CEBU CITY – Militant groups held a protest rally in this city before President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. delivered his State-of-the Nation Address (SONA) on Monday, July 24. During the rally, the protesters gave the President a failing mark in his first year in office. MILITANT groups rally in Cebu...
Cebu Pacific (PSE: CEB), the Philippines’ leading carrier, ranks third among the strongest brands in the Philippines for 2023, and one of the country’s most valuable brands overall, according to a study by a London-based brand valuation consultancy firm. CEB received a Brand Strength Index...
CEBU CITY – A 21-year-old e-bike driver was arrested in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Ermita, Cebu City on Saturday afternoon, July 22. (https://images.mb.com.ph/production/mb-mkt-neo-prod-1-uploads/CEBU_DRUG_SUSPECT_eb742ee57c/CEBU_DRUG_SUSPECT_eb742ee57c.jfif) RODULF Cabigon Aguilar is...
CEBU CITY – Motorcycles will have to use the right most lane when traversing the South Coast Road (SCR) here starting next week. The move is part of the measures to reduce vehicular accidents in the area, said Councilor Joel Garganera. GARGANERA Garganera had filed a resolution asking the Cebu...
CEBU CITY – A nurse was arrested for posing as a policeman in Mandaue City, Cebu on Thursday afternoon, July 20. (https://images.mb.com.ph/production/mb-mkt-neo-prod-1-uploads/TAC_AN_beb6f1ff51/TAC_AN_beb6f1ff51.jfif) GABRIEL Santino Tac-an, a resident of Barangay Hipodromo, Cebu City, was in...
CEBU CITY – Police here are zeroing in on several leads in their efforts to identify the person or persons responsible for the gruesome killing of a 19-year-old woman from Panabo City, Davao del Norte. TOCMO To avoid hampering the investigation, Police Col. Ireneo Dalogdog, chief of the Cebu City...
CEBU CITY – Police arrested a 33-year-old man and seized suspected shabu worth P7.5 million in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Sawang Calero here on Wednesday, July 19. Police Col. Ireneo Dalogdog, chief of the Cebu City Police Office, said that aside from being a high-value individual, the...
CEBU CITY – The pain is unbearable. This was how Rochie Tocmo Poblacion described what she and her family are going through after her younger sister Rhea Mae Tocmo was brutally killed by still unknown perpetrators. RHEA Mae Tocmo (FB) Rochie broke down several times when she arrived at a funeral...
CEBU CITY – The continuous rains in the past few days have caused landslides in several areas here. At least eight landslides have been recorded by the Cebu City Disaster Risk Reduction Management Office from Tuesday, July 18, to Wednesday, July 19, said Ramil Ayuman, assistant for special...
CEBU CITY – Police on Tuesday, July 18, identified the woman whose body was stuffed in a box and dumped by the road in Barangay Tisa here on Monday, July 17. Police Major Angelito Valleser, chief of the Labangon Police Station, said the victim was identified as 19-year-old Rhea Mae Tocmo, a native...
CEBU CITY – The body of a woman was found stuffed in a box that was dumped by the road in Barangay Tisa here on Monday afternoon, July 17. (https://images.mb.com.ph/production/mb-mkt-neo-prod-1-uploads/SALVAGE_VICTIM_694d8c5f72/SALVAGE_VICTIM_694d8c5f72.jfif) A SCENE-of-the-Crime Operative...
CEBU CITY – A private company has expressed interest in building a bridge that will connect the provinces of Bohol and Cebu. (https://images.mb.com.ph/production/mb-mkt-neo-prod-1-uploads/BOHOL_BRIDGE_d154457bcb/BOHOL_BRIDGE_d154457bcb.jfif) BOHOL Gov. Aris Aumentado (right) and representatives...