CEBU CITY – An estimated 250,000 devotees joined the “Walk with Mary,” a dawn foot procession, on Friday, January 19, one of the highlights of the 459th Fiesta Señor here. The religious procession started at 2:30 a.m. at the Our Lady of Guadalupe Church in Barangay Guadalupe then proceeded...
CEBU CITY – A lawman was shot and wounded by an ex-convict in a police operation in Barangay Inayawan here on Thursday night, Jan. 18. Police Staff Sgt. Santos Catipay was hit in the chest but did not sustain severe injuries due to the bullet-proof vest he was wearing. The suspect, Vince Winard...
CEBU CITY – The Mactan Channel will be closed to vessel traffic for at least six hours to give way to a fluvial procession here on Saturday, January 20. The fluvial procession is part of the major celebration of the 459th Fiesta Señor. Coast Guard Commander Mark Larsen Mariano, deputy commander...
CEBU CITY – Fishermen from various areas in Cebu and outside the province will take center stage a day before the Sinulog Festival as they compete in a one-of-a-kind boat race on Saturday, January 20, at the South Road Properties (SRP) here. THE Sinulog Balik Baroto Regatta 2024 is discussed in a...
CEBU CITY – The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency-Central Visayas arrested seven persons, including an Overseas Filipino Worker (OFW), during a raid of a suspected drug den in Barangay Duljo Fatima here on Tuesday afternoon, January 17. PHILIPPINE Drug Enforcement Agency-Central Visayas...
CEBU CITY – Thousands of spectators watched the street dancing and grand ritual dance showdown of the Sinulog sa Lalawigan here on Sunday, January 14. CEBU Gov. Gwen Garcia dances as part of a guest contingent during the grand ritual showdown of the Sinulog sa Lalawigan at the Cebu City Sports...
CEBU CITY – The Armed Forces Visayas Command (Viscom) has deployed close to 1,000 personnel to help secure the 459th celebration of Fiesta Señor here. Lt. Gen. Benedict M. Arevalo, Viscom commander, said 865 troops will help ensure a safe, orderly, and solemn conduct of the Fiesta Señor...
CEBU CITY – A 21-year-old man has admitted to killing “Coach J,” a known voice coach here. Sanny Lumangca, a 21-year-old native of Clarin, Misamis Occidental, has executed an extrajudicial confession in which he admitted killing Joel Jude Suson Unchuan, said Police Lt. Col. Gerard Ace Pelare,...
CEBU CITY – Fourteen municipal police stations under the Cebu Police Provincial Office (CCPO) received brand-new patrol cars from the Philippine National Police headquarters in Camp Crame, Quezon City. Police Brig. Gen. Anthony Aberin, chief of the Police Regional Office-Central Visayas, led...
CEBU CITY – The 459th Fiesta Señor celebration here kicked off on Thursday, January 11, with the Penitential Walk with Jesus, a dawn foot procession, participated in by thousands of devotees. The religious procession started at 4 a.m. at Fuente Osmeña and ended at around 5:30 a.m. at the...
CEBU CITY – Security measures are all set for the 459th Fiesta Señor in this city. POLICE and other uniformed personnel on Wednesday, January 9, attend their send-off ceremony for the upcoming 459th Fiesta Señor in Cebu City. (Photo via Calvin D. Cordova) More than 5,000 security personnel from...
CEBU CITY – A 28-year-old man described as a “target-listed personality” was arrested in an anti-illegal drug operation in Barangay Kalunasan here on Monday afternoon, January 8. Charles Clue Aragon, a resident of Sitio Alaska, Barangay Mambaling, this city, was nabbed by agents of the...
