CEBU CITY – A vintage bomb weighing 1,000 pounds was found in a construction site in Barangay Tinago here on Tuesday morning, July 8. The vintage bomb was found while backhoe operator Eric Bacus, 46, was digging inside the compound of the Commission on Audit-Central Visayas (COA-7). Following the...
CEBU CITY – Sacks of suspected smuggled rice worth P38 million were seized from a warehouse in Barangay San Roque, Talisay City, Cebu on Wednesday afternoon, July 9. Led by Frederick D. Go, Special Assistant to the President for Investment and Economic Affairs, the operation led to the...
CEBU CITY – A policeman died in what authorities described as an accidental firing inside his house in Barangay Buhisan here on Tuesday morning, July 8. Police Corporal Edmund Danieles Agustin, 33, suffered a bullet wound in the abdomen. He was assigned to the Investigation and Detective...
CEBU CITY – Passengers will no longer have to shell out extra budget when using toilets in major terminals in Cebu province. Gov. Pamela Baricuatro has issued an executive order stopping the collection of fees from passengers using toilets of the Capitol-run Cebu South Bus Terminal and Cebu North...
CEBU CITY – Top Philippine real estate developers are keeping a bright outlook despite rising geopolitical tensions in the Middle East and renewed uncertainty under the Trump administration in the United States. During the recent 2025 Annual Real Estate Summit in Bangkok, Thailand, key developers...
CEBU CITY – Suspected shabu worth more than P20 million was seized from a flower shop owner in Barangay Cansojong, Talisay City, Cebu. Merian Sancija Borkowski, 36, was arrested in a buy-bust operation in her home at 3:55 p.m. on Saturday, July 5. Agents of the Philippine Drug Enforcement...
Nine Chinese were arrested by the Philippine National Police (PNP) for their alleged involvement in human trafficking and illegal operation of a Philippine Offshore Gaming Operator (POGO) in Mandaue City, Cebu. In a statement Friday, July 4, the PNP Criminal Investigation and Detection Group...
The transition team of Cebu Gov. Pamela Baricuatro was surprised over the 2025 annual budget of the province. Jose Esgana, the former mayor of Santa Fe, Cebu who headed Baricuatro’s transition team, said they learned that the province’s P25-billlion annual budget has some allocation that is not...
CEBU CITY – In a bid to bring down pork prices, Gov. Pamela Baricuatro has ordered the lifting of the ban on the entry of hogs and livestock into the province of Cebu. Baricuatro signed a series of executive orders that eased the movement of livestock and meat products. EO Nos. 16, 17, and 18...
With limited time remaining before its loan financing for the long-delayed Cebu bus rapid transit (BRT) expires, the World Bank has recommended downscaling the project under the watch of the newly elected provincial and city officials. “The pace of project implementation has slowed down...
Cebu Gov. Pamela Baricuatro has appointed former Tourism Secretary Ace Durano as provincial administrator. Durano and eight other officials were sworn in on Tuesday, July 1, as provincial government officials and vowed to deliver effective public service to the people of Cebu. Other officials...
CEBU CITY – Cebu fifth district Rep. Vincent Franco “Duke” Frasco recently inaugurated a P5-million day-care center and a P10-million one-story, three-classroom school building in Carmen in time for the new school year. “These are more than just buildings but safe, nurturing spaces that can...
