Priest reacts to ‘My Husband’s Lover’

IT’S still a no-way for homosexuals to get married and be tolerated by the church in their homosexual acts, said the director for Social Communications office of the Archdiocese of Palo in reaction to today’s most-talked-about gay-themed GMA drama “My Husband’s Lover.”

“We respect the homosexuals, but the homosexual act is already a different story. A homosexual act is considered as a sin,” said Fr. Amadeo Alvero.

Peace adviser: No negotiations with MNLF

PRESIDENTIAL Adviser on the Peace Process Teresita Deles on Monday clarified that there is no negotiation between the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) and the Aquino government.

"No negotiations with MNLF. What we have with MNLF is the tripartite implementation review of the 1996 GPH-MNLF Final Peace Agreement being facilitated by Indonesia as the chair of the OIC (Organisation of Islamic Cooperation) peace committee in Southern Philippines," she said in a statement posted on the official Facebook page of the Office of the Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process (OPAPP).

Enrile is 2013 election’s biggest spender

LOSING senatorial candidate Juan Ponce "Jack" Enrile, Jr. was the May 2013 elections' biggest spender, based on his Statement of Contributions and Expenditures (SOCE) filed with the Commission on Elections (Comelec).

Enrile received P150.7 million in campaign contributions and spent P150.4 million for his unsuccessful Senate bid.

Increased domestic sugar consumption seen

SUGAR production in the country increased to 2.448 million metric tons (mt) as of June 2, 2013, said Sugar Regulatory Administrator (SRA) Gina Martin.

“The figure is 0.6 percent higher than SRA’s second production estimate of 2.434 million mt for crop year 2012-2013 and this will further increase as three mills are still grinding while some mills that earlier stopped milling are set to restart by early August," said Martin in an emailed statement to Sun.Star Bacolod.

Benitez is new Love-Negros chair

RE-ELECTED third district Representative Albee Benitez was chosen by the members of Love-Negros as their provincial chairman in a meeting and bonding over the weekend at Midas Hotel in Manila.

Love-Negros official spokesperson Board Member (BM) Patrick Lacson of the third district said that Vice Governor-elect Eugenio Lacson was chosen as the vice chairman.

2GO ship nearly capsizes

THE 360 passengers aboard the M/V ST. Gregory The Great of the 2GO shipping lines were spared from near sea disaster, as the ship nearly capsized after it suffered a hole in its hull while navigating Iloilo Strait Saturday morning.

The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) said the ill-fated passenger liner safely reached Arrastre Port in Fort San Pedro, Iloilo City despite the water that submerged its engine compartment.

Suarez back in Comelec-Negros

LAWYER Jessie Suarez is back today as the Provincial Comelec supervisor in Negros Occidental.

Suarez was temporarily assigned as OIC Provincial Comelec supervisor of Iloilo Province during the May 13 elections.

Loan guidelines pushed for community associations

BACOLOD City Councilor Dindo Ramos is pushing for the adoption of the necessary guidelines, mechanism and procedures in the release of financial loan assistance to qualified community associations for purposes of lot acquisition.

Ramos sits as the chairman of the Provincial Board Committee on Urban Poor, Housing and resettlement.

5 Bacolod bets did not file SOCE

BACOLOD City Commission on Election (Comelec) officer lawyer Salud Milagros Villanueva said Sunday that out of the 52 candidates who ran for various elective positions in the city, only five did not file their Statement of Campaign Contribution and Expenses (SOCE).

She said the five candidates are Engr. Bart Orola, lawyer Andy Hagad, Tony Wong, Arthur Villa Delgado, and Raymund Fuentes.

Homicide suspect nabbed

A SUSPECT facing homicide charges was nabbed around 7 p.m. last June 14, Friday, by elements of Bacolod City Police Station 9 at Crossing Abuanan Road, Barangay Sum-ag, Bacolod City.

The suspect was identified as Eric J. “Tata” Delgado, 25 years old, of Purok AC Yulo, Barangay Sum-ag, Bacolod City.

Bet collector, bettor nabbed

A JAI-ALAI bet collector and his bettor were nabbed around 11 p.m. last June 15, Saturday, by the Bacolod City Police Station 4 personnel at Celine Homes Subdivision, Barangay Estefania, Bacolod City.

The suspects were identified as Harold B. De-asis, 32 years old, and Angelo C. Lucina, 18, both of Purok Kaburihan, Barangay Estefania, Bacolod City.

PJ gave most ‘pork’ among Cebu’s lawmakers

REP. Pablo John Garcia secured for the Capitol the largest share of the Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF) last year, according to records of the Provincial Accounting Office.

Of the P38.68 million in PDAF that the Province used as of Dec. 31, 2012, about P17.9 million or 46 percent came from the office of the congressman for Cebu’s third district.

Policeman who died in line of duty buried on Father’s Day

AFTER his work at the Fuente Police Station, PO2 Gerlito Estremos would take off his police uniform and change to civilian clothes to become his family’s laundryman.

There was a time also that the police officer became a motorcycle-for-hire driver when their electric supply was cut off and he was not able to receive his salary due to his suspension, said his father Rogelio.

Barangay, SK polls to go on sans amending law

PENDING the law amending the scheduled barangay elections this October, the synchronized elections will go on.

