For those who remember the “Black Suede scandal” in 2007, the Vicente Sotto Memorial Medical Center won notoriety for the the bizarre case of a gay patient who had a deodorant can removed from his rectum. It would have remained a private embarrassment if not for a cell phone video taken of the procedure that [...]
News has come of late that Cebu City’s Office of the Building Official (OBO) has deemed the Gotiaoco Building behind Cebu City Hall worthy of demolition after it suffered cracks due to the Feb. 6 earthquake and that to save the building by rehabilitating it is far too costly for the cash-strapped city. Alarm bells [...]
Police will file charges against a newly hired housemaid for yesterday’s dawn fire in barangay Banilad, Cebu City, where another housemaid was killed. A complaint for arson with homicide will be filed against Aubrey Soria, 22, a domestic helper of the Parcon family, said Senior Supt. Aderson Comar, fire marshal of the Cebu City Fire [...]
A complaint for child abuse was filed yesterday against the 67-year-old Swedish national who was arrested in the company of a 9-year-old girl in the Cebu City port. Jonny Lagstrem was presented by port police for inquest proceedings before Assistant City Prosecutor Noel Cellona. He was accompanied by a woman from Bacolod City, who said [...]
THE Province of Cebu has an P80-million budget this year for the Cordova reclamation project. But the amount hasn’t been spent yet because another P83-million budget for it last year hasn’t been used up, said Budget Officer Eme Gingoyon. He told Cebu Daily News part of the outlay was already used to reclaim foreshore land [...]
THE first word she uttered was “Mama” the moment she woke up Monday in the recovery room after surgery to repair a hole in her heart. Cristabel Boybanting, 13, is recuperating well in the Vicente Sotto Memorial Medical Center (VSMMC) where the charity operation was done. She was transferred to a private room about 2 [...]
The relic of Saint Clare of Assisi arrived in Cebu yesterday afternoon and was immediately brought to the Cebu Metropolitan Cathedral where a mass was officiated by Cebu Archbishop Jose Palma. Palma and Cebu Archbishop Emeritus Ricardo Cardinal Vidal were at the the Mactan Cebu International Airport to welcome the relic. In his homily, Palma [...]
Four individuals, five institutions and a posthumous awardee will be recognized during the city’s 75th Charter Day celebration tomorrow. The awarding ceremony will be held in a testimonial dinner at the Waterfront Hotel in Lahug. Mayor Michael Rama will also give a Mayor’s Award to six individuals and four groups and institutions for their contribution [...]
THE Metropolitan Cebu Water District did not apply for a loan worth $400 million neither would it do so because the utility is not capable of paying this. MCWD general manager Armando Paredes assured this during a public hearing yesterday. Councilor Alvin Dizon called for the public hearing after the MCWD employees’ union (MEU) and [...]
BEFORE taking another step, Cebu City Mayor Michael Rama wants to validate reports about the presence of whale sharks in the city’s coastal areas.
Vendors selling goods at a private lot in Talisay City are prohibited from selling wares similar to that displayed in the new public market in Lagtang. The vendors can’t sell fish, meat, rice, fruits, vegetables and poultry products, said Judge Estela Alma Singco of the Regional Trial Court Branch 12 during yesterday’s hearing. Property owners [...]
POLICEMEN yesterday rescued a troubled 30-year-old farmer who tried to commit suicide by climbing a lamppost in the middle of MC Briones Avenue, Mandaue City. Police also climbed an aerial ladder of a fire truck to talk down the farmer from Danao City. He resisted at first and clung tightly to the 20-foot lamppost. After [...]
One of three persons accused of killing two women in Talisay City in 2008 and dumping their mutilated bodies in garbage bags denied involvement in the crime. Richard Gudelosao testified in court yesterday. He said it was his friend Jojo Cellar, a taxi driver, who killed 24-year-old nurse Eva Mae Peligro and her cousin Gwendolyn [...]
