CEBU CITY – The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) awarded more than P1.6 million in cash to civilian informants for their successful roles in anti-drug operations in Cebu in 2025. The recent distribution of cash rewards was spearheaded by Assistant Secretary Israel Ephraim T. Dickson,...
CEBU CITY – A major educational institution here will not implement a tuition increase for the upcoming school year. The University of Cebu (UC) on Tuesday, April 7, announced that there will be no tuition increase for the school year 2026-2027 amid the global cost pressures caused by the ongoing...
CEBU CITY – While no major infrastructure damage was reported, six individuals were injured in the magnitude-5.1 earthquake that struck Bogo City in northern Cebu on Monday, April 6. The Cebu Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (PDRRMO) said the injured were all from Bogo who...
CEBU CITY – Classes and work were disrupted by a magnitude-5.1 earthquake in the Visayas on Monday afternoon, April 6. The epicenter of the tectonic quake was 17 kilometers southeast of Bogo City with a shallow depth of 10 kilometers. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology...
A magnitude 5.1 earthquake struck at 3:22 p.m. on Monday, April 6, with its epicenter located 12 kilometers southeast of Bogo City, according to the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs). The tectonic quake, initially reported as magnitude 5.4, originated at a shallow depth...
CEBU CITY – Just like in previous years, illegal cockfighting locally known as ‘’tigbakay’’ proved rampant in this year’s observance of Holy Week in Cebu province. The Cebu Provincial Police Office said that 79 individuals were arrested in several areas after they were caught engaging...
Soobin, a member of K-pop boy band Tomorrow X Together, is getting help from the Philippines’ Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) after he narrated in a vlog how a taxi driver in Cebu attempted to overcharge him P1,000 for a fare. The K-pop idol recently went to Cebu ...
The Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) on Good Friday, April 3, summoned a taxi operator linked to the alleged overcharging of South Korean pop star Soobin, who is in Cebu for a vacation this Holy Week. LTFRB chairperson Vigor D. Mendoza II said the operator must surrender...
CEBU CITY – With the onset of the dry season and El Niño possibly developing in the coming months, water sources in Cebu may significantly decline. With this, the Metropolitan Cebu Water District (MCWD) is rolling out contingency measures as it braces for a projected 43,000 cubic meters per day...
CEBU CITY – An Uzbek national was killed in a bus-motorcycle collision in Badian town, Cebu province on Wednesday night, April 1. Bakhrom Uchkunovich Khamitov, 30, was driving a motorcycle when he was hit by a passenger bus past 10 p.m. in Barangay Malhiao. Police said Khamitov was driving home...
Soobin, a member of K-pop boy band Tomorrow X Together, revealed in a vlog that he and his friend almost got scammed by a taxi driver in Cebu in the Philippines. Soobin and a male friend flew from Korea to Cebu for a three-day vacation. Upon arriving in Cebu, they got into a taxi after...
CEBU CITY – Two persons were killed and five were injured in a collision between a delivery truck and tricycle in Sibonga, Cebu. The incident happened in Barangay Candaguit around 11 a.m. on Tuesday, March 31. Police identified the fatalities as Genesa, 22, and her 19-year-old sister Shanin...
