE of Lapu-Lapu City’s most wanted persons died after shooting it out with police who were trying to arrest him last Monday.
Gunfire erupted in Sitio Kakunsur, Barangay Mactan, Lapu-Lapu City when police tried to serve a warrant of arrest for Alexander Oyao, 40, at 4:30 p.m.
Truck runs over 63-year-old man crossing the road
A 63-YEAR-OLD man died yesterday morning after a truck ran over him on Plaridel St. in Barangay Umapad, Mandaue City.
At 10 a.m., Rodrigo Casinillo Sr., a resident of Barangay Alang-alang, was crossing the road when a Mitsubishi Canter, which was bound for Consolacion, hit him. He fell...
150 policemen deployed for fiesta
THE Mandaue City Police Office (MCPO) will deploy 150 to 200 policemen in different parts of the city to secure today’s fiesta celebration.
Police Chief Supt. Noel Gillamac, head of MCPO, also advised the public to avoid displaying their wealth, such as wearing jewelry, as this will...
Cum laude grad crowned Ms. Mandaue
A 21-YEAR-OLD electronics engineering graduate was crowned Miss Mandaue 2012 last Sunday night, besting 11 other candidates.
Nicole Tuazon, a cum laude graduate of the University of San Carlos, also received six special awards, including the Media’s Choice Award.
During the...
Boy keeps self afloat with kites
BESIDE one of the columns holding the first Mactan-Mandaue Bridge, a boy with a freckled face was busy scraping a bamboo stick with a knife. He bent the stick gently every now and then, testing if the stick was thin enough for the kite he hoped to fly that day.
It was a hot Saturday...
Sorting facility reduces Mandaue garbage
MANDAUE City reduced about 40 percent of wastes from households since the barangays started implementing materials recovery facility (MRF), said engineer Ricardo Mendoza, the City’s solid waste management director.
Mendoza said only eight of the 27 barangays do not have a functioning MRF...
DPWH 7 plans to repair flyover in Mandaue City
ASIDE from the Marcelo B. Fernan Bridge, the Department of Public Work and Highways (DPWH) 7 also plans to repair the expansion joints of a flyover in Mandaue City.
However, engineers from the DPWH 7’s sixth district engineering office said the central office has yet to allocate funds for...
Shoplifter caught taking shoes, in possession of drugs
with Ana Melissa Ortiz, UP Mass Comm Intern
POLICE arrested a shoplifter in a mall in Mandaue City last Friday afternoon. They also found an ampule of Nubain from the pocket of 30-year-old Ranjan Basalo, who attempted to steal three pairs of branded shoes from a store in Parkmall.
...Lifeguard in resort stabbed in the eye
POLICE arrested a lifeguard who allegedly stabbed a fellow lifeguard in the eye in Sitio Buyong, Maribago, Lapu-Lapu City last Friday.
An argument over work matters led Gerry Abecia, 42, to stab Alvin Taneo, 32, in his left eye, the police said.
The stabbing took place at 5:25 p.m...
Board member’s dilemma: To run or not to run
ONE Cebu party will hold a convention in a few weeks to straighten out some issues like Provincial Board (PB) Member Alex Binghay’s name being floated as the party’s possible candidate for the third district’s congressional seat in next year’s elections.
It all started as a post in a...
Cebu City may decide on Capitol’s offer for terminal
MANDAUE City Councilor Elstone Dabon said the Cebu City Government may have to decide whether to accept Capitol’s offer to take over the operations of the Cebu North Bus Terminal.
In a press conference yesterday, Dabon said, the decision lies in Cebu City, to which Mandaue City leased the...
MCBMB tasks technical working group to make traffic scheme
THE Metro Cebu Bridge Management Board has tasked a technical working group to come up with a traffic scheme before repair works on the Marcelo B. Fernan Bridge can start.
Engineer Santiago Suico Jr. of the sixth district engineering office said the group, which will have their first...
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...
Scribes-turned-cop chiefs end stint without a scratch
IT was an action-packed 24 hours for reporters who suddenly found themselves under the microscope as they took over as chiefs of various police units in Cebu City.
The “new police chiefs” made sure nobody would accuse them of sleeping on the job, as they saw the arrest of 20 suspected...
