CEBU CITY – Three candidates for barangay captain in Cebu and Negros Oriental won in the elections on Monday, October 30, but were not proclaimed due to their disqualification cases. They were Eduardo Gumera of Barangay Maguikay, Mandaue City, Cebu; Anthony John Apura of Barangay Valladolid,...
CEBU CITY – With the expected influx of passengers, all ports in Cebu will be on heightened alert with the activation of “Oplan: Biyaheng Ayos.” The heightened alert started on Friday, October 27, and will end on November 5, the Cebu Port Authority (CPA) said. PASSENGERS in Pier 1, Cebu City...
CEBU CITY – The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources-Central Visayas (BFAR-7) has lifted the red tide alert status in two towns in northern Cebu. In an advisory released on Thursday, October 26, BFAR-7 said that laboratory analysis showed that shellfish samples collected from the waters off...
CEBU CITY – Residents in some towns in northern Cebu have been advised to refrain from eating shellfish due to red tide. The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources-Central Visayas (BFAR-7) has raised a red tide alert over the Bogo-Medellin Bay. The red tide alert was raised after samples of...
CEBU CITY – Two-hundred passengers were rescued from a passenger vessel that ran aground off Madridejos, Cebu on Monday, October 23. PASSENGERS of M/V Filipinas Butuan transfer to motor bancas after their ship ran aground off Madridejos, Cebu en route to Iloilo City on Monday morning, October 23....
CEBU CITY – High-powered firearms were recovered from the house of a man in Toledo City, Cebu on Tuesday night, October 17. The Philippine National Police-Criminal Investigation and Detection Group-Cebu City Field Unit (CIDG-CCFU) raided the house of Ferid Joseph Libre Baena on the strength of a...
CEBU CITY – A 27-year-old teacher died after the motorcycle she was driving fell off a cliff in Danao City, northern Cebu on Sunday, October 15. Police identified the fatality as Franz Marie Duterte Roble. Roble was with 36-year-old sister Gerly as her back rider when the accident happened...
CEBU CITY – Fully grown marijuana plants worth P1.2 million were uprooted in a mountain barangay in Toledo City, Cebu. The vast marijuana plantation was discovered shortly before 5 p.m. on Friday, October 13, in Sitio Kalubihan, Barangay Tungkay. The 2nd Provincial Mobile Force Company...
CEBU CITY – Police arrested two barangay tanods (watchmen) after they were caught keeping unlicensed firearms in their homes in Barangay Lamesa, Balamban, Cebu. Nabbed on Friday morning, October 13, were Rouel Dumdum Goc-ong, 48, and Mario Vasquez, 48. AN OFFICER from the Criminal Investigation...
CEBU CITY – Cebu once again emerged as the country’s richest province. According to the latest report of the Commission on Audit (COA), Cebu has total assets of P235.73 billion as of 2022. GARCIA (FB) For Gov. Gwen Garcia, the distinction of being the richest province in the country poses a...
CEBU CITY – A 60-year-old barangay councilor was gunned down while driving a motorcycle on the national highway in Barangay Prenza, Balamban, Cebu, on Thursday afternoon, October 5. Police identified the fatality as Anastacio Pacquiao, one of three candidates running for barangay captain in...
CEBU CITY – A taxi driver and “habal-habal” (motorcycle-for-hire) driver are facing possible penalties after they figured in a fistfight in the middle of the road in Barangay Marigondon, Lapu-Lapu City, Cebu, on Monday, October 2. The incident was caught on video and has gone viral online. A...
