CEBU CITY – Police here are gearing up for the start of Misa de Gallo on Dec. 16. Police Col. George Ylanan, chief of the Cebu City Police Office (CCPO), said a security plan has been laid out to ensure that the conduct of dawn Masses will be peaceful. Ylanan said the CCPO has coordinated with...
DAVAO CITY – The local government of Midsayap in Cotabato has turned a P500,000 donation to the municipality of Liloan, Cebu to support the town’s recovery from calamities. Accompanied by fellow government officials, Midsayap Mayor Rolando Sacdalan handed over the cash donation to the local...
CEBU CITY – Byron Garcia and Cebu Gov. Pamela Baricuatro are at it again. Garcia, the outspoken brother of former Cebu Gov. Gwendolyn Garcia, filed a fresh complaint against Baricuatro in connection with the Capitol’s planned procurement of a sea ambulance. In an administrative complaint filed...
CEBU CITY – Thousands showed up for the anti-corruption rally here on Sunday, Nov. 30. The prayer rally was held peacefully with zero reported incidents during the event. “We had zero incidents. No untoward incident, not even a single case of theft and eight focus crimes happened within the...
CEBU CITY – Police will be on heightened alert for a prayer-march rally that will be participated by various groups here on Sunday, Nov. 30. The event, called the Sugboanong Pakigbisog Kontra Korapsyon (SuPaKK), is anticipated to attract at least 5,000 participants, who will gather at Fuente...
The country’s leading carriers are working round-the-clock to complete the industry-wide mandated software update on Airbus narrow-body jets by Sunday noon, aiming to prevent further flight cancellations that have affected thousands of passengers. Acting Transportation Secretary Giovanni Lopez...
The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) assured residents of Barangay Kang-actol in Dumanjug, Cebu, that the flood control structure collapsed by Typhoon Verbena on Nov. 25 will be rebuilt in a week. President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. ordered the immediate repair of the structure to protect...
Two of the country’s largest air carriers are scrambling to avert major travel disruption by pulling some of their Airbus SE narrow-body jets from service to perform an “urgent” software fix. On Saturday, Nov. 29, Philippine Airlines (PAL) and budget carrier Cebu Pacific (CEB) announced they...
CEBU CITY – A five-year-old boy died in what was claimed as a freak accident in Argao town, Cebu province on Wednesday afternoon, Nov. 26. The boy was found lifeless in a creek with a wound on his neck, police said. Police later found out that the wound was inflicted by his eight-year-old cousin,...
CEBU CITY – Help came for residents in San Remigio, Cebu who were affected by the magnitude-6.9 earthquake on Sept. 30. Some 225 households on Thursday, Nov. 27, received Home Recovery Assistance from Aboitiz Foundation. Construction materials and cash support for labor were given to the...
CEBU CITY – A neophyte policeman was injured in an accidental firing incident in Sibonga, southern Cebu province on Wednesday night, Nov. 26. The incident happened at 6:50 p.m. in the policeman’s boarding house in Sitio Gahad, Barangay Poblacion. The 29-year-old policeman, with the rank of...
SM Hotels and Conventions Corp. (SMHCC), the hospitality unit of SM Prime Holdings Inc., is on schedule to open the ₱3.6 billion SMX Convention Center Seaside Cebu in the fourth quarter of 2026, despite disruptions caused by recent natural calamities. “The recent events in Cebu caused some...
