CEBU CITY – The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency-Central Visayas (PDEA-7) defended the arrest of a son of barangay captain in a buy-bust operation here on Wednesday, Sept. 3. Leia Alcantara, information officer of PDEA-7, said the arrest of the son of Barangay Carreta Captain Marciano Ando was...
CEBU CITY – Cebu Gov. Pamela Baricuatro has ordered a province-wide suspension of infrastructure and waterworks projects for audit and compliance checks. The suspension stemmed from a memorandum that Baricuatro issued on July 28 and took effect on Aug. 22. The memorandum directed the Provincial...
CEBU CITY – A son of a barangay captain was arrested for possessing more than P1 million worth of suspected shabu in an anti-illegal drug operation on Wednesday afternoon, Sept. 3, in Barangay Tejero here. The 42-year-old suspect is a resident of Barangay Carreta where he works as a driver of the...
CEBU CITY – A group of minors escaped from a facility that houses children in conflict with the law (CICL) in Barangay Kalunasan here on Wednesday morning, Sept. 3. Police said 13 CICL escaped from the Cebu City-run Operation Second Chance but 12 of them were immediately recaptured. The incident...
CEBU CITY – The management of a high-rise resort project in Bantayan Island, Cebu province, whose construction has been ordered stopped due to supposed environmental violations, has insisted that there was nothing illegal with the building. The management of The Stria, an 11-story luxury...
CEBU CITY – A policeman was arrested for allegedly causing trouble inside a cockpit in the City of Naga, southern Cebu. Police Patrolman Frank Omambac Alemento, 46, was allegedly drunk when the incident happened on Saturday afternoon, Aug. 30. Investigation showed that Alemento arrived in the...
CEBU CITY – Two motorcycle riders died when a trailer truck ran over them in a vehicular accident at the South Road Properties (SRP) here on Friday morning, Aug. 29. The fatalities were identified as Romiel Gapate, the 31-year-old driver of the motorcycle, and Stephanie Zundit, the 21-year-old...
CEBU CITY – As part of the intensified campaign against tuberculosis (TB), the Department of Health (DOH) spearheaded the holding of the Nationwide Simultaneous Active Case Finding (ACF) on Friday, Aug. 29. Among the 29 areas that hosted the activity was Cebu City where close to 1,000 residents...
CEBU CITY – Strict security measures will be enforced to ensure the smooth conduct of the Bar examinations here next month. In an Executive Order (EO) issued by Mayor Nestor Archival Sr., a liquor ban will be implemented around the 100-meter zone of the University of San Jose-Recoletos (USJ-R)...
CEBU CITY – The primary runway of the Mactan-Cebu International Airport (MCIA) was reopened after it was closed on Tuesday, Aug. 26. The Mactan-Cebu International Airport Authority (MCIAA) confirmed that the primary runway was opened at 11:30 a.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 27. The primary runway was...
Low-cost carrier Cebu Pacific is expanding the domestic connectivity of its Cebu hub, with the launch of direct flights to El Nido, Palawan, beginning in October. Starting Oct. 26, the Gokongwei-led airline said it will operate daily flights between Cebu and El Nido. These flights will be operated...
CEBU CITY – Flight schedules at the Mactan-Cebu International Airport (MCIA) were affected due to runway condition checks. In an 6:20 p.m. advisory on Tuesday, Aug. 26, the Mactan-Cebu International Airport Authority (MCIAA) said “teams are conducting inspections and necessary repairs as...
