CEBU CITY – Seventy-two drug personalities were arrested in a one-day Simultaneous Anti-Criminality Law Enforcement Operation (SACLEO) in Cebu from 12:01 a.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 13, to 12:01 a.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 14. Lt. Col. Mark Gifter Sucalit, deputy provincial director for operations of the...
The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) said Tuesday, Sept. 13, that it has trained officers of the Bureau of Customs (BOC) – Port of Cebu in water patrol operations to boost their capabilities against at-sea smuggling. Personnel of the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) train officers of the Bureau of...
CEBU CITY -- The mayor of this city welcomed President Marcos Jr.’s Executive Order (EO) allowing the optional use of face masks in open and well-ventilated areas. Mayor Michael Rama said the President’s EO No. 3 put to rest all debates on the issue of optional use of face masks in open areas....
CEBU CITY – Mayor Michael Rama here will fly to Manila to lure in more investors in a move that he described as “investment-begging.”’ The second round of investment begging was announced by Rama during the traditional Monday flag-raising ceremony on Monday, Sept. 12, at the City Hall...
TACLOBAN CITY – As the world mourns the death of Queen Elizabeth II, a 26-year-old tattoo artist paid tribute to the British monarch by tattooing her image on his client’s left leg. RAMIL Roy Feliciano's Queen Elizabeth II tattoo. Ramil Roy Feliciano from Cebu City took six hours to finish the...
CEBU CITY – The Cebu Federation of Beat Journalists (CFBJ) on Sunday, Sept. 11, hosted another round of shooting competition dubbed “Shoot for a Cause” at the Front Sight Gun Club in Barangay Tubod, Minglanilla, Cebu. CEBU Gov. Gwendolyn Garcia (2nd from left) leads the ceremonial shoot of...
CEBU CITY – The Cebu City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (CCDRRMO) said Monday, Sept. 12, that at least 2,000 structures are up for demolition in this city’s massive drive to clear waterways from obstruction. Raquel Arce, CCDRRMO head, said they are just awaiting the go-signal...
Thirty-six passengers of a distressed roll-on/roll-off ship were rescued by the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG in the vicinity waters between Cordova, Cebu and Cabul-an Island in Buenavista, Bohol recently. (Courtesy of Philippine Coast Guard / PCG) An incident report submitted by the Coast Guard...
CEBU CITY – Police seized packs of suspected shabu amounting to at least P2 million from two men in a buy-bust operation in Talisay City, Cebu on Friday, Sept. 9. The suspects were identified as John Ian Amigable, 22, and Jonathan Alas-as, 25. The Talisay City Police Station-Drug Enforcement Unit...
CEBU CITY – Police arrested seven persons in a week-long anti-illegal gambling operation in Cebu. The campaign targeted individuals involved in the illegal numbers game called “swertres.” On Tuesday, Sept. 6, four persons were arrested, including Philip Mapoy Laging, an employee of the Saturn...
CEBU CITY — The Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF) recommendation to make the use of face mask in open areas optional is a reaffirmation of the policies in Cebu province, Gov. Gwendolyn Garcia said on Friday, Sept. 9. GARCIA. (FB) Garcia welcomed the...
CEBU CITY – The provincial government of Cebu has launched a crackdown on structures illegally built in easement zones in four barangays in Bantayan, Cebu. Cebu Gov. Gwendolyn Garcia on Thursday, Sept. 8, issued two separate Executive Orders (EOs) that seek to demolish and stop the construction...
