CEBU CITY – An office allegedly used for cyber scams here was found abandoned when authorities arrived to enforce a closure order on Tuesday, May 20. Personnel of the Business Permit and Licensing Office enforced the closure order against BMJ Data Processing Services. The office in Barangay...
CEBU CITY – With a new mayor set to lead this city, a burning question immediately popped up. Where will next year’s Sinulog Festival be held? Mayor-elect Nestor Archival on Tuesday, May 20, settled the issue once and for all, announcing that the 2026 Sinulog will be held at its traditional...
CEBU CITY – Despite the arrest of 17 Taiwanese nationals, outgoing Mayor Raymond Garcia assured that this city remains free from Philippine Offshore Gaming Operator (POGO) activities. Garcia issued the assurance following their arrest for allegedly running a romance scam inside the subdivision...
CEBU CITY – The National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) has arrested a group of Taiwanese for their alleged involvement in scamming activities. The suspects, 16 males and one female, were arrested in their makeshift office in a subdivision here on Thursday, May 15. Six of them have standing...
CEBU CITY – The losing mayoral candidates from three highly urbanized cities in Metro Cebu are not yet giving up their respective fights. RADAZA (FB) Former Lapu-Lapu Mayor Paz Radaza has filed a petition for disqualification before the Commission on Elections (Comelec) against couple Junard and...
CEBU CITY – Nine foreigners and two Filipinos were arrested after they were caught carrying bags filled with cash amounting to close to P500 million at the Mactan-Cebu International Airport (MCIA). BUNDLES of cash stuffed in seven luggages were recovered from nine foreigners and two Filipinos at...
CEBU CITY – The camp of two Cebu-based business process outsourcing (BPO) executives has appealed to the government to help bring them home after they were arrested in the United States (US) for their alleged involvement in a multi-million dollar fraud. Lawyer Oliver Baclay maintained that Mike...
CEBU CITY – Two candidates coming from different parties vying for the top two government posts here emerged as the frontrunners in the midterm elections, according to a survey. The latest Voters’ Preference and Perspectives Survey conducted by the University of San Carlos Department of...
A look at the ₱20-per-kilo rice in Cebu City (DA photo) Department of Agriculture (DA) Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel spearheaded the launch of the agency’s ₱20-per-kilo rice program in Cebu City on Thursday, May 1, describing it as the fulfillment of President Marcos’...
CEBU CITY – One of the biggest real estate industry groups in the country welcomed the government’s decision to shelve a proposed increase in capital gains, donor’s, and estate taxes, following stronger-than-expected government revenues in the first quarter of this year. REAL estate industry...
CEBU CITY – Illegal drugs worth P77.5 million were seized in the first 100 days of Cebu City Police Office (CCPO) chief Police Col. Enrico Figueroa. Dismantling criminal activities in the city per instruction of Police Brig. Gen. Redrico Maranan, chief of the Police Regional Office-Central...
With nearly 90 percent units sold, One Manresa Place signals high investor confidence in Cebu Landmaster’s Manresa Town in CDO. In its latest Investors and Analysts briefing, leading developer Cebu Landmasters, Inc. (CLI) reported a 2024 consolidated revenue of P19.5 billion, a 4 percent growth...
