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Cebu City dancers win in New York

August 21, 2011

THE Cebu City Dancesport Team bagged 34 gold medals at the Empire State Dancesport Competition at Crowne Plaza Manhattan Hotel in New York on Aug. 11-14. The team also grabbed 33 gold medals in the Nevada Star Ball Dancesport Championship at the Green Valley Ranch Hotel and Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada. Cebu City Sports Commission […]

EIGHT FROM CEBU TOP NURSE EXAM

August 21, 2011

Cebu Normal University has 100% passing rate Eight Cebu examinees made it to the top ten of the Nurse Licensure Examination,whose results were released yesterday. They are Patricia Teodoro Pintac (Cebu Doctor’s University) in 4th place; and Jacob Cabrera Reyes (Cebu Normal University) and Florence Jill dela Victoria Polina (STI College Cebu) in 6th place. […]

Cebu biz leaders bat for return of Durano in tourism

August 14, 2011

Several Cebu business group leaders said they would like to see Joseph “Ace” Durano back in the Department of Tourism (DOT) as top honcho. Sources in Malacañang, however, said the post of Secretary will most likely go to a Ramon Jimenez, a veteran Manila-based advertsing executive who helped the presidential campaign of Benigno Aquino III. […]

Imelda shrugs off fall

August 14, 2011

I’m okay. It happened because I was young.” This was what Rep. Imelda Marcos of Ilocos Norte told reporters minutes after recovering from her fall during yesterday’s luncheon at the Capitol’s Social Hall. The crowd present gasped and fell silent for several seconds on witnessing the 82-year-old Imelda miss a step and slip as she […]

Cebuana Miss Earth queen survives stabbing attack

August 11, 2011

by Marian Z. Codilla, Reporter Cebu Daily News/ Breaking News A CEBUANA beauty titlist is recuperating at the St. Luke’s hospital hours after surviving a stabbing attack of a drunken man in the parking lot of a condominium in Mandaluyong City. Ms. Earth 2008 Karla Paula Henry will consider filing charges against the assailant, […]

NBI investigates Ouano death

August 2, 2011

THE National Bureau of Investigation in Central Visayas (NBI-7) started its probe on the death of Mandaue City businessman Antonio Ouano. In an interview, NBI-7 Assistant Director Lauro Reyes said two agents are assigned to investigate, identify and file appropriate charges against the culprits. They are NBI-7 Supervising Agent Rennan Augutus Oliva and NBI-7 Agent […]

Suspected cybersex operators now sari-sari store owners

July 29, 2011

AFTER raids in two cybersex dens in Cordova town, five suspected operators have reportedly shifted to selling packed food and putting up sari-sari stores. However, Cogon barangay captain Andres Dinoy said these people were still being monitored by barangay representatives because the change of activity may just be a temporary ruse. Dinoy, who earlier said […]

Ombud to look into hospital stay of jailed ex-mayor

July 27, 2011

Where are the guards?p Four uniformed guards are supposed to be escorting Muntinlupa convict and former Compostela mayor Gilbert Wagas, whom Cebu Daily News surprised in a private hospital room in Cebu City the other day. However, no guards were seen outside Room 256 of the Visayas Community Medical Center (VCMC) during the spot visit. […]

Editorial: Concrete path

July 25, 2011

The Tuwid na Daan or straight path is the central image President Benigno Aquino III conjured in last year’s presidential campaign and at the start of his term to delimit the scope of reforms that he would implement as the country’s leader until 2016. The straight path is a lofty vision that, according to the […]

Ouano kin, friends visit wake; police looking for gun-for-hire

July 24, 2011

Family members and relatives closed ranks at the wake of slain businessman Antonio Ouano, even as police investigators said his ambush was the handiwork of a professional gun-for-hire. Access to the large suite at the Cebu Cosmopolitan Funeral Homes in Nivel Hills, where an 8 p.m. Mass was held, was limited to family and close […]