CEBU CITY – An elderly woman who had just been released from jail was arrested in a buy-bust operation inside a drug den here Wednesday, July 20. Agents of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency-Central Visayas (PDEA Region 7) arrested the suspect, Violeta Morales, 61, in a drug den she allegedly...
CEBU CITY – The Cebu City Fire Office (CCFO) conducted a simulation exercise to test the skills of an emergency response team in an upscale mall at IT Park in Barangay Lahug here Thursday, July 21. The ERT had to contend with a fire that broke out in the mall resulting into a commotion. The ERT...
CEBU CITY – A 26-year-old woman was arrested after she was allegedly caught selling falsified tax identification (TIN) cards in Barangay Bulacao here Tuesday, July 12. Lordelyn Caballero was cornered in an entrapment operation conducted by agents of the National Bureau of Investigation-Central...
CEBU CITY — There are no authorized tour packages that would bring individuals to the Cordova-Cebu Link Expressway (CCLEX) for photo opportunities. CCLEX FB Photo This was clarified by Allan Alfon, president and general manager of the Cebu-Cordova Link Expressway Corp., after social media ...
CEBU CITY — Seven children, including a one-year-old baby, were rescued from an alleged cybersex den in Barangay Luz, Cebu City Wednesday afternoon, July 13. Operatives of the Women and Children Protection Center-Visayas Field Unit (WCPC-Visayas) arrested the alleged mastermind of the...
CEBU CITY – Police here have said that the low dismissal rate proves that cases filed against arrested illegal drug suspects are airtight. Police Lt. Col. Maria Theresa Macatangay, spokesperson of the Cebu City Police Office (CCPO), said the dismissal rate of illegal drug cases has been low in...
DANCING inmates from the Cebu Provincial Detention and Rehabilitation Center (CPDRC) performing before Cebu Gov. Gwen Garcia during an inspection of the jail facility in 2019. (Juan Carlo de Vela/File) CEBU CITY – The Cebu provincial government is planning to bring back the renowned dancing...
CEBU CITY – This city has deployed additional personnel tasked to monitor the entry of pork shipment in seaports here. Their deployment is part of the continuing efforts to prevent the entry of African Swine Fever (ASF) here, said Dr. Jessica Maribojoc, chief of the local Department of Veterinary...
CEBU CITY – The Cebu City Health Department (CCHD) appealed to parents here Friday, July 8, to bring their children aged 12 to 17 to vaccination sites for COVID-19 booster shots. The CCHD pleaded after the first day of booster shots for 12 to 17-years-old last Thursday, July 7, had a low turnout....
CEBU CITY – Make Cebu City peaceful, corruption-free, and drug-free. This is the goal of retired Police Gen. Debold Sinas who was tapped by Mayor Michael Rama as adviser on peace and order. “I am happy that I was chosen as one of the advisors particularly on public safety. I think that’s one...
CEBU CITY — Former Philippine National Police (PNP) chief Debold Sinas will play a key role in this city’s affairs. In his inaugural flag ceremony Monday, July 4, reelected Mayor Michael Rama announced that Sinas has been tapped as the city’s adviser on peace and order. Rama sees Sinas as an...
Anti-narcotics operatives arrested on Saturday, July 2, four drug suspected drug pushers and dismantled a drug den in a buy-bust operation in Cebu City. The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) said that drug den maintainer Jerecho Bascon, 48; drug den visitors Ronnie M. Rosos, 31; Liandro G....
