This is the roundup of top Cebu news stories today, August 3, 2016.
Ma in trouble for taking naked pictures of daughters
KATHY, 22, took a video of her naked children taking a bath upon the prodding of a foreigner she just met online. She saw no harm in that despite earlier being told by the foreigner that he was “horny.”
That is one version of the story Kathy, now in jail, is spinning but the police says otherwise. They accused Kathy of selling pictures of her naked daughters to foreign pedophiles, using a smart phone she bought with money earned from the trade.
This is not the first time she did it. The suspect has been selling online photographs of nude subjects to her clients. In fact, based on documents from money transfer companies, she had numerous transactions with foreigners. Senior Insp. Rose Santolorin of the Women’s and Children Protection Center in the Visayas.
Read: Cebu Daily News: Cops nab 22-year-old ma for selling naked pictures of daughters
Sun.Star Cebu: Cyber porn mama says it was her first time but cops find 70 previous transactions
Freeman: Undercover operation finds mama in the act of filming naked kids
From the web. Republic Act. No. 10175: Cybercrime Prevention Act of 2012
LTO asks clients, don’t use fixers
LTO 7 officer in charge Alita Pulga is urging the clients of her office not to engage the services of fixers, who proliferate outside their offices. Pulga said they have coordinated with the police to arrest fixers in their compound but admitted some of their employees are in cahoots with the fixers for the processing driver’s licenses and vehicle registration.
We received complaints in our office and we already acted on them. LTO 7 officer in charge Alita Pulga.
Read: Cebu Daily News: LTO 7 head asks police to arrest fixers in their office.
Sun.Star Cebu: LTO head says driver’s license now valid for five years
Pesquera accuses Osmena of lying
Cebu City councilor Joy Pesquera said Mayor Tomas Osmena is lying when he said the city is bankrupt, a justification the new mayor is using to fire hundreds of job-order employees. In 2015, Pesquera said the City’s net income was at P1.5 billion and only at P997 million in 2009, the last year of Tomas’ previous term. Mike Rama took over in 2010 and lost in the 2016 elections.
When he said the City does not have funds or the City is having deficit or the City is bankrupt, that is a blatant lie…As the saying goes, figures do not lie, only liars cannot figure. Cebu City councilor Joy Pesquera.
Read: Sun.Star Cebu: Angry Joy disputes Tomas bankruptcy claims, says mayor is lying.
Related: Freeman: 25 of 57 special bodies in City Hall fail to beat deadline for submission of reports.
Sun.Star Cebu: City Hall gets P3B from SRP sale, but Tomas won’t touch it.
Other Cebu News
➤ Sun.Star Cebu: Organizers remind motorists of road closures for Cobra Ironman
➤ Sun.Star Cebu: 3 added to casualty list in war against drugs
➤ Sun.Star Cebu: Search for narco-mayor’s son extends to Cebu
➤ Sun.Star Cebu: Mandaue nabs 14 vendors for defying plastic ban
➤ Sun.Star Cebu: Delays mar start of 911 operations in Cebu City
➤ Sun.Star Cebu: Parents failure to attend hearings lead to provisional dismissal of kidnapping charges
➤ The Freeman: Despite warnings from health authorities, people continue to flock to ‘miracle water.’
➤ The Freeman: Two hurt in Manipis landslide
➤ Cebu Daily News: Cops nab two for peddling P118,000 worth of shabu
➤ Cebu Daily News: Comelec says there will be no extension for SK registration
➤ Cebu Daily News: City Hall turns over first of two vehicles to PDEA
Cebu Business News
➤ Sun.Star Cebu: Sta. Fe hopes to earn Tieza tag to boost tourism industry
➤ Sun.Star Cebu: New commercial center in Minglanilla seen to boost business interest in south
➤ Sun.Star Cebu: MCIA sees more passengers as more flights, carriers land in Mactan
➤ The Freeman: Mandaue chamber to align programs with DTI policies
➤ The Freeman: DTI Cebu sees 5 percent hike in business registration
➤ Cebu Daily News: Central Visayas to get P1.8 billion worth of roads to tourism sites
Cebu Sports News
➤ Sun.Star Cebu: Tabal inspires kids in Japan to train for 2020 Olympics
➤ The Freeman: UV ready to end two-year title drought in Cesafi
➤ Cebu Daily News: Stars join Ironman in Lapu-Lapu
Cebu Opinion
➤ Sun.Star Cebu Editorial: Who watches over NGOs?
➤ Orlando Carvajal: In the war against crime, trade-off of rights is the name of the game
➤ Bong Wenceslao: The roles of the NDF and CPP
➤ Eddie Barita: Rody fighting CPP with arms, words
➤ Bobby Nalzaro: MCIAA responds to questions against lot deal
➤ The Freeman Editorial: Plastic ban may backfire
➤ Fr. Roy Cimagala: Politics need to regain charitable touch
➤ Korina Sanchez: PNP should be wary of the Vhon Tantos in the country
➤ Jerry S. Tundag: Stupid survey; 44 percent say no to amendment but 73 percent admit having little knowledge about PH constitution
➤ Bobit Avila: Experiencing conversion may help drug addicts change
