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...
CEBU CITY – A policeman was stabbed and wounded by a drunk man and retaliated by fatally shooting his attacker at dawn Wednesday, April 8, in Barangay Day-as here. Police Master Sgt. Celso Gonzales Rivera Jr., an operative of the Cebu Provincial Police Office (CPPO), was wounded in the chest. The...
CEBU CITY – A construction worker was found dead in a man-made lagoon inside a golf club here on Tuesday night, April 7. Police identified the victim as Ryan Ardina Jermino, 27, of Barangay Guba, Cebu City. Police said Jermino was one of the workers of Netforce International contracted to...
CEBU CITY – A major educational institution here will not implement a tuition increase for the upcoming school year. The University of Cebu (UC) on Tuesday, April 7, announced that there will be no tuition increase for the school year 2026-2027 amid the global cost pressures caused by the ongoing...
CEBU CITY – A stronger relationship with the management and upholding the welfare of workers will be prioritized. The rank-and-file workers and supervisors’ unions of the Oriental Port and Allied Services Corp. (Opascor) assured this after they successfully disaffiliated from one of the biggest...
CEBU CITY – To address the increasing cases of road crashes, authorities here have intensified the campaign against anti-drunk and drugged driving. To effectively enforce traffic laws, particularly Republic Act 10586 or the Anti-Drunk and Drugged Driving Act of 2013, policemen will visit night...
CEBU CITY – A 42-year-old man died while his companion was wounded when a security guard went on a shooting spree in Barangay Calamba here on Friday morning, March 27. Vicente Gemuta suffered three bullet wounds in the head and body. He was declared dead at the Cebu City Medical Center. The...
