CEBU CITY – Vice Mayor Raymond Garcia on Monday, May 13, formally took over as acting mayor of this city following the six-month suspension of Mayor Michael Rama. VICE Mayor Raymond Garcia (right) meets department heads after officially becoming acting mayor of Cebu City on Monday, May 13,...
CEBU CITY – The Office of the Ombudsman has suspended Mayor Michael Rama here and seven City Hall officials for six months. Rama’s suspension stemmed from a case filed by city government workers who complained that they were not paid for at least 10 months. Also suspended were City...
The Office of the Ombudsman (OMB) has ordered a six-month preventive suspension of Cebu City Mayor Michael L. Rama and seven other local officials for their involvement in the non-payment of salaries of four city employees since July 2023. Also oOrdered suspended without pay were City Administrator...
CEBU CITY – The driver of the vehicle that figured in a fatal hit-and-run here was finally arrested more than two months after the tragic incident. Operatives of the Abellana Police Station arrested Aaron Karl Tan past 2 p.m. on Monday, May 6. Police identified Tan as the driver of the Mazda CX7...
CEBU CITY – Police here are targeting a zero crime rate during this city’s hosting of the Central Visayas Regional Athletic Association (CVIRAA) Meet starting on Saturday, May 4. THE newly renovated swimming pool will be one of the venues of the Central Visayas Regional Athletic Association...
CEBU CITY – Five persons, including a private school teacher, were arrested in buy-bust operations here. Arrested in Barangay Babag 2 on Thursday night, April 25, were Rey Mark Rabasano, 23, and his live-in partner, Maribel Arcilla, 31, a private school teacher. The operation was...
CEBU CITY – A 29-year-old policeman is facing administrative and criminal charges after he allegedly assaulted his fellow police officer after a drinking session in Barangay Sambag 1 here on Wednesday night, April 24. If proven guilty, Police Patrolman Louie Sequito, a native of Iloilo City, may...
CEBU CITY – The Visayan Electric Co. has called on its industrial customers to enroll in its Interruptible Load Program (ILP) to cushion the impact of possible power shortages. ILP is a voluntary, demand-side management program where business customers of a distribution utility with loads of at...
CEBU CITY – The Land Transportation Office-Central Visayas (LTO-7) opened its new licensing office in this city on Tuesday, April 23. ASSISTANT Secretary Vigor Mendoza (second from left), chief of the Land Transportation Office, attends the blessing of the new licensing office of the...
CEBU CITY – A distraught man was arrested after he held his family hostage on Monday morning, April 22, in Barangay Tisa here. Police said the 42-year-old suspect was armed with an aluminum pipe when he took his 39-year-old wife and their two children, aged 11 and six, hostage inside their house....
CEBU CITY – A disc jockey of a nightclub was shot dead by an unidentified assailant in Barangay Cogon-Ramos here on Saturday, April 20. A DISC jockey of a nightclub is sprawled on the ground after he was shot by an unidentified gunman on Gen. Maxilom Ave. in Cebu City on Saturday, April 20....
CEBU CITY – This city will host the Contact Islands 2024 conference where key leaders and representatives from contact center and business process sector firms, local and national government, the academe, thought leaders, and customer experience officers will discuss the influence of artificial...
