MEMBERS of One Cebu will convene on Saturday, Nov. 28, for the announcement of the party’s presidential bet.

THEY belonged to the rival Mangudadatu clan, but since they were women accompanied by a media delegation, they believed they were safe, protected by the Koranic prescription to spare women.

AVELINO Gungob has had enough. The municipal mayor of Consol-acion, Cebu yesterday charged Provincial Treasurer Roy Salubre and nine others before the anti-graft office with five violations for blocking his implementation of a town project.

GOV. Gwendolyn Garcia and Rep. Pablo John Garcia are not saying anything that supports or rejects the announced inclination of Government Service Insurance System (GSIS)

UNLIKE in past elections, local poll officials are confident there will be enough public school teachers to serve in May 2010 because fewer teachers are needed this time.

AN exhibit will be held in Cebu to tell the plight of 145,570 Filipino families in Central Mindanao who were forced out of their homes since August last year and are now scattered in various centers.

THE University of the Philippines board of regents (BOR) meeting scheduled yesterday afternoon pushed through, but not at the UP in the Visayas Cebu College (UPVCC) campus.

TWO months before the festival, Sinulog organizers are getting flooded with requests from politicians to join the grand parade on Jan. 17 and to hang their streamers along the parade route.

ENVIRONMENTALIST lawyer Benjamin Cabrido said Capitol should act as a referee and should “withdraw its engagement and relationship” from the coal-power fired plant in Naga, Cebu.

A POLICEMAN and his companion were arrested for allegedly trying to sell high-powered firearms Saturday night.

LOS ANGELES - As a child, Efren Peñaflorida picked school over gang life in Cavite and vowed to create a way for other children to make the same choice.

THE tunnel component of the Cebu South Coastal Road Project (CSCRP) is only about 78 percent done, just days away from its original deadline.

BOTH Acting Vice Mayor Alan Bucao and former vice mayor Aber-dovey Belleza want to run for vice mayor of Talisay City next year, as running mates of Mayor Socrates Fernandez.

REP. Antonio Cuenco (Cebu City, south district) is asking the Roman Catholic Church and those opposing the reproductive health bill to “marshal their forces” and attend the start of the House of Representatives’ session on Dec. 2.

ALLEGATIONS against Sen.