CEBU CITY – The chief of the Cebu City Police Office (CCPO) assured that efforts to recover jewelry stolen from a pawnshop in the downtown area here continue. Police Col. Ireneo Dalogdog said they are working on some leads that may help them recover the items taken from Oro Sugbo Pawnshop and...
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...
CEBU CITY – A 25-year-old man who attempted to rob a pawnshop was arrested after he was stuck at the ceiling of the establishment. Police identified the suspect as Juanito Branzuela Dilvo Jr., a native of Bayugan, Agusan del Sur living in Barangay Canduman, Mandaue City. Police said the suspect...
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 – The suspected drug pusher who fatally shot a policeman in a botched buy-bust operation was killed in a shootout with police in a mountain barangay in Talisay City, southern Cebu, on Wednesday, December 13. Jenecy Rafols, 25, allegedly refused to surrender when police tried to serve an...
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...
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...
Despite the foreseen hurdles brought about by the grounding of a portion of its aircraft next year, Gokongwei-owned low-cost carrier (LCC) Cebu Pacific (CEB) affirmed its confidence in hitting its eight percent overall growth target for 2024. CEB President and Chief Commercial Officer Xander...
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...
CEBU CITY – The relentless campaign against illegal drugs here has led to the confiscation of more than 51,000 kilos of shabu from October last year to November this year, the Cebu City Police Office (CCPO) reported. Since the assumption of CCPO chief Police Col. Ireneo Dalogdog in October last...
CEBU CITY – Packs of suspected shabu worth close to P7 million were recovered from two women in Barangay Mambaling here at dawn on Friday, December 8. Judith Dignos, 43, and Victoria Aida, 59, were arrested in a buy-bust operation conducted by Cebu City Police Office Mambaling Station....
