Gullas loses bid for Talisay City mayor
By Jhunnex Napallacan
A veteran politician who served Cebu in various positions dating back to the Marcos era suffered his first electoral defeat in his decades-old political career.
A veteran politician who served Cebu in various positions dating back to the Marcos era suffered his first electoral defeat in his decades-old political career.
Four persons were arrested in two separate incidents after they were caught either distributing or handling envelops containing money and sample ballots in Iloilo and Cebu on Sunday, the eve of the May 13 elections.
Police arrested 10 men believed to be out to sow terror among voters in two southern Cebu towns on the last weekend before Monday’s elections.
A supporter of a mayoral candidate sustained a gunshot wound in the leg Saturday during the delivery of precinct count optical scan machines and other election materials to a mountain village in Tuburan town, but police were doubtful he was shot by an assailant.
Kite flying, a popular summer past time, may pose a serious threat on election day.
Seventeen companies in Central Visayas have been granted a one year reprieve from implementing the latest minimum wage increase by the Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity Board in Central Visayas (RTWPB 7).
PARENTS who send their children to private schools will have to brace for steeper tuition this school year.
A one year old girl drowned in a half-filled pail of water in barangay Basdiot, Moalboal town, southern Cebu.
While many political clans have closed ranks to defeat their rivals in the May 13 elections, some are fighting against their own in the Visayas. In Danao City in Cebu, for instance, it’s Durano versus Durano.
Some private universities and colleges in Cebu will be implementing tuition increases from 5 percent to 10 percent for the coming school year this June.
DANAO City Councilor Jose Thaddeus Roble III said he would file charges against former Mayor Jesus “Don” Durano for allegedly throwing a rock at him last Wednesday.
Police are looking into several angles in the killing of the live-in partner of Mayor Herminigildo Betonio III of Pio V. Corpus town, Masbate and the wounding of his sister shortly after their arrival in Cebu Monday morning.
Policemen looking for Joavan Fernandez yesterday arrested two armed men they said were his cohorts. A tipster called in to report that the suspect’s car was parked in barangay Bulacao in Talisay City but he wasn’t around when police arrived. It wasn’t his car either. Fernandez, adopted son of the Talisay city mayor, is still [...]