The Commission on Elections (Comelec) Cebu City is now preparing for the October 28 synchronized barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) elections.

Carnap group uses women as front

THE Cebu City Police Office (CCPO) warns the public against the new modus operandi of a car theft syndicate in Cebu.

The group reportedly uses women to masquerade as legitimate customers in order to dupe car rental companies.

Man with no arm designs houses

HE CLEANS tombs. He draws houses. He carves names into gravestones.

Vicente Dahunan does all that without the help of an arm.

Man, pregnant wife nabbed for marijuana

A COUPLE was arrested in a buy-bust outside a mall in Barangay Ibabao, Mandaue City last Saturday afternoon.

Wakee faces perjury cases

AS A boxing promoter, Rex “Wakee” Salud puts up a show by letting two gloved prizefighters face each other inside the ring.

But, this time, the businessman has a fight to face on his own: a trial.

We’re just music lovers: rescued girls

THEIR love for music brought them together and nothing else.

This is what the two girls said after authorities rescued them, together with a French national, inside a hotel in Cebu City on suspicion of human trafficking.

Group needs P4.9M to attend Youth Day

A CEBUANO youth group is excited to attend the first World Youth Day with Pope Francis next month in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Marlito Cabigas, Commission on Youth (COY) member, said he expects to learn more on the humility of the pontiff.

Rama’s plan for new term: Sell SRP lots to halt floods

CEBU -- Cebu City Mayor Michael Rama plans to sell lots from the 302-hectare South Road Properties (SRP) in the second term of his administration, which will start at noon on June 30.

With the onset of the rainy season, the mayor wants to use the revenues from the sale to implement the City Government’s comprehensive drainage master plan, among others.

Barangay school gets more rooms

BARANGAY Captain Jose F. Navarro of Punta Princesa, Cebu City yesterday said the lack of classrooms in his barangay was partly solved when they inaugurated the other day the P6.3 million multi-purpose building at Punta Princesa Elementary School.

Navarro said the original appropriation from the Cebu City Government as approved by Mayor Michael Rama was P6.8 million and the savings of P500,000 was used for other projects.

Creative solutions needed in peace talks: negotiator

ILIGAN CITY -- Creativity by the parties in the current negotiations to end the Moro rebellion in Mindanao will be a key driver in concluding soonest a comprehensive peace pact, said government chief negotiator Miriam Coronel-Ferrer.

Already, peace activists are worried that the lengthening delay in the restart of the negotiations could impair the quality of outcome of the upcoming Bangsamoro transition.

Airport porters: ‘We have been betrayed’

LUMBIA Airport porter David Anas almost fell to his knees after learning that their services were no longer required in the new Laguindingan Airport after Lumbia closed on Friday.

Their cooperative, the Cagayan de Oro SkyCap Multipurpose Cooperative (SkyCap Coop), has not been part of the team that relocated to the new Laguindingan Airport on Saturday.

Mining firm’s tailings dam that cracked ‘stabilized’

TUBOD, Surigao del Norte -- An official of the Mines and Geosciences Bureau (MGB) in Caraga region said the tailings dam of a mining firm operating in Barangay Siana in this town has been stabilized following a crack to mitigate possible environmental risks.

Rene Gonzales, mining environment division chief of MGB-Caraga, said that he personally checked the dam two days after Greenstone employees discovered a crack on April 24, 2013.

Ex-soldier, 2 others nabbed in drug buy-bust

POLICE arrested a former soldier and two other suspected drug pushers in separate buy-bust operations in Davao City last Saturday.

The first operation was launched by the intelligence operatives of Sta. Ana police around 6:35 p.m. at the corner of Artiaga St. and Quezon Blvd., resulting in the arrest of Dante Hairal Ja-Alain, 42, a former Army soldier assigned at the Military Intelligence Battalion at Camp Felix Apolinario in Panacan and a resident of Barangay 37-D.

Robbers victimize teacher, elderly

A 41-YEAR-OLD teacher and a 75-year-old man were victimized by robbers in separate incidents in Davao City on Friday.

The first incident happened around noon at Diho 2 Subdivision, Carlos P. Garcia Highway.

Man killed in road accident

A MAN was killed in a road accident at R. Castillo St., Agdao District, Saturday afternoon.

The fatality was identified as Petronilo Zamora Samson, of legal age and a resident of 60 Fatima Village, Bajada, Davao City.

Manager faces raps for large-scale estafa

THE National Bureau of Investigation (NBI)-Davao Region filed on Friday charges before the City Prosecutor's Office (CPO) against a manager of a business company for alleged scam.

Charged with large-scale estafa of the Revised Penal Code in relation to Presidential Decree 1609 was Zosette Socorro Ortiz, owner of a certain "rice investment/production business," human resource manager of Now Outstanding Services, and resident of Tugbok in Davao City.

Man sued for theft

CHARGES have been filed before the City Prosecutor’s Office (CPO) against a man for breaking in a car and stealing valuables.

Superintendent Caezar Cabuhat, chief of Sta. Ana police station, identified the suspect as Jerrymiah Ahos Datwin, 18, resident of Kilometer in Sasa in Davao City.