CEBU CITY – This city will deploy personnel called ‘’River Rangers’’ to ensure cleanliness in major rivers and other waterways here. THE PROBE office cleans up a clogged waterway in Cebu City. (PROBE Team Cebu City FB) The creation of the River Rangers is part of this city’s massive...
CEBU CITY – The Bureau of Customs (BOC)-Cebu Subport of Mactan seized undeclared hazardous chemicals valued at P1.5 million from a vessel docked in this city on Sept. 30. The BOC-Port of Cebu said on Friday, Oct. 8, that they received “derogatory information” from the Customs Intelligence and...
CEBU CITY – Police arrested a 30-year-old man and seized suspected shabu valued at more than P5 million in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Carreta here on Wednesday, Oct. 5. The suspect, Elton John dela Torre, was arrested by the Cebu City Police Office (CCPO)-Drug Enforcement Unit (DEU) inside...
BAGUIO CITY – Mayor Benjamin Magalong here said on Wednesday, Oct. 5, that regular flights between here and Cebu City might start after the reopening of the Loakan Airport by December. Magalong discussed the airport reopening with Department of Transportation (DOTr) Secretary Jaime Bautista and...
CEBU CITY—The new chief of the Cebu City Police Office (CCPO) formally assumed his post on Monday, Oct. 3. BRIG. Gen. Roque Eduardo Vega (center) presides over the turnover ceremony that installed Col. Ireneo Dalogdog (right) as the new chief of the Cebu City Police Office, replacing Col. Ernestu...
CEBU CITY – The 1,200-strong Cebu City Police Office (CCPO) has a new chief. Col. Ireneo Dalogdog on Saturday, Oct. 1, officially assumed the post, replacing Col. Ernestu Salvador Tagle, who moved to the Police Regional Office-Central Visayas. Tagle was named CCPO chief in Jan. 10 this year....
CEBU CITY – A city councilor has sought an investigation on the death of her 91-year-old aunt whom she said died “for the flimsiest and most outrageous of reasons.” CEBU City Councilor Mary Anne de los Santos (seated). (FB) Councilor Mary Ann de los Santos said her aunt Milagros died after...
CEBU CITY – Visayan Electric is powering the Sinulog Festival in January 2023. Engr. Raul Lucero, president and chief operating officer of Visayan Electric, said the power company will help electrify the area where the Sinulog showdown will be held. Mayor Michael Rama here has announced that the...
CEBU CITY -- At least 13 road accidents are happening each day in this city, data from the city’s traffic office showed. The Cebu City Transportation Office (CCTO) said road accidents are one of the major causes of traffic congestion in the city. “I think we have, based on our data, almost 500...
CEBU CITY – The implementation of the Cebu Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) project has suffered another delay. THE Cebu Bus Rapid Transit project has suffered another delay, project proponents announced at the Cebu City Mobility Summit 2022 at the Seda Hotel Ayala in Cebu City on Monday, Sept. 26. (CCTO...
CEBU CITY -- Police seized more than P2.5 million worth of shabu during an operation in Barangay Duljo-Fatima, Cebu City on Saturday night, Sept. 24. Arrested was 24-year old John Carl Entia Gimpayan who was included in the drug watchlist. Gimpayan is a high-value individual operating in the city,...
CEBU CITY -- A clearance from the barangay should be secured first before an individual will be allowed to rent an apartment or stay in a boarding house. This is the measure that the Cebu City Police Office (CCPO) will suggest to the City Council as part of its anti-criminality campaign. The CCPO...
