CEBU CITY – Never leave your children playing in hazardous areas such as rivers. FOUR-year-old Ernesto ‘Junjun’ Laboc Jr. is seen playing before he drowned in a murky river in Barangay Day-as, Cebu City on Saturday, October 7. (Video screengrab via Calvin D. Cordova) Police issued this...
CEBU CITY – Back in college, Hebban Talib Tawantawan spent most of his time in the library. Classmates would tease him that he treated the library of the University of San Jose-Recoletos (USJ-R) like his house. “I would say I was a very studious person. I go to the library before it opens. Once...
CEBU CITY – Bouncing back from the ill-effects of the Covid-19 pandemic, the property market is demonstrating a strong performance this year, an industry leader said. LEUTERIO (FB) Anthony Gerard Leuterio, founder of Filipino Homes, said the strong showing of the real estate industry is driven by...
CEBU CITY – A taxi and jeepney operator was found dead in his house in Barangay Labangon here on Saturday morning, September 30. A POLICEMAN examines the body of a 60-year-old widower who was killed in his house in Barangay Labangon, Cebu City on Saturday, September 3. (Photo courtesy of XFM 88.3...
CEBU CITY – Twenty-three houses were razed in a fire in Barangay Tejero here on Thursday afternoon, September 28. It was the third fire that hit Barangay Tejero this month. The last was September 10 when two fires broke out just hours apart and at least 30 houses were affected. Eighteen...
CEBU CITY – An operator of modern jeepneys in Metro Cebu will suspend its operations for six months due to several “severe problems.” In a memorandum sent to its drivers and public assistance officers (PAOs) or conductors, Beep Cebu informed them that it will suspend operations starting...
CEBU CITY – Regrets always come in the end. A former professional boxer who fought several times abroad learned this the hard way after he was arrested for stealing a bicycle worth P6,000 in Barangay Pasil here. ISAGANI Pumar answers questions from reporters while in detention at the Sawang...
CEBU CITY – The conduct of the three-day Bar examinations here was generally peaceful, police said. The three-day examinations for aspiring lawyers was held at the University of San Carlos and University of San Jose-Recoletos on September 17, 20, and 24. ASPIRING lawyers are greeted by their...
CEBU CITY – A 28-year-old woman was held after a plastic sachet containing suspected shabu fell from her bra while being inspected at the Cebu City Jail Male Dormitory in Barangay Kalunasan here on Friday, September 22. The name of the woman was withheld pending the result of the examination of...
CEBU CITY – A Chinese national was rescued from a house allegedly used by his compatriots as their hub for their online scam activities. During the rescue operation, agents of the National Bureau of Investigation-Cebu District Office (NBI-CEBDO) also arrested Chinese national Dixon Zhang and Ian...
Sandara Park, or Dara, is disappointed that the K-pop concert in Cebu City she was scheduled to perform at was suddenly postponed by the organizer. The “Awake: A New Beginning” show was slated to feature Dara, AB6IX, Viviz, Younite, 1MILLION and MB Crew and scheduled on Sept. 23 at the...
CEBU CITY – Police here will enforce tight security near the two testing venues of the Bar examinations conducted by the Supreme Court on Sunday, September 17. The Cebu City Police Office (CCPO) said the liquor ban and the anti-noise ordinance will be strictly enforced within the 100-meter...
