CEBU CITY -- There will be no more lockdowns in Cebu. Gov. Gwendolyn Garcia gave this assurance amid the first confirmed case of monkeypox in the country. “Diseases are here to stay. The challenge is to boost our immune system, to ensure that we protect ourselves. But never again should there...
CEBU CITY -- A 19-year-old man accused of selling lewd photos and sex videos on social media was arrested in an entrapment operation here on Friday, July 29. Romilo Romero was handcuffed while transacting with an agent of the National Bureau of Investigation Central Visayas (NBI 7), who posed as...
After two years of the pandemic, more Korean air carriers have now resumed their direct flights to Korea from the Mactan-Cebu International Airport (MCIA). However, MCIA's international traffic which has ramped up since May, is expected to achieve its pre-pandemic levels by end of the second...
CEBU City Mayor Michael Rama with President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. (FB photo) CEBU CITY – Mayor Michael Rama here and officials of the Megawide Construction Corp. (MCC) signed Sunday, July 31, the Supplemental Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) for the redevelopment of the century-old Carbon Market....
CEBU CITY – Police seized suspected shabu valued at P8.5 million from two suspected drug pushers in separate buy-bust operations in Metro Cebu Friday, July 30. Police Brig. Gen. Roque Eduardo Vega, Police Regional Office-Central Visayas (PRO 7) chief, cited police units responsible for the two...
CEBU CITY -- Business owners and aspiring entrepreneurs gathered on Thursday, July 29, at the start of the ‘Franchise Negosyo para as Cebu’ expo at SM Seaside City-Cebu. Organized by the Philippine Franchise Association (PFA), the franchise exhibit will run until Saturday, July 30. “Franchise...
LA Paz, Abra Mayor JB Bernos looks at a business establishment in the provincial capital Bangued that tilted to its side in the magnitude-7 earthquake. (Mayor JB Bernos FB) CEBU CITY – This city has formed a five-man rescue team ready to be deployed anytime to quake-hit Abra. Gerry Carillo, head...
CEBU CITY – Government anti-narcotics agents raided and dismantled a suspected drug den in Barangay Carreta here Wednesday, July 27. The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency-Central Visayas (PDEA 7) arrested the joint’s alleged maintainers – Jimboy Peñas, 25, and Elñino Rosal, 20. Three other...
The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) filed separate tax evasion charges against two Cebu City businessmen for alleged refusal to settle tax debts totalling to more than P65 million. Bureau of Internal Revenue It was the first Run-After-Tax-Evaders (RATE) case submitted to the Department of Justice...
CEBU CITY – Three persons were arrested in a series of raids Tuesday, July 26 targeting individuals engaged in the illegal selling of petroleum products in Metro Cebu. Personnel of the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) and the Department of Energy-Central Visayas seized at least P1-million...
Agents of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) 7 arrested 15 drug personalities on Wednesday, July 28, and dismantled two drug dens in two separate operations in Cebu City. At around 5:45 a.m., the PDEA 7 Regional Special Enforcement Team (RSET) conducted a buy-bust in Sitio Lower Yati,...
ONE of the old houses damaged by the earthquake in Vigan City, Ilocos Sur. (Vigan City Cultural Affairs and Tourism Office) CEBU CITY – Lapu-Lapu City and Cebu City will send aid to the quake-hit Ilocos region. Cebu City Mayor Michael Rama said they will check their calamity fund and will conduct...
