Cebu Informer

AS Catholics celebrate today the feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe— patroness of the Cebu archdiocese and the unborn—the country’s congressmen will vote on whether to pass the Reproductive Health (RH) bill into law. Several bishops, priests, nuns, and pro-life advocates are expected to flock to the Lower House today to monitor the proceedings. Cebu [...]

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The Guadalupe River, whose riverbed is dry most days during the year, was an alarming sight today. Pedestrians stop at the bridge at B. Rodriguez St. to look at the river which was swelling with water from the mountains after several days and nights of rains. Some houses have reportedly been washed out and about [...]

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Despite the downpour, Guadalupe residents flocked to the Guadalupe Elementary School at 7 a.m to vote on the division of their barangay which would create a new, separate one called Banawa-Englis. The Commission on Elections (Comelec) distributed the official ballots to the teachers early morning before the plebisicte. A giant room chart placed in front [...]

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The plebiscite for the division of barangay Guadalupe ended at 3 a.m today at the Guadalupe Elementary School as supporters and opponents of the barangay split distributed sample ballots up to the last minute. About 28,431 registered voters of Guadalupe will determine if Guadalupe is to be split into two, with the second barangay to [...]

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 Tonight we would know if there would be one more barangay in Cebu City. Full News here – philstar.com – Cebu News

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        Today was the last day for campaigning among advocates and opposers of the proposal to split Barangay Guadalupe into two. Those who support the decades-long proposal (photo above) say it will give those in what will be Barangay Banawa-Englis the attention it has not been getting for a long time. There [...]

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“LET the people decide.” Rep. Tomas Osmeña (Cebu City south district) said he would leave affected residents to decide whether support the proposed split of Banawa-Englis from barangay Guadalupe. “In this particular case, I cannot do anything to enlighten these people because they know more about the issue,” said Osmeña during yesterday’s 888 News Forum [...]

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