CEBU City Mayor Michael Rama (left) with Bacolod City Mayor Evelio Leonardia during a recent gathering. (FB photo) CEBU CITY – The mayor here declared war against dengue. Mayor Michael Rama on Friday, June 24, said the dengue situation in the city is already alarming and that he is taking over to...
CEBU CITY – Uncalibrated fuel pumps were discovered during an inspection of gasoline stations here Monday, June 20. The fuel pumps were found to be uncalibrated when personnel from the Cebu City Police Office (CCPO) and the City Hall Prevention, Restoration, Order, Beautification, and Enhancement...
CEBU City Mayor Michael Rama with President-elect Bongbong Marcos. (FB photo) CEBU CITY – City Mayor Michael Rama said Wednesday, June 22, that he will issue a directive ordering the return of in-person classes in private schools, colleges, and universities here this August. Rama made the...
CEBU CITY – Firefighters in this city are busy this month. The Cebu City Fire Office (CCFO) recorded 16 fire incidents with damage to property pegged at P80 million as of June 20. SFO2 Wendell Villanueva, CCFO spokesperson, said the biggest fire to hit the city this month razed a commercial...
CEBU CITY – A suspected drug pusher was killed while his companion escaped during a buy-bust operation inside a Chinese cemetery in Barangay Carreta here past midnight Friday, June 17. Police identified the fatality as Mark Ronald Matig-a. His alleged accomplice, June Tuñacao, was able to flee,...
CEBU CITY – Police seized suspected shabu valued at P68 million from two persons in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Sambag I here Tuesday, June 14. Police identified the suspects as Cornelio Villamin Baron Jr., 39, of Barangay Singco, San Carlos City, Negros Occidental, and Jacqueline Gustilo...
The Philippine Red Cross (PRC) Cebu Chapter, in coordination with the Bureau of Fire Protection and Local Government Unit, immediately dispatched its two ambulance units that treated three patients with minor injuries in a fire at a residential area in Sitio Tuburan, Barangay Punta Princesa, Cebu...
CEBU CITY – A man was arrested after he allegedly threatened to spread the nude photos of a woman if she would not pay him or have sex with him. Mark Anthony Daclan, a graduate of Bachelor of Science in Information Technology, was arrested in an entrapment operation conducted by agents of the...
CEBU CITY – Motorcycles below 400 cylinders capacity (CC) will be allowed to pass the Cebu-Cordova Link Expressway (CCLEX) starting July 1. The Cebu-Cordova Link Expressway Corp. (CCLEC) also announced that the registration and installation of Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) stickers...
CEBU CITY – Cebu has eased up its policy on the wearing of face masks but two major cities in Metro Cebu are not about to follow suit just yet. For Mayor Michael Rama here, it is not the right time yet for the city to duplicate the move of Cebu, which has made the wearing of face masks in open...
CEBU CITY – Some Covid-19 vaccinations sites here will be closed starting Friday, June 17, as fewer people are showing up to get inoculated. Dr. Jeffrey Ibones, officer-in-charge of the City Health Department, said it has been observed lately that the number of people visiting vaccination sites...
CEBU CITY – At least 14 houses were destroyed in a fire that hit Barangay Tisa here Monday, June 6. The fire started at 6:34 a.m. and was contained about an hour later. According to the Cebu City Fire Department, the fire started at the house owned by one Jasmine Lodonia before it spread to...
