CEBU CITY – Stricter rules will be enforced in next year’s Sinulog, one of the country’s grandest cultural festivals. The Sinulog Foundation Inc. (SFI) said that unlike in previous editions in which the festival lasted until the wee hours of the night, the Sinulog 2026 is being targeted to...
CEBU CITY – Close to P10-million worth of suspected shabu was seized from two individuals, including a 15-year-old boy, in separate anti-illegal drug operations on Sunday, Dec. 28. Police said the boy yielded 180 grams of shabu worth P1.2 million when he was rescued by operatives of the Mambaling...
CEBU CITY – Two men died in a gun attack that marred Christmas Day in Barangay Sawang Calero here. Melber Alicabo, 40, and his half-brother, 36-year-old Romel Fernandez, were shot one after another by their neighbors on Thursday morning. Merlinda Fernandez, Romel 's mother, told police that...
CEBU CITY – With Christmas Day just around the corner, authorities here are making sure that regulations on the selling of firecrackers are being observed. Officials from the Cebu City Police Office (CCPO), Regional Civil Security Unit, and Bureau of Fire Protection on Friday, Dec. 19, conducted...
CEBU CITY – There was no report of any untoward incident at the start of 'Misa de Gallo ' here on Tuesday, Dec. 16, police said. Police Lt. Col. Jose Losbaños, information officer of the Cebu City Police Office (CCPO), said the start of the nine-day masses was generally peaceful....
CEBU CITY – A 24-year-old man brutally killed his ex-girlfriend in a fit of jealousy inside a house in Barangay Carreta here at dawn Thursday, Dec. 11. Police said Christian Labarez bashed her girlfriend’s head with a hammer before stabbing her. The victim was identified as Percy Paculaba, 24....
CEBU CITY – Several vehicles were impounded by the Regional Highway Patrol Unit-Central Visayas (RHPU-7) during a road inspection as part of an intensified anti-carnapping campaign on Tuesday, Dec. 9. Headed by Police Lt. Col. Wildemar Tiu, the RHPU-7 conducted a checkpoint at North Reclamation...
CEBU CITY – A 36-year-old man believed to be high on illegal drugs was arrested for assaulting his father inside their house in Barangay Inayawan here on Monday afternoon, Dec. 8. Police identified the suspect as Ritchie Navarro Avenido. Avenido asked for money from his father, Constantino Aduyon...
CEBU CITY – Thomas Markle, the father of Meghan Markle, Duchess of Sussex, underwent leg amputation below the knee in what was described as a life-saving operation in a hospital here. A report by Daily Mail stated that Thomas Jr., son of the 81-year-old retired Hollywood lighting director,...
CEBU CITY – An Indian national was arrested for allegedly selling a substance used as an ingredient to make illegal drugs. Lalith Chellaram Sangwani, 42, was arrested after 24 bottles believed to contain opium were found in his mini-mart during a raid conducted by the Drug Enforcement Group of...
CEBU CITY – Police here are gearing up for the start of Misa de Gallo on Dec. 16. Police Col. George Ylanan, chief of the Cebu City Police Office (CCPO), said a security plan has been laid out to ensure that the conduct of dawn Masses will be peaceful. Ylanan said the CCPO has coordinated with...
CEBU CITY – Thousands showed up for the anti-corruption rally here on Sunday, Nov. 30. The prayer rally was held peacefully with zero reported incidents during the event. “We had zero incidents. No untoward incident, not even a single case of theft and eight focus crimes happened within the...
