CEBU CITY – Police seized packs of suspected shabu amounting to at least P2 million from two men in a buy-bust operation in Talisay City, Cebu on Friday, Sept. 9. The suspects were identified as John Ian Amigable, 22, and Jonathan Alas-as, 25. The Talisay City Police Station-Drug Enforcement Unit...
CEBU CITY – Police arrested seven persons in a week-long anti-illegal gambling operation in Cebu. The campaign targeted individuals involved in the illegal numbers game called “swertres.” On Tuesday, Sept. 6, four persons were arrested, including Philip Mapoy Laging, an employee of the Saturn...
CEBU CITY — The Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF) recommendation to make the use of face mask in open areas optional is a reaffirmation of the policies in Cebu province, Gov. Gwendolyn Garcia said on Friday, Sept. 9. GARCIA. (FB) Garcia welcomed the...
CEBU CITY – The provincial government of Cebu has launched a crackdown on structures illegally built in easement zones in four barangays in Bantayan, Cebu. Cebu Gov. Gwendolyn Garcia on Thursday, Sept. 8, issued two separate Executive Orders (EOs) that seek to demolish and stop the construction...
CEBU CITY – The Department of Health (DOH)-Central Visayas has warned the public against swimming within the coastal waters of Barangay Catarman, Cordova, Mactan, Cebu due to high levels of fecal coliform. FLOATING or fixed cottages have been mounted off the coastal waters of Cordova town,...
CEBU CITY—The Cebu-Cordova Link Expressway (CCLEX) will go full electronic in its toll payments starting October. By going full electronic beginning Oct. 1, the remaining CCLEX cash lanes will already be converted into exclusive radio-frequency identification (RFID) lanes. CCLEX has a total of 10...
CEBU CITY – The mayor of this city welcomed the national government’s recommendation to make the wearing of face mask in open spaces optional. Mayor Michael Rama said “I am glad" with the Inter-Agency Task Force’s (IATF) recommendation especially that the policy is already being practiced...
CEBU CITY -- Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned. This seemed to be the case of a 27-year-old woman who went wild inside a videoke establishment in Barangay Bulacao here on Monday night, Sept. 5. Ederliza Pelamin, who, police said, was left by her live-in partner, turned her frustration inside a...
CEBU CITY – Police arrested 11 persons for allegedly engaging in illegal gambling through a basketball shooting competition on Tuesday, Sept. 6, in Barangay Aliwanay, Balamban, Cebu. Lt. Col. Glenn Hife, chief of the Balamban Police Station, said they have received incessant reports that...
While the act of wearing a face mask is an effective way to prevent the spread of Covid-19, House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Albay 2nd district Rep. Joey Salceda wants solutions for places where individuals might need to see behind the mask, specifically, classrooms. A teacher in Andres...
The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) sees the need to harmonize the policy of the Inter-Agency Task Force on the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-MEID) with that of the local government units (LGIs) amid the controversy brought by the decision of Cebu City...
CEBU CITY -- Five persons were arrested while a minor was rescued in separate anti-illegal gambling operations in Dumanjug town, southern Cebu on Sunday, Sept. 4. The series of operations targeting individuals involved in illegal numbers game called ‘swertres’ were conducted by operatives of...
