CEBU CITY – A police officer is facing criminal charges for allegedly assaulting members of a contingent that participated in the Pasigarbo sa Sugbo festival last Sunday, August 26, at the Cebu City Sports Center. The suspect with the rank of police corporal was detained at the Guadalupe Police...
CEBU CITY – Intermittent downpour did not dampen the spirits of over 10,000 performers from 51 contingents who took part in the Pasigarbo sa Sugbo 2024 on Sunday, August 25, at the Cebu City Sports Center (CCSC) here. SHOWCASING their light-emitting diode (LED)-decorated props and costumes, the...
CEBU CITY – A materials recovery facility (MRF) in Barangay Binaliw here vowed to continue its transformation strategy with a strong focus on maximizing resource recovery. Prime Integrated Waste Solutions Inc. took over the facility in 2022 and has since then implemented significant improvements...
CEBU CITY – Close to 2,000 security personnel will be deployed for the Pasigarbo sa Sugbo festival on Sunday, August 25, at the Cebu City Sports Center (CCSC). CONTESTANTS of the Pasigarbo sa Sugbo Festival Queen are introduced to the public in a mall in Cebu City on Wednesday, August 21. The...
CEBU CITY — Charges have been filed against three men for their alleged involvement in the robbery of two jewelry stores here last August 18. Charges for robbery in band were filed against Marcial Pacol Ponesto, 31, a certain Gab, and a non-commissioned police officer, who was the alleged owner...
CEBU CITY – Two persons were killed and another was wounded in three separate shooting incidents rocked this city in a span of seven hours. The first shooting incident happened at 7:50 p.m. on Monday night, August 19, in Sitio Santo Niño, Barangay Poblacion Pardo where a man died on the spot....
CEBU CITY — A Cebu-based company has cried foul over a government order that would affect the distribution of its widely used fertilizer. ENGR. Grecilda Sanchez shows a public advisory released by the Fertilizer and Pesticide Authority that may affect the distribution of a biofertilizer that is...
CEBU CITY – Forty families were left homeless in a fire in Barangay Labangon here on Saturday morning, August 17. A FIRE hits Barangay Labangon, Cebu City on Saturday morning, August 17. (Contributed photo) The fire destroyed 28 houses and damaged two others. The fire started at 6:35 p.m....
CEBU CITY – Human rights lawyer Chel Diokno and former senators Bam Aquino and Francis Pangilinan on Friday, August 16, launched their senatorial bids here, nine months before midterm elections next year. LAWYER Chel Diokno (seated left) and former Senators Bam Aquino and Francis Pangilinan,...
CEBU CITY – A mother and son were arrested for allegedly selling illegal drugs in Barangay Buhisan here. Scifi Castaño, 29, and his 47-year-old mother Jade were nabbed in a buy-bust operation conducted by agents of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency-Central Visayas on Thursday night, August...
CEBU CITY — A former barangay tanod or watchman was arrested after he was identified as the alleged lookout in the robbery of two jewelry shops in Barangay Ermita here last week. MICHAEL Puno is arrested for alleged possession of illegal drugs and an unlicensed firearm in Barangay Apas, Cebu City...
CEBU CITY – The National Bureau of Investigation-Central Visayas (NBI-7) arrested a 29-year-old man for allegedly selling falsified government documents here on Monday, August 12. A 29-year-old man (center) was arrested for allegedly selling falsified government documents in a buy-bust operation...
