CEBU CITY – The Bureau of Customs (BOC)-Cebu Subport of Mactan seized undeclared hazardous chemicals valued at P1.5 million from a vessel docked in this city on Sept. 30. The BOC-Port of Cebu said on Friday, Oct. 8, that they received “derogatory information” from the Customs Intelligence and...
CEBU CITY – Police on Wednesday, Oct. 5, arrested the man in a hit-and-run incident that killed a teacher and injured her husband in Minglanilla, Cebu on Tuesday, Oct. 4. The suspect was identified as Luigie Go Lazarte, 25. Police said the victim, Charisma Servado, a 45-year-old public school...
President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. has earned the "highest grade" possible from House Deputy Speaker Vincent Franco "Duke" Frasco as far as his first 100 days in office are concerned. Cebu 5th district Rep. Vincent Franco "Duke" Frasco (Facebook) "I personally give President Ferdinand...
CEBU CITY – Police uprooted at least 2,000 marijuana plants valued at P800,000 in a mountain barangay in Toledo City, Cebu on Thursday, Oct. 6. The marijuana plantation was discovered by the 2nd Provincial Mobile Force Company. Brig. Gen. Roque Eduardo Vega, chief of the Police Regional...
CEBU CITY – Police arrested a 30-year-old man and seized suspected shabu valued at more than P5 million in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Carreta here on Wednesday, Oct. 5. The suspect, Elton John dela Torre, was arrested by the Cebu City Police Office (CCPO)-Drug Enforcement Unit (DEU) inside...
BAGUIO CITY – Mayor Benjamin Magalong here said on Wednesday, Oct. 5, that regular flights between here and Cebu City might start after the reopening of the Loakan Airport by December. Magalong discussed the airport reopening with Department of Transportation (DOTr) Secretary Jaime Bautista and...
CEBU CITY – The National Bureau of Investigation-Central Visayas (NBI 7) has filed a criminal complaint against a woman who allegedly posed as Cebu Gov. Gwendolyn Garcia to solicit money from a teacher in Daanbantayan, Cebu. A SCREENSHOT of the Instagram conversation between a person posing as...
CEBU CITY – A teacher was killed while her husband was injured by a hit-and-run motorcycle driver in Barangay Tunghaan, Minglanilla, Cebu on Tuesday, Oct. 4, a day before she and thousands of colleagues nationwide were honored on National Teachers’ Day on Wednesday, Oct. 5. Police identified...
The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and Department of National Defense (DND) returned 17.5 hectares of disputed land to Cebu government on Monday, Oct. 3, ending over a decade of legal battle. (L-R) Department of National Defense (DND) Officer in Charge Jose Faustino Jr., Cebu Gov. Gwendolyn...
CEBU CITY—The new chief of the Cebu City Police Office (CCPO) formally assumed his post on Monday, Oct. 3. BRIG. Gen. Roque Eduardo Vega (center) presides over the turnover ceremony that installed Col. Ireneo Dalogdog (right) as the new chief of the Cebu City Police Office, replacing Col. Ernestu...
CEBU CITY – Police seized 18 kilos of suspected shabu amounting to P122 million in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Busay here on Monday, Oct. 3. PACKS of suspected shabu valued at P122 million were seized in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Busay, Cebu City on Monday, Oct. 3. (Calvin D. Cordova)...
CEBU CITY – A 47-year-old woman was found dead in a ravine over the weekend in Danao City, Cebu. OLAGUIR (FB) The family of the victim, Maria Sofia Manulat Olaguir, appealed for justice and asked authorities on social media to investigate her death. “Ma, dili ko moundang hangtud dili nako...
