CEBU CITY – An ex-convict was killed in a shootout with police in Barangay Carreta here on Monday afternoon, Nov. 17. Angelito Mendoza, 51, suffered bullet wounds in the body. The Mabolo Police Station received a report past noon that an armed man was spotted in Carreta. Police rushed to the area...
Cebu Landmasters Inc. (CLI) retains its industry leadership with a consolidated net income of ₱ 3.1 billion in the first nine months of 2025, a 6 percent gain from ₱2.9 billion in the same period last year. With an 18 percent market share in residential sales take-up, Colliers Philippines...
CEBU CITY – Some government officials and contractors in Cebu province may face charges over flawed flood control projects. Flood control structures built with serious lapses in planning and implementation were discovered when officials of the Independent Commission for Infrastructure (ICI)...
CEBU CITY – Can the San Juan Nepomuceno Parish church in San Remigio town, Cebu province still be repaired? The parish issued a statement on Monday, Nov. 17, rectifying its previous announcement that the 161-year-old church is already unrepairable due to the severe damage it sustained during the...
CEBU CITY – The Archdiocese of Cebu has issued a pastoral appeal amid growing allegations of massive corruption in the government. Cebu Archbishop Alberto Uy urged authorities to investigate allegations of corruption “free from political pressure.” “We call for a thorough, democratic, and...
DAVAO CITY – The Ministry of Health (MOH) of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) has deployed 41 medical workers to provide medical services to calamity-hit areas in Cebu province. MOH chief Dr. Kadil M. Sinolinding Jr. said the team from the MOH regional office under the...
CEBU CITY – The Archdiocese of Cebu on Friday mourned the death of a 68-year-old priest on Wednesday. Archbishop Alberto Uy said the archdiocese “is deeply saddened by the untimely demise of Rev. Fr. Decoroso ‘Cocoi’ Olmilla.” Uy said an in-depth investigation showed that Olmilla’s...
CEBU CITY – A Ukrainian journalist shared how it is covering the war between Russia and Ukraine while also highlighting resilience and the defense of democratic values. Nataliya Gumenyuk was in Cebu province on Thursday, Nov. 13, as part of a special lecture titled “The Strength of a Nation:...
CEBU CITY – An 18-year-old man was wounded while his two companions were arrested following a shootout with the police in Argao town, Cebu province on Wednesday afternoon, Nov. 12. Wounded in the gunfight was Clyd Alipunga, a resident of Barangay Bagacay, Sibonga town, Cebu. Arrested were John...
CEBU CITY – Police are investigating the death of a priest who was found dead in a condominium here on Wednesday morning, Nov. 12. Police said Fr. Decoroso Jurban Olmilla, 68, bore external wounds when he was discovered in a condominium unit in Barangay Mabolo at 10:40 a.m. Police Major Eric...
DAVAO CITY – The provincial government of Cotabato dispatched on Thursday, Nov. 13, a second batch of relief aid for calamity-hit areas in Cebu province. But unlike its previous relief drive for earthquake-hit towns in Cebu, which was mainly sourced from the funds of the provincial government,...
Reduced liabilities from its mothballed petrochemical unit, combined with stronger performances in travel and real estate, helped propel core earnings at JG Summit Holdings Inc., the country’s second-largest conglomerate by market value. In a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange, JG Summit...
