CEBU CITY – Veteran politician former Ilocos Sur Gov. Luis “Chavit” Singson vowed to pursue three key platforms if he is elected senator in next year’s elections. SENATORIAL candidate former Ilocos Sur Gov. Luis ‘Chavit’ Singson answers questions from the media during his...
CEBU CITY – Two men were shot dead and a habal-habal driver was wounded in Tuburan town, northern Cebu on Sunday night, Nov. 24. Police identified the fatalities as Arnold Amansing Ebo and Joey Atienza. Wounded was Jecar Sebas Rosalejos, the 37-year-old driver of the habal-habal...
CEBU CITY – The anti-illegal drug operation where 15 kilos of suspected shabu with an estimated value of P102 million was seized happened barely 10 hours after the barangay where the confiscation was made was declared as a drug-cleared area. Despite the massive confiscation of...
CEBU CITY – Sen. Francis "Tol" Tolentino welcomed the signing into law of the Republic Act 12064 or the Philippine Maritime Zones (PMZ) Act. Tolentino said the law, which was signed by President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. on Nov. 8, bolstered the Philippines' rights to explore and exploit natural...
CEBU CITY – The Police Regional Office-Central Visayas (PRO-7) cried foul over a newspaper report that quoted a study tagging Cebu as "the Philippine's top hot spot for drug-related killings." The PRO-7, headed by Police Brig. Gen. Anthony Aberin, appealed for "accuracy and restraint" after a...
CEBU CITY – History was made when provincial board members from Cebu and Bohol held their first-ever joint session at the Cebu Capitol Social Hall on Monday, Nov. 18. A resolution that will pave the way for a sisterhood agreement between the two provinces was passed during the session. ...
CEBU CITY – A 46-year-old man was allegedly shot dead over an unpaid debt in Barangay Kinasang-an here on Sunday night, Nov. 17. The suspect, 18-year-old Clint Michael Cortez Estrada, was upset that the victim Renante Alforque Paradero refused to settle his P400 debt. Investigators of the...
CEBU CITY – The permit to carry firearms has been suspended in Cebu province as part of the security measures for the 11th Meeting of Council of Association of Southeast Asian Nations Chief Justices and the ASEAN Law Association Meeting from Nov. 17 to 21 in Lapu-Lapu City. ABERIN (FB)...
CEBU CITY – Three persons were injured in a hit-and-run incident involving a priest who was reportedly drunk when the accident happened on Thursday night, Nov. 7, in Santa Fe town, Bantayan Island, northern Cebu. POLICE intercept a car driven by priest after a hit-and-run incident in Santa...
CEBU CITY – The Office of the Ombudsman upheld its previous decision suspending Mandaue City Mayor Jonas Cortes for one year without pay. CORTES (FB) Junking the motions of reconsideration filed by Cortes, the Ombudsman affirmed its previous decision that found the mayor guilty of grave...
CEBU CITY – Undocumented pigs from Camotes Island were intercepted in Carmen town, northern Cebu early Tuesday morning, Nov. 5. POLICE inspect undocumented hogs on board a motor banca from Camotes Island that tried to dock in Carmen town, northern Cebu on Tuesday, Nov. 5. (Contributed photo) The...
CEBU CITY – Undocumented hogs were seized in Dumanjug, Cebu just as the province intensified its campaign against smuggling. AUTHORITIES seize close to 100 pigs after they were shipped to Dumanjug town, Cebu without necessary permits. (Photo from Dumanjug, Cebu) Authorities intercepted on...
