CEBU CITY – A doctor and arch critic of Cebu Gov. Gwendolyn Garcia passed away on Friday morning, December 15. Dr. Rowena Burden, who often described herself as a social activist, reportedly succumbed to cardiac arrest. BURDEN (FB) The family has yet to issue a statement but several colleagues...
A series of anti-criminality operations in Rizal Province resulted in the arrest of 22 individuals from Dec. 12 to 13. A report from the office of Rizal Police Provincial Office Director Col. Felipe Maraggun showed that the suspects were apprehended by the respective police stations as a...
TIAONG, Quezon – Sen. Imee Marcos, with Mayor Vincent Arjay Mea and the municipal council, inaugurated the newly renovated town plaza here on Wednesday, December 11. SEN. Imee Marcos (center), Mayor Vincent Arjay Mea (third from left), and the municipal council inaugurate the newly renovated...
TACLOBAN CITY – The city government of Borongan stepped up its commitment to protect the environment during the first-ever Forest Summit recently. The Borongan Forest Summit called for the conservation of the Samar Island Natural Park where majority of the city’s forestlands belong and sought...
SAN SIMON, Pampanga – Police here confirmed that a Malaysian working for a Philippine Offshore Gaming Operator was kidnapped and killed despite paying ransom last October. Malaysian national news agency Bernama reported on December 11 that a Malaysian who worked in Manila was...
LAOAG CITY, Ilocos Norte – The provincial government and Philippine Airlines (PAL) will launch the Cebu-Laoag flight on Friday, December 15, to boost tourism, business, and leisure travel opportunities between the provinces of Cebu and Ilocos Norte. Ilocos Norte Gov. Matthew Marcos Manotoc is...
CEBU CITY – More than 1,350 families were displaced in a fire that hit Lapu-Lapu City, Cebu on Tuesday, December 12. A FIRE hits Barangay Pusok, Lapu-Lapu City, Cebu on Tuesday, December 12. (Contributed photo by Nagiel Bañacia) Around 600 houses were razed in the fire that fire broke out...
TIAONG, Quezon – This town kicked off the Yuletide season with the lighting of a giant Christmas tree at the municipal hall on Monday night, December 11. TIAONG, Quezon Mayor Vincent Arjay Mea lights the town’s Christmas tree in front of the municipal hall on Monday night, December 11. (Photo...
CEBU CITY – A 48-year-old man and his 18-year-old daughter were killed when a man went on a stabbing spree in Toledo City, Cebu on Tuesday morning, December 12. Zorovavel Tapao Edoloverio, 48, and his daughter Zyphaniah succumbed to multiple stab wounds. Her lover, Gerley Vertucio Navarro,...
Cebu 5th district Rep. Vincent Franco "Duke" Frasco (Facebook) House Deputy Speaker Cebu 5th district Rep. Vincent Franco "Duke" Frasco intends to hit two birds with one stone with his proposal to construct a new international airport in his home...
CEBU CITY – A suspected big-time drug pusher was arrested by authorities in a buy-bust operation in Argao town, southern Cebu on Friday afternoon, December 8. Jurrel Janglay, 33, was allegedly caught possessing 260 grams of suspected shabu worth P1.7 million when he was arrested in Bug-ot, a...
TIAONG, Quezon – A 38-year-old businessman preparing for his brother’s wedding was shot and critically wounded on Friday night, December 8, in Sitio Pundano, Barangay Talisay, this town. Police identified the victim as Monching Martinez, a resident of Barangay Paiisa, here. The victim was...
