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...
CEBU CITY – At a time when northern Cebu is still reeling from a strong earthquake and devastating typhoon, the southern part of the province experienced severe flooding caused by tropical depression ‘’Verbena.’’ Fortunately, no casualties were reported when the weather disturbance...
CEBU CITY – A church in Liloan town, northern Cebu province finally reopened nearly a month after it bore witness to a gruesome crime. San Fernando Rey Parish reopened on Sunday, Nov. 23, after the Archdiocese of Cebu completed the required rites of reparation and reconsecration. Built in 1847,...
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has approved the planned ₱5-billion sustainability-linked bond offering of Cebu Landmasters Inc., representing the third and last tranche of securities registered under its shelf registration of ₱15-billion debt securities program. In a disclosure to...
CEBU CITY – What looked like a simple birthday greeting has sparked a legal row between Cebu Gov. Pamela Baricuatro and Byron Garcia, the brother of the province 's former governor. He filed an administrative complaint after a photo of Baricuatro surfaced online showing her wearing a Special...
CEBU CITY – Complete chaos. That was how Cebu City Mayor Nestor Archival Sr. described the situation at pier area due to reports of illegal activities involving dispatchers and taxi drivers. Archival ordered the Cebu City Police Office (CCPO) to address reports of the presence of aggressive...
President Marcos has launched “Oplan Kontra Baha,” a large-scale dredging and desiltation drive across Metro Cebu’s major waterways, following the massive flooding that submerged many parts of the province during the onslaught of Typhoon Tino early this month, In his speech during the event...
