CEBU CITY – Hundreds of passengers were stranded in various ports in Cebu due to tropical depression “Aghon.” SEVERAL passengers are stranded at Hagnaya Port in San Remigio, Cebu after sea trips were canceled due to tropical cyclone ‘Aghon.’ (Cebu Port Authority) The Philippine Coast...
CEBU CITY – A suspected drug pusher was killed in a shootout with the police in Barangay Candulawan, Talisay City on Thursday afternoon, May 23. The fatality was identified as Albert Padayao, high-value individual in the illegal drugs trade. Police Lt. Col. Epream Paguyod, chief of the Talisay...
CEBU CITY – Gov. Gwendolyn Garcia has issued an executive order (EO) placing the entire province of Cebu under a state of calamity “due to the devastating effects of the El Niño phenomenon.” Garcia issued EO No. 9 days after the provincial board approved a resolution declaring a state of...
CEBU CITY – The acting vice mayor here insisted that there was nothing irregular with the procurement orders for this city’s upcoming hosting of the Palarong Pambansa. Councilor Dondon Hontiveros, who ascended to acting vice mayor in lieu of Raymond Garcia, who is now the acting mayor following...
CEBU CITY – On technicality, the Court of Appeals (CA) in this city dismissed the petition filed by Mayor Michael Rama and seven other City Hall officials who challenged their suspension ordered by the Office of the Ombudsman (OMB). The dismissal, in effect, affirmed the suspension order. PHOTO...
CEBU CITY – Acting Mayor Raymond Garcia here has ordered the suspension of procurement orders for the city’s hosting of the Palarong Pambansa in July. GARCIA (seated center). (FB) Garcia said the suspension will pave the way for the review of the procurement orders that were made before Mayor...
CEBU CITY – The extremely high heat index brought by the El Niño phenomenon has caused severe damage in 46 towns and cities in the province of Cebu. Data from the Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (PDRRMO) showed that 33 local government units are experiencing low...
CEBU CITY – A 63-year-old man died and his wife was injured in a vehicular accident in the City of Naga, southern Cebu. The accident happened shortly before 8 a.m. on Sunday, May 19. STEEL bars block a portion of a road in Naga City, Cebu after the truck carrying it turned upside down and...
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....
CEBU CITY – The province of Cebu will be placed under a state of calamity due to the devastation caused by the extremely high heat index. Gov. Gwen Garcia on Friday, May 17, announced that she will issue an executive order for the formal declaration of the state of calamity. GARCIA (FB) “This...
CEBU CITY — Police here are gearing up for the country’s biggest multi-sporting event that this city is hosting in July. The Cebu City Police Office (CCPO) said it is already focusing on crafting security measures to ensure the peaceful conduct of the week-long Palarong Pambansa starting on...
CEBU CITY – An online petition has been launched to save hundreds of trees in Poro town, Camotes, Cebu from being chopped down. THESE trees in Poro town, Camotes, Cebu may be cut to give way to a road-widening project. An online petition has been launched to save them. (Santo Nino Parish Poro)...
