A Cebu City judge convicted a Chinese national of two criminal cases involving the distribution and sale of counterfeit cigarettes. The accused, Sunxu Zhou, was found guilty for violating Sections 155 and 155.1 (Trademark Infringement) of the Intellectual Property Code of the Philippines or...
CEBU CITY – The first day of the Bar examinations here on Sunday, September 8, was peaceful, police said. Police Major Jiceree Basitao, chief of the Inayawan Police Station, said no major incidents were reported during the examination at the University of San Jose-Recoletos (USJ-R) Basak Campus...
CEBU CITY – The City Health Department has recommended the declaration of a state of public health emergency here due to increasing dengue cases. Dr. Daisy Villa, who made the recommendation to acting Mayor Raymond Garcia, said that the declaration will help combat rising cases. She said the...
CEBU CITY – A teacher in a public school here is in hot water after he allegedly made sexual favors and bit his two male students. BASAK Pardo, Cebu City Barangay Captain Dave Tumulak talks to the parents of two students who accused a public school teacher of abusing them. (Photo via Calvin...
The Marco Polo Parkplace facade with a panoramic view If you’re still dreaming of owning a unit in Marco Polo Residences Cebu, you’re in luck with the unveiling of Marco Polo Parkplace. As the latest installment in the Marco Polo Residences development, the fifth tower has an additional 168...
CEBU CITY—A foundation based in this city has come to the rescue of a sickly 47-year-old man from Catbalogan City, Samar who found himself in legal trouble after engaging in vlogging. EMERGENCY responders carry Selver Sapetin to an ambulance that transported him to Bacoor City, Cavite to face a...
CEBU CITY – Two persons died and nine others were injured in two landslides during a heavy downpour here on Sunday, September 1. A HOUSE is badly damaged after a riprap collapsed in Barangay San Jose, Cebu City at dawn on Sunday, September 1. (Calvin D. Cordova) The first landslide happened...
Some 400 Senior High School students in Cebu City attended non-profit organization Go Negosyo’s entrepreneurship training program, which aims to promote entrepreneurial mindset and financial literacy among the Filipino youth. More than 400 Senior High School Students from Abellana National School...
CEBU CITY – A string of charges have been filed against local personality Jude Bacalso over an incident where she confronted a waiter for calling her “Sir” and allegedly forced him to stand in front of her for almost two hours. BACALSO Charges of unjust vexation, grave scandal, grave...
CEBU CITY – The Department of Health-Central Visayas (DOH-7) said that there are no confirmed cases of mpox in this city. AN MPOX victim from Congo. (AP) However, Dr. Eugenia Mercedes Cañal, regional epidemiologist of DOH-7, said suspected cases in this city are being monitored, following a...
CEBU CITY — An infectious disease center will soon rise within the government-owned Vicente Sotto Memorial Medical Center (VSMMC) here. SEN. Ramon ‘Bong’ Revilla Jr. leads the groundbreaking for the construction of the Regional Infectious Disease and Tropical Medicine Building at the Vicente...
CEBU CITY – Olympic weightlifters Elreen Ann Ando and John Febuar Ceniza received a rousing welcome in their return to their alma mater – the University of Cebu (UC) – here on Thursday, August 29. The school gave Ando and Ceniza a hero’s welcome as well as two other students who...
