Second-year nursing student Angyl Faith Ababat, who made headlines and went viral on social media after saving a 54-year-old street vendor whose neck was slashed by a jealous live-in partner, has a message for everyone who might face the same situation in the future. Courtesy of the University of...
CEBU CITY -- Is closing public roads inside a private village legal? A family here is asking the city government to help solve the issue after a homeowners association closed the public roads inside a private village in Barangay Mabolo. The family of Eduardo Sy said that the homeowners association...
CEBU CITY -- Commendations await a nursing student here for her ‘heroic act’ of saving a woman whose neck was slit by her live-in partner along a sidewalk last Monday, Jan. 30. Photo via Calvin Cordova City Councilor Rey Gealon has filed a resolution that seeks to commend Angyl Faith Ababat, a...
CEBU CITY – A police officer was arrested by the Philippine National Police Integrity Monitoring and Enforcement Group for allegedly extorting money from a motorist here on Wednesday, Jan. 25. Staff Sgt. Paul Dennis B. Traya, traffic investigator of the Mambaling Police Station, was arrested in...
CEBU CITY – A driving school here was suspended for three months after it was caught using a vehicle without the required markings for its Practical Driving Course (PDC). Aside from the suspension of its accreditation, Cebu Integrated Driving School, located in Barangay Bulacao,was also fined...
THE stage and the grandstand for the Sinulog Festival at the South Road Properties in Cebu City under construction on Jan. 10. (Photo from Cebu City PIO) CEBU CITY – The decision to hold the Sinulog Festival at the South Road Properties (SRP) here on Jan. 15 may have drawn some criticisms but...
GARCIA (FB) CEBU CITY – The Sinulog sa Carmen in Carmen town, northern Cebu should not be treated as a competition of the Sinulog Festival here. Gov. Gwen Garcia pointed this out amid insinuations that the Sinulog sa Carmen is being pitted against the Sinulog Festival. Garcia also clarified that...
CEBU CITY – The Sinulog Festival returned with a bang on Sunday, Jan. 15, as authorities declared its staging a big success despite some jittery moments days before the actual event. THE Omega de Salonera Surigao del Norte performs during the Grand Parade of the Sinulog Festival 2023 on Sunday,...
Over 100 emergency medical services personnel were deployed by the Philippine Red Cross (PRC) to assist the attendees of the Sinulog Festival 2023 in Cebu City. Courtesy of Philippine Red Cross Seventy-five on-foot patrols, 15 first aid stations with welfare desks, and four ambulances from PRC were...
CEBU CITY -- The fluvial procession of the Señor Sto. Niño image on Saturday morning, Jan. 14, was generally peaceful with no untoward incidents whatsoever. Col. Ireneo Dalogdog, chief of the Cebu City Police Office, said the number of people who joined the fluvial procession and the foot...
CEBU CITY -- Mayor Michael Rama shot down the ‘signal shutdown’ that the police planned to impose during the Sinulog Festival on Sunday, Jan. 15. Rama lamented that the city government was not consulted when the Police Regional Office-Central Visayas (PRO-7) requested the National...
CEBU CITY — Mayor Michael Rama has banned street parties during the Sinulog Festival here on Jan. 15. RAMA Rama said prohibiting street parties is one of the safety precautions that the city is taking to ensure an “enjoyable and meaningful experience” and prevent untoward incidents during the...
