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Palma willing to help settle Aloguinsan feud
Cebu Archbishop Jose Palma is willing to meet with farmers and landowners in Aloguinsan town in southern Cebu to settle their land dispute. Palma yesterday said that he would welcome any request for assistance to settle the problem in Aloguinsan. “ I’m open for people to come,” Palma said. The farmers, including three college students, […]
‘Make Mary happy, reject the RH bill’
September 5, 2011
To oppose the Reproductive Health bill now being debated in the Senate is to give the Blessed Virgin Mary a beautiful birthday present. This was the message of Cebu Archbishop Jose Palma at Mass following yesterday’s Walk for Mary, a procession to celebrate in advance the Sept. 8 birthday of Mary. “If we fight against […]
Talisay gov’t exceeded incentives, say auditors
September 5, 2011
OFFICIALS and employees of Talisay City Hall received P5.8 million in cash incentives which is well above the ceiling imposed by the Commission on Audit (COA). State auditors said the mayor’s office received P825,000 in Productivity Enhancement Incentives (PEI) while the allowable limit is only P285,000. Market personnel received P900,000 or P600,000 more than the […]
7,000 Dollar RANSOM FOR KOREAN
September 2, 2011
Tourist kidnapped, released by fellow Koreans in Cebu City A Korean tourist visiting Cebu City was kidnapped by four fellow Koreans, who released him after two days, said police. The victim’s friends paid $7,000 in ransom. Police yesterday filed a complaint for kidnapping for ransom in the Cebu City Prosecutor’s Office against the captors of […]
Farmers, students charged with assault, disobedience
September 1, 2011
Police yesterday charged with direct assault 36 farmers and three studentd who allegedly clashed with them to stop the fencing of the disputed Hacienda Gantuangco in Aloguinsan town, midwest Cebu. Law enforcers took the handcuffed respondents to the Cebu Provincial Prosecutor’s Office for inquest proceedings yesterday afternoon. Assisted by at least six lawyers, the respondents […]
NBI-7 can reopen probe on vigilante killings if…
September 1, 2011
No one was arrested or brought to trial for the rash of vigilante killings of suspected hoodlums in Cebu City in 2005. The National Bureau of Investigation in Central Visayas (NBI-7) ceased its investigation over six years ago but an official yesterday said it was willing to reopen its inquiry after the issue of extrajudicial […]
‘REMOVE THOSE FACES’
September 1, 2011
CEBU City Mayor Michael Rama ordered Engineer Rolly Ardosa of the General Services Office to remove the faces of past and present councilors and Rep. Tomas Osmeña of the city’s south district on some Kaohsiung buses. “I asked them to totally remove it pursuant to the request of the President,” he said. President Benigno Aquino […]
P20 wage increase for Central Visayas
August 31, 2011
by Candeze R. Mongaya, Reporter Cebu Daily News/ Breaking News WORKERS in Central Visayas will receive an additional P20 increase in their daily minimum wage by the end of this month. The amount approved by the Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity Board in Central Visayas (RTWPB-7) in its closed door meeting early today increases the […]
WIKILEAKS TARGETS CEBU CITY
August 31, 2011
2005 US Embassy report says Cebuanos ‘appear to support’ vigilante killings Cebu City’s “vigilante killings” of suspected hoodlums didn’t escape the notice of United States officials. A US Embassy cable recently released by the anti-secrecy website WikiLeaks showed that in 2005, the US Ambassador to the Philippines reported that Cebu government officials and the public […]
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September 5, 2011
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