CEBU CITY -- An 18-year-old biker drew heavy backlash for performing a stunt that saw him nearly colliding with a truck on a highway in Barangay Marigondon, Lapu-Lapu City. In a bid to identify the biker, an irate Lapu-Lapu Mayor Junard Ahong Chan posted the video of the incident on Facebook. The...
Aboitiz Construction has diversified into the business of providing maintenance services to the Aboitiz Group’s airport and property units, in order to expand its portfolio beyond construction to long-term operations and asset upkeep. In a statement, the firm announced that this new business...
Incoming Cebu Gov. Pamela Baricuatro expressed displeasure over the move of outgoing Gov. Gwendolyn Garcia to create trust funds for several programs in the province. “I am deeply disappointed and appalled by the recent actions of the outgoing governor,” Baricuatro said in a Facebook post....
CEBU CITY – An 84-year-old woman was found dead several hours after she was swept away by a rampaging flash flood in Barangay Ginabucan, Catmon town, northern Cebu province. The body of Gregoria Podot was found on Monday night, June 16. Investigation showed that the woman tended to her vegetable...
CEBU CITY – The Land Transportation Office-Central Visayas (LTO-7) is not taking a road stunt performed by a lady driver lightly. The LTO-7 has launched an investigation and issued a show-cause order (SCO) against a woman, whose video of her performing dangerous stunts on a busy Mandaue City...
Low-cost carrier Cebu Pacific has signed new agreements with foreign aviation companies covering operations and maintenance, as the airline prepares to expand into new domestic and international destinations. In separate statements on Tuesday, June 17, the Gokongwei-led airline announced that it...
CEBU CITY – Three persons were arrested when anti-narcotics agents raided a suspected drug den in a barangay in Mandaue City that was previously declared as drug-cleared. The raid conducted over the weekend led to the arrest of 37-year-old Jay-r, the alleged maintainer of the drug den in Barangay...
CEBU CITY – The family of a 27-year-old Person with Disability (PWD) who was fatally shot by a policeman is crying for justice. Milagros Suico said Police Staff Sgt. Florante Hoyle, the alleged killer of her son, Leo Vergel Fin Suico, should rot in jail. “Manawagan kog hustisya sa akung anak,...
A Cebu Pacific flight from Manila to Zamboanga City received a bomb threat onboard the aircraft on Saturday, June 14. The Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP) reported that a cabin crew member conducting routine inspection of Cebu Pacific flight 5J851 after landing at the Zamboanga ...
CEBU CITY – Three newborn babies were found abandoned in a harrowing discovery that left residents in a barangay in Liloan town, Cebu province in shock. The three dead babies were found by a worker inside a compound in Barangay Cotcot at 10:33 a.m. on Friday, June 13. Police said the three babies...
CEBU CITY – A policeman fatally shot his neighbor during an argument on Friday morning, June 13, in Barangay 6, Tuburan town, Cebu province. Police Staff Sgt. Florante Perucho Hoyle, an operative of the Investigation and Detective Management Unit of the Cebu City Police Office, surrendered after...
CEBU CITY – The stunning victory of philantrophist Pamela Baricuatro will be celebrated in a thanksgiving and victory rally a day before she assumes as the new governor of Cebu province. The event slated June 29 will not only celebrate the victory of Baricuatro but also the triumph of the...
