CEBU CITY – Hundreds of inmates benefited from a humanitarian mission that a Cebu City-based foundation conducted in Metro Manila last October. INMATES and jail personnel receive free eye examination during a charity mission conducted by the Cebu City-based Semi Di Speranza Foundation Inc. at the...
CEBU CITY – This city has banned construction in 30 mountain barangays due to threat of landslides. Mayor Michael Rama here issued Executive Order No. 13 dubbed “Oplan: Likay (avoid) sa Landslide” on Thursday, Nov. 3, to establish a mechanism, preparedness, response, rehabilitation, and...
CEBU CITY – A police officer was found dead inside the barracks of the Regional Mobile Force Battalion-Central Visayas (RMFB 7) in Sibonga town, Cebu province on All Souls’ Day. PATROLMAN Edgardo Silva (FB) The fatality was identified as Patrolman Edgardo Silva, 32. Silva, a native of Tanjay,...
CEBU CITY – Police here seized more than P21-million worth of shabu from two suspected drug pushers in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Mabolo on Tuesday night, Nov. 1. BARANGAY Mabolo Media Board FB Police identified the suspects as Christian Amistad, 32, and Jason Taborada Turno, 36, residents...
CEBU CITY -- Some 61 houses were razed in a fire that broke out in a densely populated area in Barangay Tabunok, Talisay City on Monday night, Oct. 31. According to the city’s Department of Social Welfare and Services Office (CSWDO), the fire displaced 50 to 70 families. No casualty was reported...
CEBU CITY – People started visiting various cemeteries here on the eve of All Saints' Day on Monday, Oct. 31. BRIG. Gen. Roderick Alba (right), chief of the Police Regional Office-Central Visayas, inspects a cemetery in Cebu City on Monday, Oct. 31. (Calvin D. Cordova) With the easing of Covid-19...
CEBU CITY – The City of Danao was one of the local government units (LGUs) to be awarded with the Department of the Interior and Local Government’s (DILG) Seal of Good Local Governance (SGLG) for 2022. Aside from Danao, the other city in Cebu province to get the SGLG is Talisay City. The towns...
CEBU CITY – A barangay tanod (watchman) died after he was allegedly stabbed by two minors with a cockfighting gaff or "tari" before dawn on Monday, Oct. 31, in Barangay Tagaguimit, City of Naga, Cebu. Police identified the fatality as Danilo Alerta Sr., 57. Lt. Col. Junnel Caadlawon, chief of the...
BACOLOD CITY – The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) allowed the resumption of sea trips here and Negros Occidental to Cebu, Iloilo, and vice-versa on Sunday, Oct. 30, after Tropical Cyclone Wind Signal No. 1 hoisted in the Visayas due to severe tropical storm “Paeng” was lifted on Saturday night,...
CEBU CITY — Six houses in Barangay Busay here were destroyed by a landslide on Saturday afternoon, Oct. 29. AN emergency responder looks at houses destroyed in a landslide in Barangay Busay, Cebu City on Saturday afternoon, Oct. 29. (Photo contributed by Councilor Joel Garganera) The...
A man believed to be a victim of drowning was found floating in the vicinity waters of Mandaue, Cebu City on Saturday, Oct. 29. (Photo by PCG) Residents sighted the body of the man and reported it to the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) Station Central Cebu. The PCG Station Central Cebu instructed the...
CEBU CITY – Seven men were rescued from the middle of a rampaging river in Barangay Cambang-ug, Toledo City, Cebu on Friday afternoon, Oct. 28. SEVEN men stranded in the middle of a river in Toledo City, Cebu on Friday, Oct. 28, patiently await rescue. (Screenshot from Judeza Panugan FB) Roselyn...
