Two Oklahoma death row inmates facing execution in the coming months offered firing squad as a less problematic alternative to the state's three-drug lethal injection, one of their attorneys told a federal judge on Monday.
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Lourdes Faberes thanks her Pinoy fans for their continued support. Here’s her message.
THE Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency in Central Visayas (PDEA 7) has monitored three barangays in Cebu City where children are being used by drug dealers to sell illegal drugs.The PDEA 7 is working closely with the PNP and the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) 7 to address the problem, said Leia Alcantara, PDEA 7 information officer.The barangays were identified as Mambaling (especially Sitio Alaska), Ermita and Duljo-Fatima. The three villages are also considered to be the m
A PORTION of the road in Barangay Guadalupe, Carcar City in southern Cebu that sustained cracks due to several days of continuous rainfall last week lies along a fault line.Barangay Guadalupe Councilor Rey Anthony Lawas told SunStar Cebu Wednesday, Aug. 10, 2022 that they already requested the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) to fix the damaged national road, which has been causing traffic among the motorists.For the meantime, the barangay tanods and the police will man traffic in
LEAGUE favorites United City FC (UCFC) and Kaya FC-Iloilo are off to a good start in the 2022 Philippines Football League (PFL) after winning their respective season opener on Aug. 7 at the Rizal Memorial Stadium in Manila.UCFC kicked off its PFL title defense with a convincing 5-0 victory over Maharlika Manila FC.Striker Curt Dizon hit the opening goal in the eighth minute, South African defender Alan Robertson added in the 24th and defender Matthew Custudio made it 3-0 with a 36th minute goal.
IN its 24th year, Pilmico Animal Nutrition Corporation (Pilmico) looks back on its beginnings as a hog-raising business and how it has transformed into a total solutions provider for farmers.Pilmico started its first commercial swine farm in 1998 with 1,500 pigs flown from the United States. As business grew, Pilmico ventured into other areas in the agribusiness sector, including poultry, aquaculture, and most recently, pet food.Twenty-four years later, it has become a total solutions provider f
Cebu City has spent more than its income in the past two years, a news headline says. Reports have it that in the past two years, 2020 and 2021, the City spent more than P10 billion, way below its income of P8.7 billion. But I don’t suppose that the City’s taxpayers would mind the spending if the money was spent for the community’s good and did not go to the wrong pockets.The huge spending could also be attributed to the Covid-19 pandemic that hit the country for the past two years. There were n
The TNT Tropang Giga blasted the Magnolia Hotshots, 102-84, in Game Four to move a win away from booking a spot in the PBA Season 47 Philippine Cup finals on Wednesday night at the Smart-Araneta Coliseum.Big man Poy Erram secured a double-double of 18 points and 13 rebounds, while Cebuano wingman Roger Pogoy had 18 points of his own as TNT took a 3-1 advantage in the best-of-seven series.Mikey Williams also came alive in the fourth, where he scored 12 of his 15 total points, after a listless fir
Several lawmakers have questioned the basis of the Department of Social Welfare and Development's (DSWD) decision to delist 1.3 million Filipino families from the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps).
IN the I.T. world, there is no debate that’s more intense than the battle of the operating systems (OS)—Macintosh vs. Windows. Loyalists of the two brands boast about its respective strengths—Windows is said to be the best in gaming while Mac is a favorite of programmers and designers. In internet services, pure fiber broadband operator Converge is in a similar competition, and it has emerged as a provider of choice by small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in the I.T. sector. Take the case of Incr
An image of an eagle clutching a drone in midair has been shared thousands of times on multiple Facebook posts alongside the claim that the scene was captured at the final presidential campaign rally of veteran Kenyan politician Raila Odinga on August 6. According to the claim, the eagle’s actions interrupted live television coverage and ended with police shooting the raptor. But the claim is false; the image, while genuine, was taken during a police training exercise in the Netherlands in March
A 47-YEAR-OLD barber was arrested after being caught shoplifting in a shopping mall in Barangay Tabunok, Talisay City, on Monday afternoon, August 8, 2022.Police Officer (PO) 1 Raffy Rempojo, investigator of Talisay City Police Station, identified the suspect as Jerome Abanay, who stole four branded denim shorts worth over P4,000.The items stolen were two pieces of Oxygen brand short worth P599 each and two Lee shorts worth P1,599 each.Rempojo told SunStar Cebu that the suspect from Barangay Pus
The Commission on Higher Education (CHEd) reportedly overpaid P130.99 million in tuition and other school fees to three public higher educational institutions (HEIs). How it happened.
