CEBU CITY – An 11-year-old boy died after he was trapped in a fire that razed their house in Barangay Duljo-Fatima here on Sunday night, April 16. The boy was alone on the second floor of the house when the fire broke out past 8 p.m. The boy’s grandfather, Marino Milyumida, suffered burns in...
CEBU CITY – Eight more barangays here have been declared as drug-cleared areas. In its recent deliberation, the Regional Oversight Committee on Barangay Drug Clearing (ROCBDC) declared Barangays Budlaan, Kamagayan, Punta Princesa, Binaliw, Agsungot, Tabunan, Adlaon, and Kalubihan as...
CEBU CITY – A 43-year-old man died while over P4 billion in property was destroyed in separate fires here on Friday, April 14. THICK, black smoke rises from a 37-story condominium building that caught fire on Friday afternoon, April 14, in Barangay Kasambagan, Cebu City. (Photo courtesy of Francis...
CEBU CITY – Better preparation, better training. These keyed University of San Carlos’ (USC) high passing rate in the 2022 Bar examinations. “We are thankful that the result was good. It is a big honor for the school,” said Atty. Glenn Capanas, Dean of the USC College of Law. A total of 199...
LAOAG CITY, Ilocos Norte – The provincial government has announced the resumption of the Manila-Laoag-Manila flights of budget carrier Cebu Pacific starting on May 22. MANOTOC (FB) Manotoc said that this will not only boost the local tourism industry but also help improve the local economy....
CEBU CITY – Two policemen here were relieved from their posts after they were caught sleeping in a patrol car parked along a road at dawn Thursday, April 13. A netizen uploaded the photo of the two policemen, a Corporal and a Staff Sergeant, on social media. The two police officers were assigned...
CEBU CITY – Authorities in Talisay City, southern Cebu are still investigating the death of two siblings, who fell into a hole intended for a septic tank on Sunday, April 9. TALISAY City Mayor Samsam Gullas inspects the open hole where two siblings fell and drowned on Sunday, April 9. (Photo...
CEBU CITY – Two siblings died after they fell into a septic tank in Barangay San Roque, Talisay City, southern Cebu on Easter Sunday. Police identified the fatalities as Mark Emman Llamedo, 6, and Nathaniel Llamedo, 7. Police Corporal Clifford Lerio, investigator-on-case, said that the...
CEBU CITY – A group of students was rescued after the motor banca they were riding stalled off Lapu-Lapu City, Cebu on Easter Sunday. Eighteen students from the University of Cebu (UC)-Lapu-Lapu/Mandaue Campus contracted the motor banca for island-hopping on Easter Sunday. A GROUP of students is...
CEBU CITY – The observance of Holy Week in the province of Cebu was generally peaceful, the Cebu Provincial Police Office (CPPO) said on Monday, April 10. Col. Rommel Ochave, CPPO chief, said measures taken like increasing police visibility in churches contributed to the peaceful observance of the...
CEBU CITY – At least P31-million worth of suspected shabu were seized from two women who were arrested in separate buy-bust operations in the cities of Lapu-Lapu and Mandaue on Black Saturday, April 8. In Lapu-Lapu, Pamila Legaspo, 43, was arrested in Barangay Mactan and more than three kilos of...
CEBU CITY – Police seized suspected shabu worth P7.4 million from an ex-convict in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Bulacao, Talisay City, Cebu on Black Saturday. AN ex-convict, Patrick Abing Igoy (left), yielded a kilo of suspected shabu worth P7.4 million in a buy-bust operation in Talisay...
