CEBU CITY – The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency arrested seven persons in a drug den raid in Barangay Labangon here on Monday afternoon, April 8. SEVEN persons (seated) were arrested in an anti-illegal drug operation in Barangay Labangon, Cebu City on Monday afternoon, April 8. (PDEA-7)...
CEBU CITY – Close to 200 families were rendered homeless in a fire that hit a highly populated area in Barangay Sambag 2 here on Monday afternoon, April 8. A FIRE hits Barangay Sambag 2, Cebu City on Monday afternoon, April 8. (Screenshot from Facebook live of Win Rañada Ramos) The fire...
CEBU CITY – A four-year-old boy died after he allegedly fell from the 27th floor of a condominium building in Barangay Lahug here on Monday morning, April 8. According to Police Major Romeo Caacoy Jr., chief of the Mabolo Police Station, the boy landed on a canopy on the third floor of the...
CEBU CITY – Mayor Michael Rama here has issued an executive order adjusting class hours instead of suspending classes due to extreme heat. MAYOR Michael Rama has issued an executive order directing public schools in Cebu City to implement modified school hours due to extreme heat. Mayor...
CEBU CITY – The robbery incident where the suspects and the victim were all Koreans was an isolated case, police said. Police Major Romeo Caacoy, chief of the Mabolo Police Station, said that while they are still investigating the background of the three suspects, they believed that there is no...
CEBU CITY – A Korean died and his compatriots were arrested after they allegedly shot it out with policemen who responded to a robbery alarm in a posh subdivision in Barangay Banilad here on Tuesday night, April 2. Police identified the fatality as Sun Yong Choi, 47. Arrested were Yong Hee Kim,...
CEBU CITY – Several local government units in Metro Cebu have suspended face-to-face classes due to extreme heat. Talisay City Mayor Samsam Gullas suspended classes on all levels in public schools until April 14. Private schools were given the discretion to suspend in-person classes. A WOMAN uses...
CEBU CITY – A slight increase in fire incidents was recorded in this year’s observance of Fire Prevention Month here last March. According to the Cebu City Fire Station, a total of 39 fire incidents were recorded in this city last month. There were 33 fire incidents here in March last year....
CEBU CITY – Mountain barangays in this city severely affected by the El Niño phenomenon have been placed under a state of calamity. CEBU City government personnel conducts water rationing in an upland barangay due to lack of water caused by the El Niño phenomenon. (Councilor Joel...
CEBU CITY – Police are hunting a man who shot a private tutor during a robbery inside a public utility jeepney (PUJ) here on Wednesday night, March 27. The Cebu City Police Office (CCPO) assured that its personnel will not stop until the perpetrator is arrested. The victim, Jenelita Salvador, 26,...
CEBU CITY – The Land Transportation Office-Central Visayas (LTO-7) noted a decrease in apprehensions in this year’s “Oplan Biyaheng Ayos: Semana Santa and Summer Vacation 2024.” AN agent of the Land Transportation Office-Central Visayas inspects the tires of a passenger bus at the Cebu...
CEBU CITY – The National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA) has stepped into the controversial issue involving the construction of a bus station for the Cebu Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) project here. The NCCA has sent a letter to the Department of Transportation (DOTr) seeking the stoppage of...
