CEBU CITY -- Some 61 houses were razed in a fire that broke out in a densely populated area in Barangay Tabunok, Talisay City on Monday night, Oct. 31. According to the city’s Department of Social Welfare and Services Office (CSWDO), the fire displaced 50 to 70 families. No casualty was reported...
CEBU CITY – People started visiting various cemeteries here on the eve of All Saints' Day on Monday, Oct. 31. BRIG. Gen. Roderick Alba (right), chief of the Police Regional Office-Central Visayas, inspects a cemetery in Cebu City on Monday, Oct. 31. (Calvin D. Cordova) With the easing of Covid-19...
CEBU CITY – The City of Danao was one of the local government units (LGUs) to be awarded with the Department of the Interior and Local Government’s (DILG) Seal of Good Local Governance (SGLG) for 2022. Aside from Danao, the other city in Cebu province to get the SGLG is Talisay City. The towns...
CEBU CITY – A barangay tanod (watchman) died after he was allegedly stabbed by two minors with a cockfighting gaff or "tari" before dawn on Monday, Oct. 31, in Barangay Tagaguimit, City of Naga, Cebu. Police identified the fatality as Danilo Alerta Sr., 57. Lt. Col. Junnel Caadlawon, chief of the...
BACOLOD CITY – The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) allowed the resumption of sea trips here and Negros Occidental to Cebu, Iloilo, and vice-versa on Sunday, Oct. 30, after Tropical Cyclone Wind Signal No. 1 hoisted in the Visayas due to severe tropical storm “Paeng” was lifted on Saturday night,...
CEBU CITY — Six houses in Barangay Busay here were destroyed by a landslide on Saturday afternoon, Oct. 29. AN emergency responder looks at houses destroyed in a landslide in Barangay Busay, Cebu City on Saturday afternoon, Oct. 29. (Photo contributed by Councilor Joel Garganera) The...
A man believed to be a victim of drowning was found floating in the vicinity waters of Mandaue, Cebu City on Saturday, Oct. 29. (Photo by PCG) Residents sighted the body of the man and reported it to the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) Station Central Cebu. The PCG Station Central Cebu instructed the...
CEBU CITY – Seven men were rescued from the middle of a rampaging river in Barangay Cambang-ug, Toledo City, Cebu on Friday afternoon, Oct. 28. SEVEN men stranded in the middle of a river in Toledo City, Cebu on Friday, Oct. 28, patiently await rescue. (Screenshot from Judeza Panugan FB) Roselyn...
CEBU CITY—Close to 2,000 passengers going home for “Undas” were stranded in various ports in Central Visayas due to severe tropical storm “Paeng,” the Philippine Coast Guard-Central Visayas (PCG 7) said on Saturday, Oct. 29. A PASSENGER vessel runs aground in the sea of Jagna, Bohol. (PCG...
CEBU CITY -- Hundreds of passengers who are heading for their respective provinces for the observance of the ‘Kalag-Kalag (Undas)’e on Nov. 1 and Nov. 2, started arriving in ports and bus terminals here. But due to Tropical Storm Paeng which is affecting Eastern Visayas, hundreds of the...
BACOLOD CITY – Sea trips from here and Negros Occidental to Cebu, Manila, and Iloilo, and vice-versa were suspended on Friday, Oct. 28, due to Tropical Storm ‘Paeng.’ Some of the passengers at Bredco port in Bacolod City decided to go home, following the suspension of sea trips due to...
CEBU CITY -- The Mactan-Cebu International Airport (MCIA) is back to its 24/7 operations. The Mactan-Cebu International Airport Terminal 2. (Photo by Juan Carlo de Vela/ MANILA BULLETIN) However, the Korean Air plane that overshot the runway on Oct. 23 and caused temporary closure of the airport...
