CEBU CITY – A nine-month-old baby boy died after he drowned in a pail of water inside their house in Barangay Lorega San Miguel here on Wednesday morning, June 28. EMELINE Cabido points to the area in their house where she found her grandson inside a pail of water on Wednesday morning, June 28....
CEBU CITY – The city government of Cebu terminated five job order (JO) personnel after they tested positive for illegal drug use during a recent surprise drug test. JOB order personnel of the Cebu City Markets Operations Division show up for a surprise drug test at the City Hall. Five workers...
CEBU CITY – At least 13 families were displaced after a landslide hit a barangay here on Monday morning, June 26. SEVERAL houses were destroyed when a landslide hit Barangay Cantipla 2, Cebu City on Monday morning, June 26. (Photo via Ramil Ayuman) According to the city’s Department of Social...
CEBU CITY – Twenty-six children and two adults were hospitalized for suspected food poisoning in a dormitory here on Friday afternoon, June 23. Dr. Ester Concha, chief of the city Department of Social Welfare and Services (DSWS), said the victims fell ill after eating rice and fish for lunch....
CEBU CITY – A 33-year-old mechanic was arrested for spreading the videos of his intimate moments with his supposed ex-girlfriend. JR Villagracia, a native of Guihulngan, Negros Oriental but has been living in Barangay Parian, Cebu City, was arrested in an entrapment operation conducted by...
CEBU CITY – One of the biggest schools here has prohibited its students from bringing "lato-lato" (cracklings) within the campus. LATO-LATO (Juan Carlo de Vela) Nathanael Flores, principal of Abellana National School, issued a memorandum dated June 20 directing teachers “to inform all students...
CEBU CITY – The new chief of the Land Transportation Office-Central Visayas (LTO-7) assumed his post on Tuesday, June 20. OUTGOING LTO-7 Director Victor Caindec with incoming LTO-7 chief Glen Galario. (FB) Glen Galario replaced Victor Emmanuel Caindec, who served as LTO-7 regional director for...
CEBU CITY -- Amid the rumblings at the Metro Cebu Water District (MCWD), one of its Board of Directors confirmed that there was a proposal to privatize the water agency. MCWD Board Member Jodelyn May Seno said in a statement released to the media that a meeting between some MCWD officials and...
Investors in the Cebu economic zones have poured in a total of P275.315 billion, churned out $5.9 billion in annual average exports and provided 232,076 direct employment to Cebuanos to date, Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA) Director General Tereso O. Panga reported. “Our Cebu locators’...
CEBU CITY — Three persons, including two brothers, were arrested in a buy-bust operation in a suspected drug den here on Friday afternoon, June 16. THREE persons were arrested during a buy-bust operation in a suspected drug den in Barangay Punta Princesa, Cebu City on Friday afternoon, June 16....
CEBU CITY – Don’t drive when you are drunk. A PRIVATE vehicle collides with a motorcycle on Escario St., Cebu City on Tuesday, June 13. Police reported that the number of vehicular accidents in Cebu City has increased from January to May this year. (Contributed photo) Police here issued this...
CEBU CITY – The Cebu City Police Office (CCPO) has seized more illegal drugs in the first five months of the year compared to the same period last year behind an intensified anti-criminality campaign. Police Col. Ireneo Dalogdog, chief of CCPO, said that from January to May this year, some 23.45...
