CEBU CITY – A Coast Guard personnel was caught inside a suspected drug den raided by agents of the Philippine Drug Agency-Central Visayas (PDEA-7) in Barangay Mambaling here. The PDEA-7 said Neil, a 27-year-old apprentice seaman of the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG), was one of the two men...
CEBU CITY – More than 6,000 individuals were cited for violating various ordinances since the Cebu City Police Office (CCPO) implemented the Safer Cities Initiative here. Police Col. George Ylanan, chief of CCPO, said 6,656 individuals were caught violating local laws and 1,657 of them were fined...
CEBU CITY – Eight houses were razed and two others were damaged by a fire in Barangay Pahina Central here on Saturday afternoon, April 18. The fire broke out as various areas in the country continue to experience sweltering temperatures. The Cebu City Fire Office (CCFO) said the fire started at...
CEBU CITY – Two men were arrested in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Sambag I here on Thursday afternoon, April 16. Raffy, a 37-year-old food vendor, and Harold, a 28-year-old janitor, were caught possessing 21 packs of suspected shabu worth P3 million when they were cornered by agents of the...
CEBU CITY – An initial complaint has been filed against the driver of the ambulance that figured in a fatal collision on a flyover here on Tuesday, April 14. Police confirmed that ambulance driver Kevin Ryan Gesta, 23, has been charged for reckless imprudence resulting in serious physical injury...
CEBU CITY – Authorities here have expressed alarm over the increasing cases of road accidents. The Cebu City Transportation Office (CCTO) reported that on Tuesday alone, 20 road crashes were recorded, including an incident on the two-lane flyover in Barangay Luz where an engineering student was...
CEBU CITY – Two persons died in motorcycle accidents here. One of the fatalities was a 17-year-old female college student, whose motorcycle was hit by an ambulance on a flyover on Archbishop Reyes Ave. on Tuesday afternoon, April 14. The 18-year-old motorcycle driver, also a college student, was...
CEBU CITY – Close to 1,000 individuals were apprehended in the second day of the implementation of the Safer Cities Initiative here. Police Col. George Ylanan, chief of the Cebu City Police Office (CCPO), said that under the initiative, local ordinances have been strictly enforced for the past...
CEBU CITY – A cease-and-desist order against a controversial hillside development here is not warranted. This was the contain of a resolution approved by the Cebu City Council and defending the Monterrazas de Cebu development from complaints that it has caused massive flooding in surrounding...
CEBU CITY – A policeman was stabbed and wounded by a drunk man and retaliated by fatally shooting his attacker at dawn Wednesday, April 8, in Barangay Day-as here. Police Master Sgt. Celso Gonzales Rivera Jr., an operative of the Cebu Provincial Police Office (CPPO), was wounded in the chest. The...
CEBU CITY – A construction worker was found dead in a man-made lagoon inside a golf club here on Tuesday night, April 7. Police identified the victim as Ryan Ardina Jermino, 27, of Barangay Guba, Cebu City. Police said Jermino was one of the workers of Netforce International contracted to...
CEBU CITY – A major educational institution here will not implement a tuition increase for the upcoming school year. The University of Cebu (UC) on Tuesday, April 7, announced that there will be no tuition increase for the school year 2026-2027 amid the global cost pressures caused by the ongoing...
