CEBU CITY -- A 19-year-old man accused of selling lewd photos and sex videos on social media was arrested in an entrapment operation here on Friday, July 29. Romilo Romero was handcuffed while transacting with an agent of the National Bureau of Investigation Central Visayas (NBI 7), who posed as...
CEBU City Mayor Michael Rama with President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. (FB photo) CEBU CITY – Mayor Michael Rama here and officials of the Megawide Construction Corp. (MCC) signed Sunday, July 31, the Supplemental Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) for the redevelopment of the century-old Carbon Market....
LA Paz, Abra Mayor JB Bernos looks at a business establishment in the provincial capital Bangued that tilted to its side in the magnitude-7 earthquake. (Mayor JB Bernos FB) CEBU CITY – This city has formed a five-man rescue team ready to be deployed anytime to quake-hit Abra. Gerry Carillo, head...
CEBU CITY – Government anti-narcotics agents raided and dismantled a suspected drug den in Barangay Carreta here Wednesday, July 27. The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency-Central Visayas (PDEA 7) arrested the joint’s alleged maintainers – Jimboy Peñas, 25, and Elñino Rosal, 20. Three other...
The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) filed separate tax evasion charges against two Cebu City businessmen for alleged refusal to settle tax debts totalling to more than P65 million. Bureau of Internal Revenue It was the first Run-After-Tax-Evaders (RATE) case submitted to the Department of Justice...
CEBU CITY – Three persons were arrested in a series of raids Tuesday, July 26 targeting individuals engaged in the illegal selling of petroleum products in Metro Cebu. Personnel of the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) and the Department of Energy-Central Visayas seized at least P1-million...
Agents of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) 7 arrested 15 drug personalities on Wednesday, July 28, and dismantled two drug dens in two separate operations in Cebu City. At around 5:45 a.m., the PDEA 7 Regional Special Enforcement Team (RSET) conducted a buy-bust in Sitio Lower Yati,...
ONE of the old houses damaged by the earthquake in Vigan City, Ilocos Sur. (Vigan City Cultural Affairs and Tourism Office) CEBU CITY – Lapu-Lapu City and Cebu City will send aid to the quake-hit Ilocos region. Cebu City Mayor Michael Rama said they will check their calamity fund and will conduct...
CEBU CITY – Police arrested 12 persons and seized suspected shabu valued at P68,000 in a drug den raid in Barangay Tisa here Wednesday, July 27. The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency-Central Visayas (PDEA 7) arrested Arnel Pacaña, a 49-year-old aircon technician and the alleged maintainer of...
CEBU CITY – Thousands of residents in the fourth and fifth districts of Cebu received free eyeglasses and wheelchairs during a two-day charity drive over the weekend. A NUN is one of the beneficiaries of the free eye checkup of Semi Di Speranza which held a humanitarian mission over the weekend...
A FIRE hit a residential area in Sitio Kalubihan, Barangay Guadalupe, Cebu City Sunday, July 24. (CCFO FB) CEBU CITY – This city recorded 114 fire incidents with damage to property reaching P441 million from January to June this year. The Cebu City Fire Office (CCFO) advised the public to be...
RAMA (FB photo) CEBU CITY – The mayor of this city, Michael Rama, has been elected president of the League of Cities of the Philippines (LCP). Ninety-five member city mayors signed a petition endorsing Rama and 55 others to comprise the new elective board members and appointive officers of the...
