CEBU CITY – Several local government units in Metro Cebu have suspended face-to-face classes due to extreme heat. Talisay City Mayor Samsam Gullas suspended classes on all levels in public schools until April 14. Private schools were given the discretion to suspend in-person classes. A WOMAN uses...
CEBU CITY – A slight increase in fire incidents was recorded in this year’s observance of Fire Prevention Month here last March. According to the Cebu City Fire Station, a total of 39 fire incidents were recorded in this city last month. There were 33 fire incidents here in March last year....
CEBU CITY – Mountain barangays in this city severely affected by the El Niño phenomenon have been placed under a state of calamity. CEBU City government personnel conducts water rationing in an upland barangay due to lack of water caused by the El Niño phenomenon. (Councilor Joel...
CEBU CITY – Police are hunting a man who shot a private tutor during a robbery inside a public utility jeepney (PUJ) here on Wednesday night, March 27. The Cebu City Police Office (CCPO) assured that its personnel will not stop until the perpetrator is arrested. The victim, Jenelita Salvador, 26,...
CEBU CITY – The Land Transportation Office-Central Visayas (LTO-7) noted a decrease in apprehensions in this year’s “Oplan Biyaheng Ayos: Semana Santa and Summer Vacation 2024.” AN agent of the Land Transportation Office-Central Visayas inspects the tires of a passenger bus at the Cebu...
CEBU CITY – The National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA) has stepped into the controversial issue involving the construction of a bus station for the Cebu Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) project here. The NCCA has sent a letter to the Department of Transportation (DOTr) seeking the stoppage of...
CEBU CITY – No untoward incidents were reported on Maundy Thursday as police visibility was increased in major churches, ports and terminals here. POLICE Col. Noel Flores (left), deputy regional director for operations of the Police Regional Office-Central Visayas, and Cebu City Police Office...
CEBU CITY – An alleged unlicensed gun maker was arrested by the police in a raid in Danao City, northern Cebu at dawn on Tuesday, March 26. Raided was the house of the 39-year-old suspect based on a search warrant issued by Judge Maria Josefa C. Pinza-Ramos of the Regional Trial Court Branch 90...
CEBU CITY – Two men who allegedly worked for a known drug personality were arrested in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Bulacao here on Tuesday night, March 26. The suspects who were considered as high-value individuals were identified as Joevanie Padigos dela Cerna, 46, and Franco Cortes...
ALEGRIA, Cebu – The Philippine Red Cross has turned over 71 solar-powered houses to victims of typhoon "Odette" in this town. RED Cross Chairman Richard J. Gordon (fourth from left) spearheads the inauguration of 71 solar-powered houses to 'Odette' victims in Alegria, Cebu. PRC Chairman and...
The four panels that were allegedly stolen from the pulpit of Boljoon Church (National Museum of the Philippines’ Facebook) Cebu 2nd district Rep. Edsel Galeos has filed a resolution urging the National Commission for Culture and Arts (NCCA) and...
CEBU CITY – A 63-year-old man fatally shot his 28-year-old son during an argument in their house in Barangay Lahug here on Monday night, March 25. Eugenio Caballes is facing a parricide case after killing his son Kenn, said Police Major Romeo Caacoy Jr., chief of the Mabolo Police Station....
