CEBU CITY – Police arrested a 42-year-old woman and seized suspected shabu worth P34 million in a buy-bust operation in Lapu-Lapu City, Cebu on Friday afternoon, Oct. 14. A WOMAN was arrested and at least five kilos of suspected shabu were seized from her in a buy-bust operation in Lapu-Lapu...
CEBU CITY – Authorities arrested a 46-year-old farmer for selling endangered giant clams locally known as “taklobo” worth P30 million in Barangay Bongoyan, Borbon, Cebu on Wednesday, Oct. 12. ENDANGERED giant clams or 'taklobo' valued at P30 million were seized from a farmer in Borbon, Cebu...
The Cebu provincial government has ordered a temporary ban on the entry of live hogs, boar, pork, and pork-related products from Iloilo and Panay Island in Cebu due to African Swine Fever (ASF). Cebu Gov. Gwendolyn Garcia on Thursday, Oct. 13, issued Executive Order No. 42 that imposes the ban for...
President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. has encouraged all public lawyers in Visayas to participate in the two-day regional convention of the Integrated Bar of the Philippines. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. (Photo courtesy of the Office of the President) Through Memorandum Circular...
CEBU CITY – A go-to place for heritage enthusiasts is set to open to the public anew. Sporting a livelier, more vibrant exterior, Casa Gorordo Museum on E. Aboitiz St. here will reopen on Oct. 15. THE facade of Casa Gorordo in Cebu City. (Photo via Calvin D. Cordova) The house museum offers a...
CEBU CITY — Old habits die hard for this known robber. Jerlan Cañete Sabanal, a resident of Barangay Ermita here where he is known as “Boy Langaw,” was arrested again less than a month after he was released from jail. Sabanal was nabbed at dawn on Tuesday, Oct. 11, after police caught him...
CEBU CITY – Col. Ireneo Dalogdog, newly installed Cebu City Police Office (CCPO) chief, vowed to instill more discipline in the 1,200-strong CCPO in support of Mayor Michael Rama’s “Oplan: Disiplina.” COL. Ireneo Dalogdog (left), new Cebu City police chief, in a meeting with Cebu City...
CEBU CITY -- Police here welcomed the signing into law of a measure seeking the registration of Subscriber Identity Module or sim card. Col. Ireneo Dalogdog, chief of the Cebu City Police Office, said the SIM Registration Act or Republic Act 11934, will somehow unburden the police. “We are very...
ONE FOR THE ROAD James Deakin The world is spinning faster than any other time in human history. Not literally, of course, but in terms of information, expectations, and in many ways, the dehumanization through digital applications, there’s little doubt that we are living in an exponential era...
CEBU CITY – “Suroy Suroy Sugbo,” Cebu province’s flagship tourism program, returns next month for a Southern Heritage Trail. The Provincial Tourism Office said from Nov. 18 to 20, participants of the trail will visit towns and cities in the first, second, and seventh districts. On the first...
CEBU CITY – This city will deploy personnel called ‘’River Rangers’’ to ensure cleanliness in major rivers and other waterways here. THE PROBE office cleans up a clogged waterway in Cebu City. (PROBE Team Cebu City FB) The creation of the River Rangers is part of this city’s massive...
The Department of Tourism (DOT) is now expediting the establishment of Tourist Rest Area (TRA) facilities that are seen to improve the hospitality approach of Philippine tourism to foreign visitors. Tourism Secretary Christina Garcia on Saturday, Oct. 8, led the groundbreaking and signing of the...
