CEBU CITY – This city has recorded an alarming number of dengue cases in the first five months of the year with 422, way higher than the 13 recorded in the same period last year, city health officials said on Thursday (May 19). Dr. Jeffrey Ibones, chief of the City Health Department (CHD), also...
CEBU CITY -- Police here are gearing up for a massive protest that is set to take place on Friday, May 13. The Cebu City Police Office (CCPO) said that various militant groups will converge at the Plaza Independencia and will march to the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) office. Lt. Col. Maria...
CEBU CITY -- The Department of Labor and Employment-Central Visayas (DOLE-7) is looking into a complaint against a public official who allegedly committed irregularities in the implementation of the agency’s emergency cash-for-work program. Undersecretary and DOLE 7 concurrent head Victor del...
CEBU CITY -- A police official and his wife were wounded after they were ambushed on Sunday night, May 1. Police Lt. Col. Chuck Barandog and his wife, Yvonne, were aboard a pick-up when a motorcycle-riding gunman fired at them along Pope John Paul II Avenue in Barangay Mabolo past 10 p.m. Barandog,...
BOGO CITY, Cebu—Presidential aspirant Vice President Leni Robredo said Thursday that the huge number of people who still show up in her rallies despite several intentional blockades along the way only proves her supporters’ dedication to back her bid for the Palace seat. Robredo said she is...
CEBU CITY -- The mayor and vice mayor of Tabuelan town, Northern Cebu are facing graft and corruption charges over the construction of a private wharf and a reclamation project in the town. The Office of the Ombudsman in Quezon City has endorsed to the Visayas Ombudsman the complaint of graft and...
CEBU CITY, Cebu--Presidential candidate Bongbong Marcos reiterated on Monday night, April 18 his camp's intention to ensure the protection of his votes come the May 9 elections, which is just around the corner. Presidential candidate Bongbong Marcos (Lakas-CMD) In a chance interview right after the...
For what it's worth, "Wowowin" host Willie Revillame endorsed on Friday night, March 18 the vice presidential bid of Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte. Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte (left) listens to Willie Revillame's song number (Lakas-CMD Media) Revillame didn't raise Duterte's arm like what...
CEBU CITY— Packs of illegal drugs amounting to P14.1 million were seized from a man who was known in his barangay as a pastor. Several packs of suspected shabu were seized from Mark Secretaria Duaban in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Duljo-Fatima, Cebu City on Wednesday night. (Photo...
It runs in the family. Agents of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) arrested on Tuesday, March 15, a 72-year old man, his son and his grandson in a buy-bust in Cebu City. They were identified as Moises Villanueva, his son Manolo, 36, grandson Wimblo, 18. Also nabbed were Rosita Diana...
CEBU CITY—The mayor of this city vowed that his party will work hard to ensure the victory of the Uniteam tandem of Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. and Sara Duterte. Cebu City Mayor Michael Rama speaks at the inauguration of the Visayas Regional Headquarters of the BBM/Sara All Parallel...
CEBU CITY — A police official here admitted that it would be a challenge to catch policemen who are into online cockfights or “e-sabong.” Lt. Col. Wilbert Parilla, deputy director for operations of the Cebu City Police Office (CCPO), said patronizing “e-sabong” is something that can be...
