TACLOBAN CITY – Maasin City, Southern Leyte Mayor Nacional Mercado on Friday, Nov. 18, cited Kho Shipping Lines Inc. for launching trips from Maasin City to Cebu City. MV Masbate City (Photo from Mayor Nacional Mercado FB) Mercado said the roll-on, roll-off (RORO) vessel MV Masbate City is a...
CEBU CITY—An Indian national wanted for illegal recruitment was arrested here on Monday night, Nov. 14. Operatives of the Inayawan Police Station arrested the suspect Harjot Singh in Sitio Ciwac, Barangay Bulacao. Singh had a pending warrant of arrest issued by Branch 5 of the Regional Trial...
CEBU CITY — Some personnel of the Philippine Air Force (PAF) are facing indirect contempt charges after they allegedly interfered in the demolition of houses in a controversial 4.6-hectare property in Barangay Apas here. FORMER Caloocan City Rep. Edgar Erice, spokesperson of Mazy’s Capital...
CEBU CITY – Mayor Michael Rama urged Cebu City Hall employees to lose weight to provide better public service. RAMA (FB) Rama, during the traditional flag-raising ceremony at the City Hall grounds on Monday, Nov. 14, said city government workers should take care of their health while in...
CEBU CITY – A group of female fighters is out to prove that they can be counted upon in a male-dominated profession. THE 15 female firefighters of the Pardo Fire Substation in Cebu City pose with officials of the Bureau of Fire Protection-Central Visayas during a recent activity. (Calvin D....
CEBU CITY – A Cebuano lawmaker has filed a bill that seeks to increase the starting salary of public school teachers. CEBU City second district Rep. Eduardo Rama Jr. with colleague Rep. Rachel del Mar of the first district of Cebu City. (Photo lifted from Rep. Rama’s FB page) Cebu City second...
CEBU CITY – Security measures are in place for the Bar examination at the University of San Carlos and University of Cebu here on Nov. 9, 13, 16, and 20. Brig. Gen. Roderick Alba, chief of the Police Regional Office-Central Visayas, said the Cebu City police are ready to secure the exam...
CEBU CITY – A Quezon City-based company vowed to provide thousands of jobs and spur economic activity once it starts developing a controversial 4.6-hectare property in Sitio San Miguel, Barangay Apas here. RESIDENTS block the police to prevent the demolition team from tearing down their houses in...
CEBU CITY – Hundreds of inmates benefited from a humanitarian mission that a Cebu City-based foundation conducted in Metro Manila last October. INMATES and jail personnel receive free eye examination during a charity mission conducted by the Cebu City-based Semi Di Speranza Foundation Inc. at the...
CEBU CITY – This city has banned construction in 30 mountain barangays due to threat of landslides. Mayor Michael Rama here issued Executive Order No. 13 dubbed “Oplan: Likay (avoid) sa Landslide” on Thursday, Nov. 3, to establish a mechanism, preparedness, response, rehabilitation, and...
CEBU CITY – Police here seized more than P21-million worth of shabu from two suspected drug pushers in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Mabolo on Tuesday night, Nov. 1. BARANGAY Mabolo Media Board FB Police identified the suspects as Christian Amistad, 32, and Jason Taborada Turno, 36, residents...
CEBU CITY -- Some 61 houses were razed in a fire that broke out in a densely populated area in Barangay Tabunok, Talisay City on Monday night, Oct. 31. According to the city’s Department of Social Welfare and Services Office (CSWDO), the fire displaced 50 to 70 families. No casualty was reported...
