CEBU CITY – Byron Garcia and Cebu Gov. Pamela Baricuatro are at it again. Garcia, the outspoken brother of former Cebu Gov. Gwendolyn Garcia, filed a fresh complaint against Baricuatro in connection with the Capitol’s planned procurement of a sea ambulance. In an administrative complaint filed...
CEBU CITY – Thousands showed up for the anti-corruption rally here on Sunday, Nov. 30. The prayer rally was held peacefully with zero reported incidents during the event. “We had zero incidents. No untoward incident, not even a single case of theft and eight focus crimes happened within the...
CEBU CITY – Police will be on heightened alert for a prayer-march rally that will be participated by various groups here on Sunday, Nov. 30. The event, called the Sugboanong Pakigbisog Kontra Korapsyon (SuPaKK), is anticipated to attract at least 5,000 participants, who will gather at Fuente...
The country’s leading carriers are working round-the-clock to complete the industry-wide mandated software update on Airbus narrow-body jets by Sunday noon, aiming to prevent further flight cancellations that have affected thousands of passengers. Acting Transportation Secretary Giovanni Lopez...
The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) assured residents of Barangay Kang-actol in Dumanjug, Cebu, that the flood control structure collapsed by Typhoon Verbena on Nov. 25 will be rebuilt in a week. President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. ordered the immediate repair of the structure to protect...
Two of the country’s largest air carriers are scrambling to avert major travel disruption by pulling some of their Airbus SE narrow-body jets from service to perform an “urgent” software fix. On Saturday, Nov. 29, Philippine Airlines (PAL) and budget carrier Cebu Pacific (CEB) announced they...
CEBU CITY – A five-year-old boy died in what was claimed as a freak accident in Argao town, Cebu province on Wednesday afternoon, Nov. 26. The boy was found lifeless in a creek with a wound on his neck, police said. Police later found out that the wound was inflicted by his eight-year-old cousin,...
CEBU CITY – Help came for residents in San Remigio, Cebu who were affected by the magnitude-6.9 earthquake on Sept. 30. Some 225 households on Thursday, Nov. 27, received Home Recovery Assistance from Aboitiz Foundation. Construction materials and cash support for labor were given to the...
CEBU CITY – A neophyte policeman was injured in an accidental firing incident in Sibonga, southern Cebu province on Wednesday night, Nov. 26. The incident happened at 6:50 p.m. in the policeman’s boarding house in Sitio Gahad, Barangay Poblacion. The 29-year-old policeman, with the rank of...
SM Hotels and Conventions Corp. (SMHCC), the hospitality unit of SM Prime Holdings Inc., is on schedule to open the ₱3.6 billion SMX Convention Center Seaside Cebu in the fourth quarter of 2026, despite disruptions caused by recent natural calamities. “The recent events in Cebu caused some...
Another case questioning the victory of Cebu Gov. Pamela Baricuatro in the May elections has been junked. The Commission on Elections (Comelec) First Division dismissed the protest filed by former Cebu Gov. Gwendolyn Garcia, who accused Baricuatro of resorting to committing electoral fraud to...
CEBU CITY – Avoid wading through flooded areas. Health authorities here issued this warning amid the steady increase in leptospirosis, a bacterial infection transmitted through water contaminated by the urine of infected animals, most commonly rats, dogs, and livestock. Dr. Daisy Villa, head of...
