CEBU CITY – Police arrested six persons in a week-long anti-illegal gambling operation in Cebu province. Police said they were involved in the illegal numbers game called “swertres.” One of those arrested on Monday, Oct. 17, in Balamban town was a 17-year-old boy. Lt. Col. Glenn Hife, chief...
CEBU CITY – Runway operations at the Mactan-Cebu International Airport (MCIA) were suspended Monday, Oct. 24, after a Korean Air plane overshot the runway on Sunday night, Oct. 23. KOREAN Air Flight KE631 lies on the runway of the Mactan-Cebu International Airport on Monday morning, Oct. 24. It...
CEBU CITY – A 39-year-old man was arrested after he allegedly hacked his 74-year-old father-in-law dead in Barangay Lutac, the City of Naga, Cebu on Thursday, Oct. 20. Police said the victim, Alfredo Obeso Alferez, and the suspect, Joanne Pansacala Omayan, were having a drinking session when they...
Cebu City is no longer included in the list of testing centers for the upcoming December 2022 Aeronautical Licensure Examination (AELE), the Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) advised. (PRC / MANILA BULLETIN FILE) This was announced on Thursday, Oct. 21. Affected board exam takers will be...
CEBU CITY – Police here are gearing up for three major activities next month. The Cebu City Police Office (CCPO) is set to map out security plans for All Saints’ and All Souls’ Days on Nov. 1 and 2, respectively, the opening of full face-to-face classes on Nov. 3, and the Bar examinations on...
House Deputy Speaker and Cebu 5th district Rep. Vincent Franco "Duke" Frasco recently distributed nearly P8 million worth of scholarship grants to student-beneficiaries from four municipalities in his district. Cebu 5th district Rep. Vincent Franco "Duke" Frasco (Facebook) Benefitting from the...
CEBU CITY -- The province of Cebu remains the wealthiest province in the country based on the 2021 Annual Financial Report of the Commission on Audit (COA). The COA report showed Cebu’s assets in 2021 reached P215.27 billion — the only province in the country to breach the P200-billion mark in...
CEBU CITY -- Police on Monday night, Oct. 17, arrested the suspect in the killing of a public school teacher in the City of Naga in southern Cebu. Elmar Gemida, 24, was arrested by pursuing policemen in San Carlos City, Negros Occidental. Gemida is the suspect in the killing of Jhun Leo Pañares,...
CEBU CITY – The Police Regional Office-Central Visayas (PRO 7) is not relenting on its campaign to run after operators of unauthorized Small Town Lottery (STL). Eighteen persons were arrested in the relentless campaign against the illegal numbers game called “swertres” from Oct. 1 to 15, PRO...
CEBU CITY – Police are investigating the death of a nursing student inside the campus of a private university in Mandaue City. Photos of the female student from Liloan, Cebu slumped on the ground in front of a school building circulated online shortly after the incident happened on Monday...
CEBU CITY – An 18-year-old nursing student was shot dead by a man who broke into her apartment at dawn on Saturday, Oct. 15, in Barangay Buaya, Lapu-Lapu City, Cebu. Police identified the fatality as Johana Xyrra Cabrera. Investigation showed that suspect Rodel Cuizon entered Cabrera’s...
CEBU CITY – A 33-year-old teacher was found dead with stab wounds inside the teacher’s office of the Inuboran Elementary School in Barangay Inuboran, City of Naga, Cebu on Sunday, Oct. 16. PANARES Police identified the victim as Jhun Leo Panares of Barangay Tinaan, City of Naga. Major Junnel...
