CEBU CITY – The Office of the Presidential Assistant for the Visayas (OPAV) marked Independence Day with a feeding activity in Barangay Carreta here as it gears up for a bigger outreach program next month in Region 6 (Western Visayas). UNDERSECRETARY Terence Calatrava of the Office of the...
CEBU CITY – With the continuing threat of cyber attacks, the country needs to have more cybersecurity professionals. The country’s lack of cybersecurity professionals has to be addressed as electronic information security has become a national threat, a senior economic growth specialist of the...
CEBU CITY – Poland’s first visa application center outside Manila opened here on Thursday, June 1. TOMASZ Danel (center), vice consul of the Poland Embassy in Manila, leads the opening of the Polish visa application center in Cebu City on Thursday, June 1. (Calvin D. Cordova) Tomasz Danel, Vice...
CEBU CITY – The city government of Cebu has created an office regulating the operation of motorcycle taxis locally known as “habal-habal.” CEBU City Mayor Michael Rama (right) and Vice President Sara Duterte on their way to grand launching of Pier 88 in Cebu. (FB) Mayor Michael Rama issued...
CEBU CITY—The Land Transportation Office-Central Visayas (LTO-7) is investigating an alleged reckless driving committed by a personnel of a radio station here. A SUBPOENA has been issued by the Land Transportation Office-Central Visayas (LTO-7) to the driver of a Cebu City-based local radio...
CEBU CITY – The Cebu Port Authority (CPA) has taken the necessary precautions to cushion the impact of the possible entry of super typhoon “Mawar.” AS super typhoon ‘Mawar’ is poised to enter the Philippine Area of Responsibility within the next few hours, several passengers on Friday, May...
CEBU CITY – The chief of the Cebu City Police Office (CCPO) assured that the alleged abuses committed by some of its personnel will be investigated “with utmost diligence and impartiality.” Police Col. Ireneo Dalogdog said the CCPO has already initiated an internal investigation against the...
CEBU CITY – Five police officers here are facing criminal charges after they allegedly abducted and tortured a woman whom they suspected of being involved in illegal drug activities. The National Bureau Investigation-Central Visayas (NBI-7) filed the charges before the Office of the Ombudsman...
CEBU CITY – At least 13 passengers were injured when a fast craft ferry collided with a cargo vessel at the Mactan Channel in Mandaue City on Sunday afternoon, May 21. M/V Saint Jhudiel is damaged after it collided with a cargo vessel at the Mactan Channel in Cebu on Sunday afternoon, May 21....
CEBU CITY – The United States is funding the construction of a new fuel depot at the Mactan-Benito Ebuen Air Base (M-BEAB) in Lapu-Lapu City as part of the Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement (EDCA) between the Philippines and the US. US Ambassador to the Philippines MaryKay Carlson said the US...
CEBU CITY – The Cebu City Police Office (CCPO) assured that the peace and order situation here is still manageable amid a series of street robberies. CCPO chief Police Col. Ireneo Dalogdog said petty crimes are expected to shoot up now that outdoor activities are back to normal. “Our crime rate...
CEBU CITY – A 30-year-old man died after he allegedly rammed the motorcycle he was driving into a multicab in Barangay Camputhaw here on Tuesday morning, May 16. THE body of a 30-year-old man is slumped on the ground after the motorcycle he was driving rammed into a multicab in Barangay Camputhaw,...