CEBU CITY–A laborer died when a metal pipe fell on him at a construction site in Barangay Zapatera here on Tuesday morning, June 10. Police identified the fatality as Julito Bacus Gerada Jr., 26, a resident of Barangay Biga, Toledo City. Gerada was one of the laborers working at two condominium...
CEBU CITY — For several weeks, law enforcers worked on a tip that an individual was allegedly peddling illegal drugs. Operatives of Station 6 of the Cebu City Police Office were shocked when the information turned out to be accurate as the person involved was a 16-year-old boy. After confirming...
CEBU CITY – Two men died in a collision between their motorcycles in Barangay Tejero here on Friday morning, June 6. Police identified the victims as Bugsy Nadal Quilestino, 18, and Alvin Gargar Dilao, 35. The incident at 8:30 a.m. was captured by a closed-circuit television footage. A private...
CEBU CITY – This city will host Central Visayas’ premier construction trade show, Philconstruct Visayas, from June 19 to 21 at the Waterfront Cebu City Hotel and Casino. Organized by the Philippine Constructors Association (PCA) in partnership with the Cebu Contractors Association (CCA) and...
CEBU CITY — More than P500-million worth of illegal drugs went up in smoke in another destruction ceremony conducted here on Thursday, June 5. Spearheaded by the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency-Central Visayas (PDEA-7) and the Police Regional Office-Central Visayas (PRO-7), the destruction,...
CEBU CITY – What was feared to be a case of kidnapping involving a Korean turned out to be a meetup gone wrong. Personnel at the Abellana Police Station 2 of the Cebu City Police Office were alarmed when a group of Koreans sought assistance after one of their compatriots was allegedly kidnapped....
CEBU CITY – Six suspected cases of monkeypox are being monitored in Central Visayas. The Department of Health-Central Visayas (DOH-7) on Monday, June 2, said three cases are in Cebu City, one in Mandaue City, one in Talisay City, and one in Lapu-Lapu City. DOH-7 Director Joshua Brillantes...
CEBU CITY – A Cebuano vlogger was arrested anew for allegedly violating a law that protects women from domestic abuse. Ronie Suan, 25, popularly known as “Boy Tapang” and a resident of Barangay Daan Lungsod, Alcoy town, Cebu province, surrendered to the Cebu City Police Office (CCPO) at noon...
CEBU CITY – A 31-year-old man died after the motorcycle he was driving collided with a pickup truck on a flyover here before dawn on Saturday, May 31. Police identified the victim as Daryl Curiba, 31. Curiba was taken to a hospital where he was declared dead from severe head and body injuries....
CEBU CITY – At least 25 firearms were seized in line with the intensified campaign against loose firearms here this month. Police Lt. Col. Maria Theresa Macatangay, deputy city director for operations of the Cebu City Police Office, said these weapons were confiscated during the serving of...
CEBU CITY – Despite numerous challenges, the country’s contact center sector, along with the entire information technology and business process management (IT-BPM) industry, is poised to hit the ambitious $49-billion annual revenue goal by 2028. Haidee Enriquez, president of the Contact Center...
CEBU CITY – Move on. Cebu City Mayor-elect Nestor Archival gave this piece of advice to defeated mayoral candidate Michael Rama, who filed a protest to contest the results of the recent midterm elections. Archival shrugged off the election protest filed by Rama before the Commission on Elections...
