CEBU CITY – Thousands of spectators watched the street dancing and grand ritual dance showdown of the Sinulog sa Lalawigan here on Sunday, January 14. CEBU Gov. Gwen Garcia dances as part of a guest contingent during the grand ritual showdown of the Sinulog sa Lalawigan at the Cebu City Sports...
CEBU CITY – The Armed Forces Visayas Command (Viscom) has deployed close to 1,000 personnel to help secure the 459th celebration of Fiesta Señor here. Lt. Gen. Benedict M. Arevalo, Viscom commander, said 865 troops will help ensure a safe, orderly, and solemn conduct of the Fiesta Señor...
CEBU CITY – A 21-year-old man has admitted to killing “Coach J,” a known voice coach here. Sanny Lumangca, a 21-year-old native of Clarin, Misamis Occidental, has executed an extrajudicial confession in which he admitted killing Joel Jude Suson Unchuan, said Police Lt. Col. Gerard Ace Pelare,...
CEBU CITY – A policeman was arrested for allegedly robbing a multi-purpose cooperative in Toledo City, Cebu on Friday afternoon, January 12. Police identified the suspect as Police Patrolman Jaymar Briones Exequiel, an operative of the Toledo City Police Station. POLICE Patrolman Jaymar Briones...
CEBU CITY – Fourteen municipal police stations under the Cebu Police Provincial Office (CCPO) received brand-new patrol cars from the Philippine National Police headquarters in Camp Crame, Quezon City. Police Brig. Gen. Anthony Aberin, chief of the Police Regional Office-Central Visayas, led...
CEBU CITY – The 459th Fiesta Señor celebration here kicked off on Thursday, January 11, with the Penitential Walk with Jesus, a dawn foot procession, participated in by thousands of devotees. The religious procession started at 4 a.m. at Fuente Osmeña and ended at around 5:30 a.m. at the...
CEBU CITY – Investigators are looking into some personalities as part of the continuing investigation on the killing of a noted voice coach who was found dead by the road in the City of Naga, southern Cebu on December 30. Police Lt. Col. Gerard Ace Pelare, spokesperson of Police Regional...
CEBU CITY – Security measures are all set for the 459th Fiesta Señor in this city. POLICE and other uniformed personnel on Wednesday, January 9, attend their send-off ceremony for the upcoming 459th Fiesta Señor in Cebu City. (Photo via Calvin D. Cordova) More than 5,000 security personnel from...
CEBU CITY – A 28-year-old man described as a “target-listed personality” was arrested in an anti-illegal drug operation in Barangay Kalunasan here on Monday afternoon, January 8. Charles Clue Aragon, a resident of Sitio Alaska, Barangay Mambaling, this city, was nabbed by agents of the...
CEBU CITY – A Cebu-based real estate company will hold cross-country marketing to promote Philippine properties around the globe. FILIPINO real estate brokers led by Filipino Homes founder Anthony Gerard Leuterio (third from right) attend the recent 2023 Convention of the National Association of...
CEBU CITY – Close to 200 houses were destroyed in two big fires that hit this city on Saturday night, January 6. At least 60 houses were razed and six others were damaged in the fire in Barangay Carreta that broke out at past 9 p.m. A MAN recovers a mattress from his house razed in a fire in...
CEBU CITY – A former councilor in Barangay Tangke, Talisay City, southern Cebu was arrested in a buy-bust operation on Saturday night, January 7. Romeo dela Cruz Santillan, 44, was arrested by operatives of the Intelligence Unit and Drug Enforcement Unit of the Cebu Police Provincial Office....