CEBU CITY – Lawyer Collin Rosell, the controversial former city administator here, was freed after spending a night in jail. ROSELL (Cebu City PIO file) Rosell posted P30,000 bail for usurpation of authority and another P3,000 for resisting arrest. He was arrested on Friday afternoon, Nov....
CEBU CITY – Trouble broke out at the City Hall on Friday, Nov. 8, when supporters of dismissed Mayor Michael Rama gathered outside the building and called for his reinstatement. POLICE try to handcuff former City Administrator Collin Rosell who stormed the Cebu City Hall on Friday, Nov. 8,...
CEBU CITY – A 48-year-old man who tried to secure a police clearance from one of the police stations here ended up in jail after it was discovered that he had a pending warrant of arrest for murder. POLICE arrest a 48-year-old man (seated center) who was found to have been charged with...
CEBU CITY – With Christmas just around the corner, carolers are expected to become a common sight in this city's major streets and inside public utility vehicles. With this, the Cebu City Police Office (CCPO) will conduct close monitoring to prevent carolers from climbing up jeepneys....
CEBU CITY – A group of nursing students was rescued after they were trapped inside the elevator of a university here on Monday night, Nov. 4. RESCUERS from the Bureau of Fire Protection try to forcibly open an elevator which malfunctioned and trapped 18 students inside. (Contributed photo) The...
CEBU CITY – The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency-Central Visayas (PDEA-7) has a new director. Alex Tablate formally assumed the position on Monday, Nov. 4. He replaced Emerson Margate, who was named the new director of the intelligence service of the PDEA national headquarters in Quezon...
CEBU CITY – Seeing spirits may be a hair-raising experience for others, but for this 66-year-old “mananabtan” (prayer leader) who has been living inside one of the biggest cemeteries here , it is just a normal occurrence. MARIA Shirly Lausa prays in front of a grave inside the Carreta...
CEBU CITY - The observance of All Saints' Day here was genereally peaceful, police said. Police Col. Antonietto Cañete, chief of the Cebu City Police Office (CCPO), said no untowards incidents were recorded in major cemeteries, seaports, and bus terminals here. COL. Antonietto Canete, chief of...
CEBU CITY – At least 6,000 security personnel have been deployed in key areas in Central Visayas as law enforcement agencies aspire for a peaceful observance of All Saints’ Day and All Souls’ Day. POLICE Brig. Gen. Anthony Aberin, chief of the Police Regional Office-Central Visayas,...
CEBU CITY – Suspected shabu amounting to P50 million was seized in buy-bust operations in the cities of Cebu and Mandaue on Tuesday night, Oct. 29. SUSPECTED shabu worth P35 million was seized from a drug pusher in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Tejero, Cebu City on Tuesday night, Oct. 29....
CEBU CITY – Bus drivers at the South Bus Terminal here were subjected to a surprise drug test on Tuesday, Oct. 29, as authorities geared up for the influx of passengers for “Undas.” PERSONNEL of the Land Transportation Office-Central Visayas and Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency-Central...
CEBU CITY – Kenjie de Jesus was supposed to celebrate his 14th birth anniversary on Wednesday, Oct. 30. He was looking forward to that special day and had given his mother P500 for a simple celebration. De Jesus, however, did not make as instead of a birth anniversary celebration, his family is...
