CEBU CITY – An 18-year-old working student died after saving two siblings from drowning in a private resort in Barangay Catarman, Liloan, Cebu on Sunday, February 4. The victim was identified as Jundel Escorel, a resident of Barangay Poog, Toledo City, Cebu who worked as a security guard of a...
CEBU CITY – Police seized suspected shabu worth more than P11 million in buy-bust operations in Metro Cebu before dawn on Friday, February 9. First to fall was a certain Mitch, 32, who was arrested in Barangay Subangdaku, Mandaue City with 100 grams of shabu worth P680,000. Police said Mitch...
CEBU CITY – Driven by her strong desire to help fulfill the dreams of aspiring scientists, a science teacher from Minglanilla town, southern Cebu who is currently teaching in the United States donated laboratory equipment to a school in the town. The equipment that Lecar Marie Maghanoy donated...
CEBU CITY – The arrest of a mother in Pinamungajan town, Cebu province should serve as a warning to those involved in online sexual exploitation, the National Bureau of Investigation-Central Visayas (NBI-7) said. NBI-7 Regional Director Renan Augustus Oliva and agent-on-case Maria Contessa...
CEBU CITY – Nine persons were arrested when authorities raided two drug dens in a town in Camotes Island, Cebu that was declared as a drug-cleared area last year. THREE persons were arrested in a drug den raid in San Francisco town, Camotes Island, Cebu on Friday, February 2. (PDEA-7) On...
CEBU CITY – A 69-year-old chief tanod was arrested after police found unlicensed firearms in his home in Barangay Maslog, Danao City, northern Cebu. POLICE examine firearms and ammunition found in the house of a chief tanod during a raid in Danao City, northern Cebu. (Contributed photo) Allan...
CEBU CITY – Police advised the people to refrain from spreading false information amid sightings of king cobras locally known as “banakon” in various areas in Cebu. KING cobra (Pixabay) Police Major Windel Abellana, information officer of the Cebu Provincial Police Office (CCPO), said...
CEBU CITY – The United Nations’ Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Opinion and Expression arrived in Cebu on Monday, January 29, and had a dialog with some members of the media here. IRENE Khan (fourth from right), United Nations’ Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Opinion and Expression, poses...
CEBU CITY – Eighty houses were destroyed in an early morning fire in a residential area in Barangay Poblacion, Talisay City, southern Cebu on Wednesday, January 24. The fire started at 8:10 a.m. and was raised to third alarm at 8:23 a.m. as the flames spread quickly since most of the houses...
CEBU CITY – Sen. Risa Hontiveros and other opposition leaders vowed to block moves to amend the Constitution. FORMER Sen. Kiko Pangilinan, Atty. Chel Diokno, and Sen. Risa Hontiveros answer questions from reporters during their recent visit to Cebu City. (Calvin D. Cordova) Hontiveros said they...
CEBU CITY – The provincial governments of Bohol and Cebu have expressed willingness to enter into a sisterhood agreement. BOHOL Gov. Aris Aumentado (second from left) is welcomed by Cebu Gov. Gwen Garcia (second from right) during his visit to the Cebu Capitol on Tuesday, January 16. With...
CEBU CITY – Police will continue to investigate the killing of a known voice coach even after a man admitted that he was behind the crime. THE case of voice coach Joel Unchuan remains open, police said, even as a man has admitted to killing him. Police Lt. Col. Gerard Ace Pelare,...
