CEBU CITY – More than P1-million worth of suspected shabu was seized from a drug pusher in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Babag here on Tuesday night, May 5. Joel Plaza, regional director of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency-Central Visayas (PDEA-7), identified the suspect as Darwin, 29....
CEBU CITY – An inmate was beaten up before he was found dead inside his cell at the Cebu City Jail in Barangay Kalunasan here. Dr. Rene Cam, medico legal officer of the National Bureau of Investigation-Central Visayas (NBI), said rape suspect Fernando Prajes bore severe injuries in the...
CEBU CITY – While they are affected by rising fuel costs, workers of Oriental Port and Allied Services Corp. (Opascor) marked Labor Day with a festive celebration on Friday, May 1. Members of the Opascor Workers’ Union (OWU) and the Opascor Supervisory, Technical, and Responsible Alliance Union...
CEBU CITY – A Coast Guard personnel was caught inside a suspected drug den raided by agents of the Philippine Drug Agency-Central Visayas (PDEA-7) in Barangay Mambaling here. The PDEA-7 said Neil, a 27-year-old apprentice seaman of the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG), was one of the two men...
CEBU CITY – More than 6,000 individuals were cited for violating various ordinances since the Cebu City Police Office (CCPO) implemented the Safer Cities Initiative here. Police Col. George Ylanan, chief of CCPO, said 6,656 individuals were caught violating local laws and 1,657 of them were fined...
CEBU CITY – Eight houses were razed and two others were damaged by a fire in Barangay Pahina Central here on Saturday afternoon, April 18. The fire broke out as various areas in the country continue to experience sweltering temperatures. The Cebu City Fire Office (CCFO) said the fire started at...
CEBU CITY – Two men were arrested in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Sambag I here on Thursday afternoon, April 16. Raffy, a 37-year-old food vendor, and Harold, a 28-year-old janitor, were caught possessing 21 packs of suspected shabu worth P3 million when they were cornered by agents of the...
CEBU CITY – An initial complaint has been filed against the driver of the ambulance that figured in a fatal collision on a flyover here on Tuesday, April 14. Police confirmed that ambulance driver Kevin Ryan Gesta, 23, has been charged for reckless imprudence resulting in serious physical injury...
CEBU CITY – Authorities here have expressed alarm over the increasing cases of road accidents. The Cebu City Transportation Office (CCTO) reported that on Tuesday alone, 20 road crashes were recorded, including an incident on the two-lane flyover in Barangay Luz where an engineering student was...
CEBU CITY – Two persons died in motorcycle accidents here. One of the fatalities was a 17-year-old female college student, whose motorcycle was hit by an ambulance on a flyover on Archbishop Reyes Ave. on Tuesday afternoon, April 14. The 18-year-old motorcycle driver, also a college student, was...
CEBU CITY – Close to 1,000 individuals were apprehended in the second day of the implementation of the Safer Cities Initiative here. Police Col. George Ylanan, chief of the Cebu City Police Office (CCPO), said that under the initiative, local ordinances have been strictly enforced for the past...
CEBU CITY – A cease-and-desist order against a controversial hillside development here is not warranted. This was the contain of a resolution approved by the Cebu City Council and defending the Monterrazas de Cebu development from complaints that it has caused massive flooding in surrounding...
