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Wednesday, April 29, 2015 By KEVIN A. LAGUNDA POLICE arrested two suspected members of a big-time robbery group in a drug bust in Barangay Banban, Bogo City last Tuesday night. The team led by Chief Insp. Richard Oliver, the city police officer-in-charge, caught Franklin Booc Araneta, 30; and Naice Velez Oporto, 34, at 8 p.m. Araneta and Oporto were allegedly cohorts of Joel Sumabong, who was charged in court for allegedly leading a bank robbery in Bogo City in 2005 but was eventually acquitted. Sumabong was arrested by the intelligence operatives of Cebu Provincial Police Office (CPPO) in a buy-bust last January. “We are checking if they are involved in some past shooting and robbery incidents in Bogo City,” said Oliver in Cebuano in a phone interview. The suspects are level two drug pushers for they can allegedly dispose of 200 grams of illegal drugs per week. Click here to read full story.

Voters are required to submit themselves for validation for them to be able to vote in the upcoming 2016 Elections. Voter validation simply means the adding of a registered voter’s biometrics data into his existing registration record using the Voter Registration Machine (VRM) at the local COMELEC office.  As per REPUBLIC ACT NO. 10367, Validation is the process of taking the biometrics of registered voters whose biometrics have not yet been captured.   RA. 10367 provides “Voters who fail to submit for validation on or before the last day of filing of application for registration for purposes of the May 2016 elections shall be deactivated pursuant to this Act. (Section 7)” COMELEC spokesperson and director James Jimenez on his blog mentioned "...if you’re already a registered voter, the only way to make sure that your biometrics are in the the system (as they ought to be) is to have yourself validated...A person who is “deactivated” remains in the List of Voters b...

CEBU CITY, January 27 (PIA) --- Cement company APO CEMEX today turned over a P2 million school building to the municipality of San Remigio .  This is a concrete manifestation of a strong public-private partnership, said San Remigio Mayor Mariano Martinez. Nino Ybanez, San Remigio Information Officer,  said the turn over ceremony was done at the Training Center in Barangay Poblacion. At the same time, they also held the graduation of 30 San Remigiohanons from the “EXPERTO AKO” Masonry Skills Training. Ybanez said the 30 residents compose the first batch of the training participants that was purposely under the typhoon Yolanda assistance of Cemex. But for the formal masonry course, Ybanez said that Cemex and the Technical Education Skills and Development Authority (TESDA) will have to be finalized along with their PESO Manager Antonio Villamor. Apo Cemex is located in Barangay Tinaan, southern City of Naga.  It was originally called Apo Cement Co...

By Oscar C. Pineda Tuesday, January 27, 2015 THE municipality of Medellin, Cebu now has two roving nurses tasked to answer house calls and provide medical assistance to senior citizens in its 19 barangays, said Mayor Ricky Ramirez. Medellin has around 5,000 senior citizens, said Ramirez. The 2010 census placed its population at 50,000. “Mas nindot ni kay ang di kalakaw murag gi-door-to-door ang pag-atiman nila (This is good because it is like providing a door-to-door service to those senior citizens who can no longer walk),” said 66-year-old Angelina Mangubat, Office of the Senior Citizen Affairs (Osca) president and Barangay Dayhagon secretary. Ramirez said that the blood pressure and vital signs of the elderly will be regularly checked by the nurses, giving priorities to those who are bedridden and on wheelchairs. He revealed that the nurses will use two motorcycles. These nurses, who are also called mobile health care workers, are given barangay assignment...

Sinulog 2015 Livestream

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THE Cebu Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCCI) will organize chapters in the City of Bogo and Toledo City this year to help professionalize local business organizations. It will be like a "Big Brother concept" as CCCI itself will reach out to these organizations. Ma. Teresa Chan, CCCI president, said that this will help the local business chapters become like CCCI so they could become drivers of growth in their own locality. They will also become local extension of the chamber.  Currently CCCI has a local chapter in Bantayan Island s which is created after super typhoon Yolanda hit the area.  CCCI planned to have a presence in the northern and southern part of Cebu Province so that local business organizations can benefit and participate in the private-public partnership (PPP) which can help achieve economic goals in the locality.  Sunstar reported that CCCI will be assisted by the NGO “WECan” in institutionalizing the formation of cluster business ...

