CEBU CITY -- Police here are gearing up for a massive protest that is set to take place on Friday, May 13. The Cebu City Police Office (CCPO) said that various militant groups will converge at the Plaza Independencia and will march to the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) office. Lt. Col. Maria...
BACOLOD CITY – Police are now conducting manhunt operation to recapture a prisoner who escaped from the custodial facility of the Talisay City Police Station in Negros Occidental on Wednesday. Talisay City police chief Lt. Col. Arthur Baybayan identified the escapee as Arnel Ocaña, 38, of...
CEBU CITY—The highly anticipated rematch for the congressional seat in the fifth district of Cebu turned into a lopsided affair in favor of the incumbent official. Reelected Fifth District Rep. Vincent Franco “Duke” Frasco ended up doubling his margin of votes against former congressman Ramon...
CEBU CITY -- A 33-year-old man driving a campaign vehicle is now in critical condition after he was shot by still unidentified gunmen on Friday afternoon. Police identified the victim as Rad Andrade, who sustained multiple gunshot wounds in the body. The victim was rushed to a hospital in Cebu...
'I cannot close my eyes anymore': Pacquiao says bid for presidency is a fight for the poor Aspiring president Senator Manny Pacquiao is concluding his election bid by wooing the residents of vote-rich Cebu province and looking back to his hometown General Santos City, where his campaign promise...
CEBU CITY -- The final testing and sealing of vote counting machines (VCM) here went through without any major glitches. With this, the Commission on Elections-Cebu City declared that’s it’s all systems go for this Monday’s elections. Election Officer Marilou Paredes said Thursday’s final...
CEBU CITY – The House of Representative Electoral Tribunal (HRET) has reaffirmed the victory of Cebu Fifth District Rep. Vincent Franco ‘Duke’ Frasco after winning in the manual recount of the ballots. The decision was released on Friday, three days before yet another election. The manual...
CEBU CITY -- The Department of Labor and Employment-Central Visayas (DOLE-7) is looking into a complaint against a public official who allegedly committed irregularities in the implementation of the agency’s emergency cash-for-work program. Undersecretary and DOLE 7 concurrent head Victor del...
UNICEF Change for Good with Cebu Pacific back inflight ON THE GROUND Through the support of individual donors and corporate partners such as Cebu Pacific, UNICEF is still on the ground in Odette-affected areas to provide supplies and assistance for sustainable support in health and nutrition,...
CEBU CITY -- The influential Iglesia ni Cristo (INC) has once again endorsed the reelection bid of Cebu Fifth District Congressman Vincent Franco “Duke” Frasco. The INC has consistently endorsed the candidacy of Frasco. According to Frasco, it will be the sixth election that the INC endorsed...
In an unprecedented move, priests from the Archdiocese of Cebu expressed “individual support” for the tandem of Vice President Leni Robredo and the Senator Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan, saying that silence at such time in the country’s history is “dangerous.” Vice President Leni Robredo...
CEBU CITY – A Cebu-based group called Real Estate Volunteers and Urban Poor, or REV UP, said it has gained the support of hundreds of representatives from the persons with disability (PWD) sector to help the candidacies of Vice President Leni Robredo and Senator Kiko Pangilinan. One of the REV...