The outspoken academic was arrested based on charges stemming from a complaint by Jefry Tupas, former public information officer of then-Davao City mayor Sara Duterte
Every year since July 21, 1831, Belgium celebrates its National Day. It marks the anniversary of the investiture of Leopold of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha as the first king of Belgium and the start of the independent state of Belgium under a constitutional monarchy and parliament.Here in Cebu, the Consulate of Belgium under the stewardship of the Benedicto family has made it a tradition to celebrate the occasion with a cocktail reception. This year the party was held at the Ballroom of Marco Polo Plaz
THE Cebu City Government has moved the target date for the full payment of the P960 million outstanding balance of the loan used for the construction of the South Road Properties (SRP) from August 19 to August 29, 2022.Lawyer Jerome Castillo, special assistant of the office of the mayor, told SunStar Cebu Tuesday, August 9, that they had completed securing the documents that would make their payment legal but were still waiting for the certificate of full compliance, which will be issued by the
STUDENT leaders from various schools in Dalaguete and Argao in southern Cebu took part in the Musta Na Youth school-based sessions with the Ramon Aboitiz Foundation Inc. Center for Leaders (Rafi CFL).The sessions held from June 14 to 17, 2022 were attended by 280 student leaders.The four-hour in-school sessions gave participants an opportunity to check in on one another, exchange stories, and share their challenges and coping mechanisms from the last two years since the pandemic struck.Participa
THE police revealed that a trustee of a drug lord is the alleged mastermind of two former inmates who were arrested in a drug bust at 9 p.m. Wednesday, August 10, 2022, in Sitio San Vicente, Barangay Bulacao, Cebu City.The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency in Central Visayas (PDEA 7), however, refused to give to the media the name of the drug lord, who operates in Cebu City, so as not to jeopardize their follow-up operation.The drug raid resulted in the arrest of Rey Steven Buenavista, 29, a re
As Kenyans go to the polls on Tuesday, online posts claim that nationals living in Australia have already finished voting, with some putting presidential candidate William Ruto in the lead while others purport his rival Raila Odinga is leading. But the claim, which has circulated on Twitter and Facebook, is false: according to Kenya’s electoral body, Australia is not among the diaspora countries where Kenyans participate in the vote."Diaspora Update: Voting has ended at Kenya High Commission in
POLICE are looking at illegal drugs as a possible motive for the shooting of a couple in Sitio Sto. Niño Ibabao, Barangay Mambaling, Cebu City Tuesday afternoon, Aug. 9, 2022.This was disclosed by Maj. Jonathan Bethooven Taneo, chief of the Mambaling Police Station, after they went to the scene of the crime.Taneo said James Carlon, 31, and Mercy Grace Creus, 33, may have been suspected of being police informants amid the recent spate of arrests of drug suspects in the area.However, he said they
THE Cebu Marathon returns in grand fashion with a first in running history as it brings participants to the newest engineering marvel in town, the Cebu-Cordova Link Expressway (CCLEX).After a two-year stretch that saw the Cebu Marathon moved to a virtual format in 2021 due to Covid-19, the renowned race is back to its usual format now in the post-pandemic era.CCLEX, the longest bridge in the country spanning 8.9 kilometers, will be the prime route for all the categories in the 2023 Cebu Marathon
