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...
CEBU CITY – Anti-narcotics agents dismantled two drug dens and arrested seven individuals in separate operations here and Pangalo, Bohol on Thursday, Sept. 22. In Barangay Sambag I, Cebu City, Alex Lanuza was arrested in a suspected drug den that he allegedly maintained. Caught in the drug den...
By CALVIN D. CORDOVA CEBU CITY – Suspected shabu valued at more P14 million was seized in separate buy-bust operations here on Tuesday night, Sept. 20. In Barangay Sawang Calero, police seized packs of shabu worth P7.6 million from John Mark Cuizon, 26. Police Major Francis Renz Talosig, chief of...
CEBU CITY – Mayor Michael Rama here has tapped former Sen. Franklin M. Drilon, a Liberal Party stalwart, and former Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Secretary Rogelio “Babes” Singson to help realize his vision of achieving a "Singapore-like Cebu City." RAMA (FB) “Today, we...
CEBU CITY — For 12-year-old Chelsea Omila, joining the Manila Bulletin Sketchfest was more than just winning a contest. WINNERS take center stage during the awarding ceremony of the Manila Bulletin Sketchfest Cebu leg on Saturday, Sept. 17, at the City Wing of SM Seaside Cebu. They are (from...
CEBU CITY – The Manila Bulletin Sketchfest made a successful return from a two-year hiatus with the staging of its Cebu leg on Saturday, Sept. 17, at the City Wing of SM Seaside Cebu here. TWO artists compete in the on-the-spot category of the Manila Bulletin Sketchfest 2022 in Cebu City on...
