WHILE Garcia supporters rallied outside the Capitol yesterday, Chief Supt. Marcelo Garbo monitored the scene “somewhere nearby” he told Cebu Daily News. Garbo said his men exercised “maximum tolerance” in the Sunday afternoon rally and would continue to do so while waiting for other orders. Garbo’s cool handling so far of the sometimes-tense standoff at […]
December 31, 2012
The Office of the Solicitor General (OSG) said President Benigno Aquino III did not violate any law in ordering Cebu Gov. Gwendolyn Garcia suspended for six months. The OSG, in a petition dated Dec. 27, formally opposed Garcia’s petition to stop her suspension in the Court of Appeals. Solicitor General Francis Jardeleza said the embattled […]
December 19, 2012
At least eight buses of the Metro Cebu Autobus Corporation were suspended for one month by the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board 7 starting Tuesday. LFTRB-7 Regional Director Ahmed Cuizon announced the suspension after a meeting with company officials yesterday. Last Monday an Autobus unit collided with an oncoming Toyota Altis sedan in the […]
July 21, 2012
A 60-day preventive suspension awaits Gov. Gwendolyn Garcia and co-accused government officials in the Barili land case. Deputy Ombudsman for the Visayas Pelagio Apostol, in an interview yesterday, said this step follows for respondents working in the government after the filing of graft charges against them in the Sandiganbayan. “That is mandatory (preventive suspension) after […]
August 24, 2011
AMONG THE FLEET. Super Island Express II is still docked in Pier 3 while waiting for the management to comply with the requirements set by Marina. The bureau of inspectors found some deficiencies in the vessel. (CDN PHOTO/ JUNJIE MENDOZA) by Candeze R. Mongaya, Reporter Cebu Daily News/ Breaking News Two vessels of the Island […]
December 31, 2012
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