CEBU CITY – A member of the Cebu City council is facing criminal and administrative complaints for alleged estafa and extortion. A criminal complaint was filed against Cebu City Councilor Jose Lorenzo Abellanosa before the Makati City Prosecutor’s Office. Jose Marcelo R. Bumanglag and Maria...
Low-cost carrier Cebu Pacific is reviving direct flights between Manila and the Chinese coastal city of Xiamen, as part of its ongoing expansion in China and elsewhere in Asia to capitalize on the region’s growing demand for air travel. In a statement on Friday, Aug. 7, Cebu Pacific said it will...
CEBU CITY – The body of a woman was found in a septic tank in a subdivision in Barangay Tungkil, Minglanilla, Cebu. Glenda Petallana Angel, 77, was reported missing before her body was found on Thursday morning, Aug. 7, said Police Lt. Col. Maria Theresa Macatangay, chief of the Minglanilla...
The net loss of low-cost carrier Cebu Pacific widened to nearly ₱6 billion in the first half, as higher revenues failed to offset an “unprecedented” increase in operating costs due to higher jet fuel prices and the peso’s weaker value against foreign currencies. Cebu Pacific parent firm...
CEBU CITY – A murder suspect was killed in an alleged shootout with police in Cordova town, Cebu province. Police identified the suspect as 31-year-old Balot. Investigation showed that police received an armed person alarm past 11 p.m. on Wednesday night, Aug. 5. Police arrived in Sitio Tomoy,...
CEBU CITY – Delays in the issuance of licenses to sell (LTS) are slowing housing production, delaying investments, and taking a toll on the Philippine economy, real estate industry players warned. The Accredited Real Estate Salespersons of the Philippines (ABREP) urged the government to resolve...
CEBU CITY – Police recovered a firearm that a minor in Liloan, northern Cebu brandished through a video he shared in a class group chat. The gun was retrieved after the Liloan Municipal Police Station conducted what it described as a child-sensitive investigation in close coordination with the...
CEBU CITY – Suspected shabu valued at P6.8 million was seized from a habal-habal driver in Barangay Guadalupe here. The 25-year-old suspect, a certain Ryan, was arrested in a buy-bust operation conducted by the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency-Central Visayas (PDEA-7) and Cebu City Police...
CEBU CITY – Two Grade 7 students will undergo an intervention program after they figured in a fistfight near a parish church here on July 29. Police Lt. Col. Franco Rodulf Oriol, deputy city director for administration of the Cebu City Police Office, said the fistfight that has gone viral...
Twenty officials and personnel of the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) in Cebu are facing multiple criminal cases in connection with two alleged anomalous flood control projects in the province, the Department of Justice (DOJ) confirmed on Tuesday, August 4. DOJ spokesperson Polo...
CEBU CITY – Stricter measures have been ordered to prevent the spread of the highly contagious African Swine Fever (ASF) here. Mayor Nestor Archival ordered intensified border inspections, expanded disease surveillance, and cooperation from stakeholders to prevent the spread of the disease. The...
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