CEBU CITY – Controversy marred the “Pasigarbo sa Sugbo” (Pride of Cebu) festival when technical glitches hampered the performances of the contingents on Sunday night, August 27, at the Carcar Sports Complex in Carcar City, southern Cebu. A CONTINGENT from Consolacion town, northern Cebu...
CEBU CITY – A 17-year-old girl was raped and killed in Barangay Bunga, Toledo City, Cebu. The Police Regional Office-Central Visayas (PRO-7) has ordered the immediate arrest of the killer of Sharmaine Flores, whose body was found in a grassy area past 6 a.m. on Friday, August 25. SHARMAINE Flores...
CEBU CITY – Two more key cities in Metro Cebu have declared Amadeus Fernando Pagente persona non grata. Pagente, better known as Luka Pura Vega, is no longer welcome in the cities of Mandaue and Talisay where separate resolutions have been approved declaring the controversial drag artist an...
CEBU CITY – The Cebu Port Authority (CPA) has announced the completion of a major seaport development project in Daanbantayan town, northern Cebu. THE Reinforced Concrete Deck with Ro-Ro (Roll-on, Roll-off) Ramp at the Port of Maya in Daanbantayan, Cebu will be inaugurated on August 25. (CPA...
CEBU CITY – There is a new tourist destination in the northwestern part of Cebu. With its picturesque 360-view of Tuburan town, the Tuburan 360 is fast becoming a top tourist attraction in the second-class municipality. Tuburan 360 also offers a wide variety of delectable food that visitors can...
CEBU CITY – The coffee industry development program in Tuburan town, Cebu is something that can be replicated nationwide as part of the country’s poverty reduction plan. National Anti-Poverty Commission (NAPC) Secretary Lope Santos III said this after he attended the recent convergence of...
CEBU CITY – Police expressed alarm that minors were used by a suspected drug group in its illegal activities in Balamban town, western Cebu. Lawmen discovered this after they arrested four persons following a shootout on Saturday night, August 19. Police Lt. Col. Glenn Hife, chief of the Balamban...
CEBU CITY – The Cebu Lechon Festival 2023 is underway at Megaworld Mactan Newtown in Lapu-Lapu City, Cebu. ROASTED pig or 'lechon' is the star of the Cebu Lechon Festival 2023 in Lapu-Lapu City, Cebu. (Juan Carlo de Vela) Over 10 skilled “lechoneros” gathered for the three-day annual event...
CEBU CITY — A mother and her son died after the motorcycle they were riding in collided with a passenger bus early Tuesday morning, August 15, in Barili town, Cebu province. A MOTHER and her son died after the motorcycle they were riding collided with a passenger bus on Tuesday morning,...
CEBU CITY – The Office of the Ombudsman-Visayas has asked the mayor of Badian town, Cebu and two other municipal officials to answer the charges that had been filed against them. The anti-graft court has given Badian Mayor Carmencita Lumain, Engr. Vicente Jojie Nillas, head of the town’s Office...
CEBU CITY – In its bid to bring its services closer to the people, Tingog party-list opened three satellite offices in Metro Cebu on Saturday, July 29. CEBU Rep. Jonkie Ouano, Tingog party-list Rep. Yedda Romualdez, Mandaue City Rep. Lolypop Ouano-Dizon, party-list Rep. Jude Acidre, and...
CEBU CITY – Two persons were killed while six others were injured in a road accident in Barili town, Cebu province on Wednesday morning, July 26. Police identified the fatalities as Irish Omagac, 14, and Lilibeth Devaras, 58. The injured passengers were Nevelle Anaba Devaras, 66; Antonio...
