CEBU CITY – Former Environment and Natural Resources Secretary Roy Cimatu will lead efforts to rehabilitate rivers in this city. FORMER DENR Secretary Roy Cimatu (left) has been tapped to rehabilitate rivers in Cebu City. (Sugbo News FB photo) Cimatu said he is hoping that he will be able to...
CEBU CITY -- Cebu Governor Gwendolyn Garcia on Thursday, Sept. 15, declared an all-out war against illegal drugs in the province. Garcia’s declaration came during a joint council meeting of the Provincial Development Council, Peace and Order Council, Anti-Drug Abuse Council, and Disaster Risk...
CEBU CITY – A group of tourist guides has opposed the construction of beach houses in Barangay Lambug, Badian, Cebu. AN enlarged copy of the cease-and-desist order is posted on the fence of a property in Barangay Lambug, Badian, Cebu where beach houses are being constructed. (Calvin D. Cordova)...
CEBU CITY — Nine of out 10 policemen will be out on the street as police visibility will be increased in the 44 towns and six component cities of Cebu province for the holiday season. Cebu Police Provincial Office (CPPO) director Col. Rommel Ochave on Thursday, Sept. 15, instructed all chiefs of...
CEBU CITY – Seventy-two drug personalities were arrested in a one-day Simultaneous Anti-Criminality Law Enforcement Operation (SACLEO) in Cebu from 12:01 a.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 13, to 12:01 a.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 14. Lt. Col. Mark Gifter Sucalit, deputy provincial director for operations of the...
The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) said Tuesday, Sept. 13, that it has trained officers of the Bureau of Customs (BOC) – Port of Cebu in water patrol operations to boost their capabilities against at-sea smuggling. Personnel of the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) train officers of the Bureau of...
CEBU CITY -- The mayor of this city welcomed President Marcos Jr.’s Executive Order (EO) allowing the optional use of face masks in open and well-ventilated areas. Mayor Michael Rama said the President’s EO No. 3 put to rest all debates on the issue of optional use of face masks in open areas....
CEBU CITY – Mayor Michael Rama here will fly to Manila to lure in more investors in a move that he described as “investment-begging.”’ The second round of investment begging was announced by Rama during the traditional Monday flag-raising ceremony on Monday, Sept. 12, at the City Hall...
TACLOBAN CITY – As the world mourns the death of Queen Elizabeth II, a 26-year-old tattoo artist paid tribute to the British monarch by tattooing her image on his client’s left leg. RAMIL Roy Feliciano's Queen Elizabeth II tattoo. Ramil Roy Feliciano from Cebu City took six hours to finish the...
CEBU CITY – The Cebu Federation of Beat Journalists (CFBJ) on Sunday, Sept. 11, hosted another round of shooting competition dubbed “Shoot for a Cause” at the Front Sight Gun Club in Barangay Tubod, Minglanilla, Cebu. CEBU Gov. Gwendolyn Garcia (2nd from left) leads the ceremonial shoot of...
CEBU CITY – The Cebu City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (CCDRRMO) said Monday, Sept. 12, that at least 2,000 structures are up for demolition in this city’s massive drive to clear waterways from obstruction. Raquel Arce, CCDRRMO head, said they are just awaiting the go-signal...
Thirty-six passengers of a distressed roll-on/roll-off ship were rescued by the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG in the vicinity waters between Cordova, Cebu and Cabul-an Island in Buenavista, Bohol recently. (Courtesy of Philippine Coast Guard / PCG) An incident report submitted by the Coast Guard...
