CEBU CITY – Eight persons were rescued when the pump boat they were riding in sank in the sea of Barangay Maribago, Lapu-Lapu City, Cebu on Monday afternoon, September 16. LAPU-LAPU City Hall of Justice A private pump boat in the area rescued them. Among those rescued were the operator of...
CEBU CITY – A habal-habal (motorcycle taxi) driver was arrested and three kilos of suspected shabu worth P21.4 million were seized in a buy-bust operation in Compostela town, northern Cebu past midnight on Saturday, September 14. Police identified the suspect as Francis Serecon Molina, 45. The...
CEBU CITY – A man was killed and two others were injured when their pick-up truck rammed a parked trailer truck on the national highway in the City of Naga, southern Cebu early Saturday morning, September 14. The fatality was identified as Robert Jimenez, legal age. Injured were John Reggie...
CEBU CITY – A drug suspect was killed while a policeman was wounded in an hour-long gunfight in mountainous Barangay Jampang, Argao town, Cebu early Friday morning, September 13. A VEHICLE of the Argao, Cebu police station sustains bullet holes during a shootout on Friday morning, September 13....
CEBU CITY – Apart from adequate school supplies, uniform, bag, foot wear, and protective gear, a healthy “baon” for school children is also a must, the Philippine Heart Association (PHA) reminded. In an episode of the PHA Usapang Puso sa Puso with the theme Puso, Pasukan, Tag-Ulan, on...
CEBU CITY – Police reminded the public to be extra vigilant in places of worship after a group of pickpockets robbed a woman inside the Basilica Minore del Santo Niño Church here on Wednesday afternoon, September 11. A FEMALE pickpocket uses a hat to cover her left hand which slips through the...
San Miguel-led New NAIA Infra Corporation (NNIC), the private entity assuming management of the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) on September 14, assured the public that airport operations will continue as usual upon their takeover. In a statement, the firm said “Any future changes or...
CEBU CITY – Officials of a barangay in Mandaue City, Cebu have cried foul over the recall of city-owned motor vehicles and city-paid job order employees for garbage disposal services. JESUS Neri Jr., barangay captain of Guizo, Mandaue City, shows a pile of uncollected garbage in their barangay....
CEBU CITY – Stoked by the news surrounding the arrest of Pastor Apollo Quiboloy on Sunday, September 8, a man in Consolacion town, Cebu hastily disposed of a lighted egg tray on Monday night, September 9. RESIDENTS pass by the area in Sitio Bangkerohan, Barangay Tayud, Consolacion, Cebu where 13...
Cebu Pacific Air is asking San Miguel Corp.-led New NAIA Infrastructure Corporation (NNIC) to ensure that all necessary operational support and systems are in place before any terminal changes are implemented. In a statement, the country’s largest carrier said that while it fully supports the...
A Cebu City judge convicted a Chinese national of two criminal cases involving the distribution and sale of counterfeit cigarettes. The accused, Sunxu Zhou, was found guilty for violating Sections 155 and 155.1 (Trademark Infringement) of the Intellectual Property Code of the Philippines or...
CEBU CITY – A 73-year-old man allegedly slit his 70-year-old wife’s throat using a scythe in Oslob town, southern Cebu, on Friday night, September 6. Major Jude Cebrero, chief of the Oslob Police Station, said the couple had an argument in their house in Barangay Upper Calumpang. At the height...
