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Cortes spent half a million for Mandaue re-election bid

MANDAUE City Mayor Jonas Cortes spent P54,000 more than his opponent to easily win a third term in office in last month’s elections.

Posted: June 18th, 2013 in CDN - News,Cebu Daily News | Read More »

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THE Cebu City Police Office (CCPO) may risk losing city government support if Camp Crame doesn’t grant Mayor Michael Rama’s request to choose his own city police director.

Posted: June 18th, 2013 in CDN - News,Cebu Daily News | Read More »

Waiting for Gwen: Gov’s Office still locked, Davide may use session hall

Will suspended Gov. Gwendolyn Garcia report to the Capitol today following the lapse of her six-month suspension?

Posted: June 18th, 2013 in CDN - News,Cebu Daily News | Read More »

Czech PM resigns over graft, spying scandal

Czech Prime Minister and Civic Democratic Party chairman Petr Necas announces he will step down on Monday, June 17, 2013, as Civic Democratic Party deputy chairmen Martin Kuba, left, and Jiri Pospisil, 2nd left, and Minister of Transport Zbynek Stanjura, right, listen during a press conference in Prague on Sunday, June 16, 2013.  AP Photo/CTK, MICHAL KAMARYT

PRAGUE—Czech Prime Minister Petr Necas resigned on Monday over a bribery and spying scandal involving his top aide and alleged lover that has plunged the recession-hit EU state into a fresh political crisis.   “Mr. President, in line with the constitution… I resign,” he told President Milos Zeman, who called for talks with political parties [...]

Posted: June 18th, 2013 in Latest News Stories,World | Read More »

Mandela’s wife thanks world for supporting ailing husband

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Nelson Mandela’s wife Graca Machel thanked the world on Monday for its messages of support for the ailing anti-apartheid icon which she said had eased “the burden of anxiety.”

Posted: June 17th, 2013 in Latest News Stories,World | Read More »

Montreal mayor arrested in corruption probe

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Montreal mayor Michael Applebaum was arrested Monday and will be questioned by the Canadian province’s anti-corruption unit later in the day, said a source close to the investigation.

Posted: June 17th, 2013 in Latest News Stories,World | Read More »

Village polls a ‘dry run’ for young commissioners, says Comelec chief

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Comelec Chairman Sixto Brillantes Jr. FILE PHOTO

Four young commissioners of the Commission on Elections [Comelec] will lead the upcoming barangay elections, a “dry run” when they finally take over by 2016, Comelec chairman Sixto Brillantes Jr. said on Monday.

Posted: June 17th, 2013 in Latest News Stories,Nation | Read More »

Morris the cat runs for mayor, and he’s ahead

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This mayoral hopeful in Mexico promises to eat, sleep most of the day and donate his leftover litter to fill potholes.

Posted: June 17th, 2013 in Latest News Stories,World | Read More »

Militants in House mull over cutting ties with the majority

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The Makabayan bloc, a league of militant party-list groups in Congress, is considering cutting its ties with the Liberal Party-led majority in the House of Representatives and adding its voice to the dwindling minority.

Posted: June 17th, 2013 in Editors' Picks,Headlines,Nation | Read More »

Nelson Mandela ‘continues to get better’—Zuma

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Nelson Mandela “continues to get better” after more than a week in hospital battling a lung infection although his condition remains serious, South African President Jacob Zuma said Sunday.

Posted: June 16th, 2013 in Latest News Stories,World | Read More »

Love of country

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Of course it is a fact. If we judge by the current quality of most of our leaders we can conclude: There is no hope for the country. We can even go farther and say: There was never any hope. And we might hark back somewhat nostalgic to the old days when we had people like Ninoy, Salonga, Ambrosio Padilla, Roxas, Diokno, Manglapus, even Marcos, the original one, at the country’s national legislature as a small group of us did last night.

Posted: June 16th, 2013 in CDN - Opinion,Cebu Daily News | Read More »

My unsolicited advice to Annabelle

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Last week while I was in Manila, I received a text message informing me that Miss Annabelle Rama is asking for a refund of the amount of P3 million from Mayor Mike Rama and has blamed Mayor Mike’s girlfriend Joy Pesquera for her defeat.

Posted: June 16th, 2013 in CDN - Opinion,Cebu Daily News | Read More »

Mandela ‘looks good’ in hospital, says grandson

In this Wednesday, July 18, 2012 file photo former South African President Nelson Mandela as he celebrates his birthday with family in Qunu, South Africa, Wednesday, July 18, 2012. The South African presidency says Nelson Mandela was re-admitted to hospital with a recurrence of a lung infection Thursday March 28, 2013. AP FILE PHOTO

Nelson Mandela seems to be on the road to recovery from a recurrent lung infection, a grandson said Saturday after visiting the anti-apartheid hero in hospital.

Posted: June 15th, 2013 in Latest News Stories,World | Read More »

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