TACLOBAN CITY -- The second-in-command of the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People's Army Eastern Visayas Regional Party Committee (EVRPC) was arrested in a joint inter-agency operation by the 8th Infantry Division and the Philippine National Police on Tuesday, April 8, in Consolacion,...
CEBU CITY – The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency arrested seven persons in a drug den raid in Barangay Labangon here on Monday afternoon, April 8. SEVEN persons (seated) were arrested in an anti-illegal drug operation in Barangay Labangon, Cebu City on Monday afternoon, April 8. (PDEA-7)...
The crippling blackouts that plunged Panay island into a state of distress in the initial days of the New Year has less chance of recurrence because of the completion of the 230-kilovolt (kV) Cebu-Negros-Panay (CNP) project of the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines. That has been the...
CEBU CITY – Close to 200 families were rendered homeless in a fire that hit a highly populated area in Barangay Sambag 2 here on Monday afternoon, April 8. A FIRE hits Barangay Sambag 2, Cebu City on Monday afternoon, April 8. (Screenshot from Facebook live of Win Rañada Ramos) The fire...
CEBU CITY – A four-year-old boy died after he allegedly fell from the 27th floor of a condominium building in Barangay Lahug here on Monday morning, April 8. According to Police Major Romeo Caacoy Jr., chief of the Mabolo Police Station, the boy landed on a canopy on the third floor of the...
CEBU CITY – Mayor Michael Rama here has issued an executive order adjusting class hours instead of suspending classes due to extreme heat. MAYOR Michael Rama has issued an executive order directing public schools in Cebu City to implement modified school hours due to extreme heat. Mayor...
CEBU CITY – A forest fire broke out in Oslob town, southern Cebu on Saturday night, April 6. FIREMEN put out a forest fire that broke out in Oslob town, southern Cebu on Saturday night, April 6. (Oslob DRRMO) Firefighters took several hours to put out the fire that hit the mountains of...
Accor Vice President for Development Chris Cho, C9 Hotelworks Managing Director Bill Barnett, Tytans Properties Development Chairman Gerard Tan, Tytans Properties Development Board Member Congresswoman Daphne A. Lagon, Tytans Properties Development President Congressman Sonny Lagon, Accor Chief...
CEBU CITY – Classes in public schools in the province of Cebu have been suspended due to the extreme heat. Emphasizing that the extreme heat is risky for students, Gov. Gwen Garcia on Friday, April 5, issued a memorandum ordering mayors and the Department of Education to suspend classes. “Due...
CEBU CITY – The chief of police in Tudela town, Camotes Island, Cebu is in danger of losing his post after a person under police custody (PUPC) was able to escape on Tuesday, April 2. Although the inmate was immediately recaptured, an administrative investigation will still be conducted to...
CEBU CITY – The robbery incident where the suspects and the victim were all Koreans was an isolated case, police said. Police Major Romeo Caacoy, chief of the Mabolo Police Station, said that while they are still investigating the background of the three suspects, they believed that there is no...
CEBU CITY – A Korean died and his compatriots were arrested after they allegedly shot it out with policemen who responded to a robbery alarm in a posh subdivision in Barangay Banilad here on Tuesday night, April 2. Police identified the fatality as Sun Yong Choi, 47. Arrested were Yong Hee Kim,...
