CEBU CITY – Over 300 Human Immunodeficiency Virus/Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (HIV/AIDS) cases were recorded in Central Visayas in the first quarter of 2024. DR. Jaime Bernadas (right), regional director of the Department of Health in Central Visayas, and Philippine Information Agency-7...
Low-cost carrier Cebu Pacific (CEB) announced that it has sealed the largest aircraft order in Philippine aviation history, amounting to $24 billion or P1.4 billion, with the European aerospace giant Airbus. In a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange, CEB said that the airline has signed a...
CEBU CITY – Packs of suspected shabu worth P6.8 million were seized from a public utility jeepney (PUJ) driver in a buy-bust operation here at dawn on Monday, July 1. SUSPECTED shabu worth P6.8 million was seized from a public utility jeepney driver in Barangay Mabolo, Cebu City at dawn on...
CEBU CITY – Cebu Archbishop Jose Palma opposed the bill that seeks to legalize divorce in the country. PALMA (Archdiocese of Cebu FB) Palma appealed to the faithful to shun House Bill (HB) No. 9349 or the An Act Reinstituting Absolute Divorce as an Alternative Mode for the Dissolution of...
ILOILO CITY – Ten houses were damaged in a fire on Sunday afternoon, June 30, in Barangay Maria Cristina in Jaro District. A FIRE damaged 10 houses in Iloilo City on Sunday, June 30. (MORE Power) The Iloilo City Social Welfare and Development Office said that nine out of 10 houses were...
CEBU CITY – More than 600 barangays in Central Visayas remain drug-cleared while 14 others stayed drug-free. THE Regional Oversight Committee on Barangay Drug Clearing discusses the illegal drug situation in various barangays in Central Visayas. (PDEA-7) This was the result of the recent...
CEBU CITY – An official of the Cebu City Fire Station (CCFS) was arrested for allegedly extorting money from an applicant. BFP-7 headquarters in Cebu City. (FB) The National Bureau of Investigation-Central Visayas (NBI-7) arrested Fire Insp. Roy Mat Castro in an entrapment operation inside...
CEBU CITY – Security preparations are in full swing to ensure the peaceful conduct of the Palarong Pambansa that this city will host next month. EMERGENCY responders carry an ‘injured victim’ during a bomb simulation exercise at the Cebu City Sports Center on Wednesday, June 26. (Cebu City...
CEBU CITY – At least 20 women were rescued when agents of the National Bureau of Investigation-Cebu District Office (NBI-Cebdo) raided a bar in Mandaue City that allegedly offered “extra services” to their male customers. A GROUP of women was rescued from a bar in Mandaue City that was raided...
CEBU CITY – The province of Cebu will host the United Nations Tourism Organization (UNTO) Joint Commission Forum with delegates coming from at least 30 UNTO-member countries across Asia and the Pacific expected to attend. Slated June 26 to 28, some 300 delegates from Australia, Japan, China,...
CEBU CITY – Two persons were arrested after they allegedly demanded money from a woman in exchange for deleting the victim’s sex videos. TWO men were arrested in Cebu City on Tuesday for allegedly blackmailing a woman over her sex videos. (Photo via Calvin Cordova) Jaime Lisondra Ferrer...
A new transfer service system in the Mactan-Cebu International Airport (MCIA) called “Cebu Connect” aims to cut layover time from an hour to 30 minutes or less. This project was part of MCIA’s operator Aboitiz InfraCapital GMR Megawide Cebu Airport Corporation (AGMCAC) plan to boost tourism...
