2 teens playing with guns now in trouble
CEBU CITY -- Two teenagers who got their hands on some guns found themselves in trouble less than 10 hours apart.
A 14-year-old boy accidentally shot himself with a pistol in Talisay City at dawn Saturday and was rushed to the Talisay City District Hospital.
FLI to develop Capitol’s land
A PROPERTY the Capitol owns in Barangay Apas used to hold Cebu City’s prison. In a few years, it will host enough space for some 15,000 to 20,000 jobs, a developer said.
Cebu Gov. Gwendolyn Garcia and officials of Filinvest Land Inc. (FLI) broke ground yesterday for a P6-billion project...
Group asks for ECC, supporting papers for flyover projects worth P901 million
THE Movement for a Livable Cebu (MLC), a civil society group, expressed “great concern and dismay” as its members question the multi-million-peso budget allotted for the construction of flyovers in Cebu City this year.
MLC convenor Marc Canton raised the issue with Department of Public...
Heritage treasures in downtown Cebu
SOME museums in Cebu City are repositories of heritage items related to the revolution against the Spanish regime and the creation of the Autonomous Catholic Church in the Philippines, or the Iglesia Filipina Independiente (IFI).
The Rizaliana Museum at the University of Southern...
Volunteer traffic agents ‘in trouble’
CEBU City Treasurer Ofelia Oliva has accused deputized agents of the Land Transportation Office (LTO) 7 of harassing her family on Escario St., Barangay Kamputhaw last Friday night.
Oliva reported the incident to LTO 7 Director Raul Aguiluz, saying she will make the complaint formal...
CH asked to expropriate socialized housing sites
THE Apas Barangay Council recommended to Cebu City Hall to expropriate all properties in the city that have been declared socialized housing sites so occupants won’t be evicted or their houses demolished.
The council challenged the City’s Division for the Welfare of the Urban Poor (DWUP)...
Operators against plan to raise fees
COCKPIT owners, operators and promoters in Cebu City are opposed to the plan to raise taxes and fees levied on cockfighting activities.
This, as Councilor Augustus Pe Jr. reintroduced his proposed ordinance that seeks to amend Section 64, Chapter 17 of the Omnibus Tax Ordinance of Cebu...
LGUs should be change-ready
LOCAL governments in Cebu should implement appropriate land use and zoning policies as part of the measures to address the effects of climate change.
This, as Bank of the Philippine Islands (BPI) Foundation executive director Randy Maranan described Cebu City as a “climate sandwich,”...
DOJ queries City on Rallos papers
THE Department of Justice (DOJ) has sought a clarification on two certifications issued by Cebu City Government officials regarding money claims from the heirs of Fr. Vicente Rallos.
The DOJ’s query was prompted by a request for clarification from the Philippine Postal Savings Bank, which...
Ma, cousin arrested for ‘hiding’ inmate
POLICE arrested yesterday the mother and a cousin of Ricky Andojar, the Mandaue City Jail inmate who escaped last Tuesday.
Siberina Andojar, 59, and Jennifer Cogay, 18, allegedly helped the 19-year-old inmate elude arrest during an operation by a team from the Basak Police Station at 3 a....
DOJ warned vs. special plates abuse
DON'T abuse the privilege of using commemorative plates.
This was the reminder given to personnel and officials of the Department of Justice (DOJ) on the proper use of the commemorative plates in their vehicles.
Justice Secretary Leila de Lima recently issued a department circular...
Village watchman shields son from gunman’s bullets
FARMER and barangay tanod Danilo Leoniso was with his son when an unidentified armed man waylaid him in Barangay Ipil, Catmon town last Friday afternoon.
Just as the shots rang out, Leoniso embraced his four-year-old son and took the bullets. He bore six gunshot wounds.
Leoniso, 41...
Boy, 11, who drowned in flood buried
AN 11-year-old boy who drowned in a flashflood was buried in a public cemetery in Barangay Poblacion, Liloan yesterday afternoon.
Daryl Yuson was immediately laid to rest because his family and relatives were still in a state of shock because of the incident, said Barangay Secretary...
Woman, 86, spends days stringing shells for business
by Anna Melissa Ortiz UP Mass Com Intern
FELISA Aying, 86, is still a hard worker.
She spends her days in San Vicente, Olango, among the many women in their neighborhood, stringing shells for her granddaughter’s business.
She starts her day by walking for an hour from...
Malls execs, cops tackle security measures
With Ana Melissa Ortiz, UP Mass Comm intern
THE Mandaue City Police Office (MCPO) met with mall security officials last Thursday to discuss security measures.
During the meeting, the local police shared best security practices and discussed the latest trends and modus operandi by...
Damaged dike floods 2 N. Cotabato towns
KIDAPAWAN CITY -- Residents of low-lying villages in towns of Magpet and President Roxas in North Cotabato blamed the latest flashfloods to a damaged dike built along Kabacan River, one of the biggest rivers in the province.
The dike, constructed in late 2009, was damaged by the strong...
Government assures ulamas of final peace pact
KORONADAL CITY -- The government in consultation with a group of ulama (Islamic scholars) in Mindanao assured its "sincerity" in the ongoing peace negotiations with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF).
In a consultation early this week in Marawi City, Dr. Hamid A. Barra, a member of...
House: No need to amend law
MANILA -- Members of the House of Representatives see no need to amend Republic Act (RA) 6426, or the Foreign Currency Deposit Act (FCDA) of the Philippines, following recent assertions made by Supreme Court Chief...
Councilor Duterte has most number of real properties
AMONG the 20 Davao City councilors who have submitted their Statement of Assets and Liabilities and Net Worth (SALN) for 2011, Councilor Paolo Z. Duterte has the most number of real properties – with eleven.
A copy of SALN of the 20 councilors obtained by Sun.Star Davao from the City...
Dabawenyas to raise health, envi issues
WOMEN leaders and advocates in Davao City would once again converge in another yearly gathering to put across their various issues on health and the environment that greatly affect the women sector.
The Davao City Integrated Gender and Development Division (IGDD) will be heading the women...
CU Alumni bares projects
WITH its mission of promoting the social, economic and moral welfare of its members, the Board of Directors of Capitol University Alumni Association Inc. (CUAA) who were elected during the 40th Alumni Homecoming last February 14, 2011, is proud to share its accomplishments for the first 15...
Education bureau readies teachers for K to 12 curriculum
ALL teachers who will receive the first batch of Kindergarten to Grade 12 (K to 12) enrollees this June are undergoing necessary preparations for the new curriculum.
The Department of Education (DepEd) is now holding massive trainings this summer, specifically for Grade I and Grade VII...
BIR builds revenue generation campaign
THE Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) is strengthening its revenue generation campaign to boost its tax collection in this city, a BIR official announced.
For the month of April 2012, BIR fell short by 2.77 percent in its revenue collection.
Dole to launch labor-free village campaign
THE Department of Labor and Employment (Dole) has scheduled to conduct a child labor-free barangay campaign in one of the four villages in the region identified with high incidence of child labor.
The campaign is set to be held on May 29, in the village of Baybay, Liloy in Zamboanga del...
Wanted man wounded in shootout with cops
A MAN who has pending warrant of arrest for murder was wounded in a shootout with arresting policemen in this city, a police official reported.
Zamboanga City Public Safety Company Chief William Gadayan said the shootout took place around 7:45 p.m. Wednesday in the village of Sta. Maria,...
