CEBU CITY – Ten persons were arrested and two minors were rescued in two suspected drug dens raided by the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency-Central Visayas here on Wednesday, Jan. 7. One of the suspected drug dens was discovered in Barangay Sambag 1 where the two minors were rescued. Arrested...
CEBU CITY – Several persons were rescued in a landslide that hit a landfill in Barangay Binaliw here on Thursday afternoon, Jan. 8. Nine persons were rescued and taken to the hospital as of 7 p.m. The landfill was operated by private company Prime Water Solution Inc. City Councilor Joel Garganera...
CEBU CITY – Security forces are all set for the upcoming 641st Fiesta Señor and Sinulog Grand Parade. More than 6,500 personnel for various law enforcement agencies – the Philippine National Police, Armed Forces of the Philippines, Philippine Navy, Philippine Air Force, Philippine Coast Guard,...
CEBU CITY – This city has been placed on heightened alert as the Sinulog 2026 is just two weeks away. Cebu City Councilor Dave Tumulak, chairman of the executive committee of the Sinulog Foundation Inc., said the city is on blue alert status, which means government agencies are on heightened...
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...
