CEBU CITY — A group of residents in Mandaue City has asked the city government not to pursue its plan to secure a P3-billion loan for the construction of a new government center. THE Save Mandaue Coalition holds a press conference on Wednesday, September 4, to oppose the plan to loan P3-billion...
Commuters in Cebu and Mandaue City can now use their Visa cards to pay for rides on modern jeepneys. Visa announced its collaboration with Good Transport Solutions Inc. (GTSI) and GHL to facilitate card payments on these modern jeepneys in the region, the second largest city in Cebu. GTSI, a...
CEBU CITY – Mandaue City Mayor Jonas Cortes has expressed deep concern over the one-year suspension slapped against him by the Office of the Ombudsman. In a statement, Cortes said the Ombudsman’s decision to suspend him without pay stemming from an administrative case “is a matter of deep...
CEBU CITY – Mandaue City Mayor Jonas Cortes had an eventful day on Wednesday, August 21. Cortes was first cleared of a criminal case early in the day then received a separate order from the Office of the Ombudsman suspending him for one year. CORTES (FB) The Ombudsman penalized Cortes for grave...
CEBU CITY – Suspected shabu amounting to P20.8 million was seized in buy-bust operations conducted by the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency-Central Visayas (PDEA-7) in Lapu-Lapu City and this city on Thursday, August 8. LAPU-LAPU City Mayor Junard Chan (third from left) visits Barangay...
CEBU CITY – The chief of the Philippine National Police (PNP) condoled on Wednesday, July 31, with the family of the policeman who was fatally shot by a 16-year-old boy in Mandaue City, Cebu last week. POLICE Gen. Rommel Francisco Marbil, Philippine National Police chief, visits the wake of...
CEBU CITY — The death of a policeman at the hands of a 16-year-old boy in Mandaue City, Cebu should serve as an eye-opener, the Police Regional Office-Central Visayas (PRO-7) said. FELICIO Police Brig. Gen. Anthony Aberin, chief of PRO-7, said that police officers should leave no room for...
CEBU CITY – A policeman was fatally shot after he allegedly reprimanded a boy in Barangay Banilad, Mandaue City, Cebu at past midnight on Saturday, July 27. The victim was identified as Staff Sgt. Orvin Seth Kim Felicio, an intelligence officer of the Police Station 5 of the Mandaue City Police...
CEBU CITY – At least 20 women were rescued when agents of the National Bureau of Investigation-Cebu District Office (NBI-Cebdo) raided a bar in Mandaue City that allegedly offered “extra services” to their male customers. A GROUP of women was rescued from a bar in Mandaue City that was raided...
CEBU CITY – Another government official from Cebu has resigned from the Partido Demokratiko Pilipino-Lakas ng Bayan (PDP-Laban). Mandaue City Mayor Jonas Cortes on Wednesday, May 29, tendered his resignation letter to PDP-Laban president Palawan Rep. Jose Alvarez. Cortes’ resignation came a day...
CEBU CITY – At least 62 houses were razed in a fire that broke out in Barangay Basak, Mandaue City at noon on Thursday, May 23. MORE than 60 houses were razed in a fire in Barangay Basak, Mandaue City at noon on Thursday, May 23. (Photo courtesy of MyTVCebu) The fire started at 11:54 a.m....
CEBU CITY – More than P20-million worth of suspected shabu was seized in buy-bust operations in Metro Cebu on Sunday, May 19. PACKS of suspected shabu amounting to P10.4 million were seized from a 48-year-old man in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Calamba, Cebu City on Sunday night, May 19....