PLDT to livestream papal visit in 33 public viewing sites By Lawrence Agcaoili (The Philippine Star) | Updated January 15, 2015 - 12:00am MANILA, Philippines - Leading telecoms and multimedia service provider Philippine Long Distance Telephone Co. (PLDT) will livestream the visit of Pope Francis to the Philippines in 33 free public viewing sites beginning today until Monday. PLDT spokesman Ramon Isberto said the PLDT Group, including wholly owned subsidiaries Smart Communications Inc. and Sun Cellular, would establish viewing sites in select parishes and PLDT Sales and Service Centers (SSC) in and outside Metro Manila. ... Cebuanos can go to San Vicente Parish Church in Bogo , San Juan Nepomuceno Parish Church in San Remigio and the Cebu Cathedral. The St. Joseph the Worker Parish in Tagbilaran, Bohol and the Parish of the Most Holy Rosary Church in Estancia, Iloilo will also establish viewing site for their communities. Click here to read full article....

Screengrab from Sinulog website The Sinulog sa Kabataan is one of the highlights of the Sinulog Festival which is held a week before the Sinulog Grand Parade. Sinulog sa Kabataan sa Lalawigan 2015 Here is the complete list of winners of this year's Sinulog sa Kabataan sa Lalawigan. Elementary Division 1st place: Talisay City Central School 2nd place: Opao Elementary School/Tribu Mandauehanon 3rd place: City of Bogo 4th place: Pundok sa Nagahanon sa Sugbo, City of Naga 5th place: Maya Elementary School/Tribu Kandaya Best in Musicality: Opao Elementary School/Tribu Mandauehanon Best in Costume: Opao Elementary School/Tribu Mandauehanon Best in Street Dancing:  1st place: Opao Elementary School/Tribu Mandauehanon 2nd place: Talisay City Central School 3rd place: Pundok sa Nagahanon sa Sugbo, City of Naga Secondary Division 1st place: Tinubdan sa Kauswagan Cultural Troupe, Municipality of Tuburan 2nd place: Carcar City Di...

Kris Dece Ortizano of Bogo City topped the singing category of the 2014 Regional Children's Contest which was organized by the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Field Office VII. Kris Dece Ortizano Photo source: www.fo7.dswd.gov.ph Around 200 day care children from different cities and towns in Central Visayas participated in the 2014 Regional Children's Contest held at J Centre Mall, Mandaue City. The event aims to showcase the different talents of children and to raise awareness of the public on the positive effects of children experiencing psycho-social-spiritual stimulation in Day Care Centers. Children competed in three creative art categories: Singing, Folk Dance, and Draw & Tell contest.  Bogo City's Kris Dece Ortizano impressed the audience with her angelic voice and soulful interpretation of a Cebuano song "Tatay Pauli Na". Mica Mhiel Ebrado of Dumaguete City bested other 15 kids and emerged first place in the Draw ...

The Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) announced Wednesday, November 26 that 12,245 out of 28,187 passed the Criminologist Licensure Examination administered by the Board of Criminology in the cities of Manila, Baguio, Cagayan de Oro, Cebu, Davao, Iloilo, Legazpi, Lucena, Pagadian, Pangasinan, Tacloban, Tuguegarao and Zamboanga last October 2014. Registration for the issuance of Professional Identification Card (ID) and Certificate of Registration will be on December 2-5, 2014. Those who will register are required to bring the following: duly accomplished Oath Form or Panunumpa ng Propesyonal, current Community Tax Certificate (cedula), 1 piece passport size picture (colored with white background and complete nametag), 2 sets of metered documentary stamps and 1 short brown envelope with name and profession and to pay the Initial Registration Fee of P600 and Annual Registration Fee of P450 for 2014-2017. Successful examinees should personally register and sign in the Ro...

Just one month to go before Christmas. Now may be the best time to post about one of the most awaited moments for employees - to receive his/her 13th month pay.  Q:  What is 13th month pay? A:   13th month pay is a form of monetary benefit equivalent to the monthly basic compensation received by an employee, computed pro-rata according to the number of months within a year that the employee has rendered service to the employer. Q: Who are required to pay the 13th month pay? A : All establishments regardless of the number of employees are required to pay their rank-and-file employees the 13th month pay. Q: Who are entitled to receive the 13th month pay? A: All rank-and-file employees regardless of the nature of their employment, and irrespective of the methods by which they are paid, provided they worked for at least one month during a calendar year. Q:  How is 13th month pay computed? A:  The 13th month pay is computed ba...