CEBU CITY – While no major infrastructure damage was reported, six individuals were injured in the magnitude-5.1 earthquake that struck Bogo City in northern Cebu on Monday, April 6. The Cebu Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (PDRRMO) said the injured were all from Bogo who...
CEBU CITY – Classes and work were disrupted by a magnitude-5.1 earthquake in the Visayas on Monday afternoon, April 6. The epicenter of the tectonic quake was 17 kilometers southeast of Bogo City with a shallow depth of 10 kilometers. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology...
A magnitude 5.1 earthquake struck at 3:22 p.m. on Monday, April 6, with its epicenter located 12 kilometers southeast of Bogo City, according to the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs). The tectonic quake, initially reported as magnitude 5.4, originated at a shallow depth...
CEBU CITY – Just like in previous years, illegal cockfighting locally known as ‘’tigbakay’’ proved rampant in this year’s observance of Holy Week in Cebu province. The Cebu Provincial Police Office said that 79 individuals were arrested in several areas after they were caught engaging...
Soobin, a member of K-pop boy band Tomorrow X Together, is getting help from the Philippines’ Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) after he narrated in a vlog how a taxi driver in Cebu attempted to overcharge him P1,000 for a fare. The K-pop idol recently went to Cebu ...
The Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) on Good Friday, April 3, summoned a taxi operator linked to the alleged overcharging of South Korean pop star Soobin, who is in Cebu for a vacation this Holy Week. LTFRB chairperson Vigor D. Mendoza II said the operator must surrender...
CEBU CITY – With the onset of the dry season and El Niño possibly developing in the coming months, water sources in Cebu may significantly decline. With this, the Metropolitan Cebu Water District (MCWD) is rolling out contingency measures as it braces for a projected 43,000 cubic meters per day...
CEBU CITY – An Uzbek national was killed in a bus-motorcycle collision in Badian town, Cebu province on Wednesday night, April 1. Bakhrom Uchkunovich Khamitov, 30, was driving a motorcycle when he was hit by a passenger bus past 10 p.m. in Barangay Malhiao. Police said Khamitov was driving home...
Soobin, a member of K-pop boy band Tomorrow X Together, revealed in a vlog that he and his friend almost got scammed by a taxi driver in Cebu in the Philippines. Soobin and a male friend flew from Korea to Cebu for a three-day vacation. Upon arriving in Cebu, they got into a taxi after...
CEBU CITY – Two persons were killed and five were injured in a collision between a delivery truck and tricycle in Sibonga, Cebu. The incident happened in Barangay Candaguit around 11 a.m. on Tuesday, March 31. Police identified the fatalities as Genesa, 22, and her 19-year-old sister Shanin...
CEBU CITY – A stronger relationship with the management and upholding the welfare of workers will be prioritized. The rank-and-file workers and supervisors’ unions of the Oriental Port and Allied Services Corp. (Opascor) assured this after they successfully disaffiliated from one of the biggest...
CEBU CITY – To address the increasing cases of road crashes, authorities here have intensified the campaign against anti-drunk and drugged driving. To effectively enforce traffic laws, particularly Republic Act 10586 or the Anti-Drunk and Drugged Driving Act of 2013, policemen will visit night...
