Rookie cop produced copy of Asean ID for his friend

A ROOKIE policeman was placed under camp restriction after he was caught photocopying his security identification card (ID) for the 12th Asean Summit to give to his friend, a Mindanao-based trader, last week.

Acting Cebu City Police Office (CCPO) Director Patrocinio Comendador also ordered the Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Bureau (CIIB) to conduct an administrative investigation against PO1 Benjie Gan. (more)

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Asean guards feel ‘vindicated’

LIKENING the success of the 12th Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) summit to the Battle of Mactan, top police officials considered the event “historic” for the people of Cebu.(more)

Paynor to be adopted son of Cebu

PHILIPPINE Ambassador to the Asean Marciano Paynor Jr. will be declared an adopted son of Cebu, for showing “the indomitable spirit of a Cebuano” in the course of preparations for the recently concluded summit.
“He has in so many ways shown love for Cebu. Many times he called on Cebuanos to rally for the success of [...]

‘Payback time’

AFTER the red carpets were rolled up and the agreements signed, President Arroyo said it’s payback time for the grassroots of the Asean who will benefit from the accords for peace and economic prosperity in the region.
“This summit broke a new dawn as we continue to foster peace and stability, economic prosperity and claim our [...]

Around Cebu

‘Let’s not mess up Cebu’s coming-out party’

“But let us not be fazed, or scared or intimidated by others coming in through our open doors, coming into our market. Because open doors mean also that we can enter their market,” says Ambassador Victoriano Lecaros. (Sun.Star Cebu/Allan Cuizon)
By Rose O. Versoza
WHILE the heads of government discuss Southeast Asian policies and agreements [...]

Cebu: Tourism

(Source: cebu.gov.ph)
Cebu is the gateway to around two thirds of the Philippines archipelago. It is the primary destination of approximately 35% of the Philippines’ foreign visitors.
Superb destinations, low operating costs and excellent government administrative support favor the development of new destinations which are serviced from Cebu. Almost 3,000 new rooms are planted to open within [...]

Slice of paradise

Melanie T. Lim

If you must lie in the sun five meters away from a Shangri-La, Aman or Banyan Tree resort, then read no further—Camotes is not what you’re looking for.
It was at the tail end of summer when I desperately clung to an eleventh-hour plan to conquer Camotes before the onset of habagat (southwest winds).
I [...]