CEBU CITY – Five persons were arrested when a suspected drug den was raided in Barangay Sawang Calero here on Wednesday afternoon, July 3. Seized from them by the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency-Central Visayas (PDEA-7) was 12 grams of suspected shabu worth P81,600. Arrested were...
CEBU CITY —This city has stepped up its vaccination campaign due to the increasing cases of rabies. Dr. Alice Utlang, chief of the Department of Veterinary Medicine and Fisheries (DVMF) here, said that from January to June this year, this city has already recorded 13 cases of rabies. In the same...
South Korea-based Filipino global group HORI7ON got their first brand ambassadorship since debuting in July last year. JBL Philippines announced that it has appointed HORI7ON as its new brand ambassador. MLD Entertainment said HORI7ON members Vinci, Kim, Kyler, Reyster, Winston, Jeromy,...
CEBU CITY – This city is 99.9 percent ready for the Palarong Pambansa this year, acting Mayor Raymond Garcia assured. PEOPLE wade through the flooded parking area of the Cebu City Sports Center after a heavy downpour on Monday, July 1. (Photo from MyTVCebu) But just as Garcia assured that this...
CEBU CITY – Over 300 Human Immunodeficiency Virus/Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (HIV/AIDS) cases were recorded in Central Visayas in the first quarter of 2024. DR. Jaime Bernadas (right), regional director of the Department of Health in Central Visayas, and Philippine Information Agency-7...
CEBU CITY – Packs of suspected shabu worth P6.8 million were seized from a public utility jeepney (PUJ) driver in a buy-bust operation here at dawn on Monday, July 1. SUSPECTED shabu worth P6.8 million was seized from a public utility jeepney driver in Barangay Mabolo, Cebu City at dawn on...
CEBU CITY – Cebu Archbishop Jose Palma opposed the bill that seeks to legalize divorce in the country. PALMA (Archdiocese of Cebu FB) Palma appealed to the faithful to shun House Bill (HB) No. 9349 or the An Act Reinstituting Absolute Divorce as an Alternative Mode for the Dissolution of...
ILOILO CITY – Ten houses were damaged in a fire on Sunday afternoon, June 30, in Barangay Maria Cristina in Jaro District. A FIRE damaged 10 houses in Iloilo City on Sunday, June 30. (MORE Power) The Iloilo City Social Welfare and Development Office said that nine out of 10 houses were...
CEBU CITY – More than 600 barangays in Central Visayas remain drug-cleared while 14 others stayed drug-free. THE Regional Oversight Committee on Barangay Drug Clearing discusses the illegal drug situation in various barangays in Central Visayas. (PDEA-7) This was the result of the recent...
CEBU CITY – An official of the Cebu City Fire Station (CCFS) was arrested for allegedly extorting money from an applicant. BFP-7 headquarters in Cebu City. (FB) The National Bureau of Investigation-Central Visayas (NBI-7) arrested Fire Insp. Roy Mat Castro in an entrapment operation inside...
CEBU CITY – Security preparations are in full swing to ensure the peaceful conduct of the Palarong Pambansa that this city will host next month. EMERGENCY responders carry an ‘injured victim’ during a bomb simulation exercise at the Cebu City Sports Center on Wednesday, June 26. (Cebu City...
CEBU CITY – Two persons were arrested after they allegedly demanded money from a woman in exchange for deleting the victim’s sex videos. TWO men were arrested in Cebu City on Tuesday for allegedly blackmailing a woman over her sex videos. (Photo via Calvin Cordova) Jaime Lisondra Ferrer...