VisMin developer Cebu Landmasters Inc. (CLI) has opened the P2 billion Citadines Bacolod City, its first hotel outside Cebu City and the largest international hotel in Negros. In a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE), the firm said it is expanding its footprint in the Visayas and...
CEBU CITY – Three persons were arrested when law enforcers raided a drug den in Barangay Labangon here on Wednesday night, June 12. PACKS of suspected shabu and a handgun were among the items seized in an anti-illegal drug operation in Barangay Sawang Calero, Cebu City on Wednesday night, June...
CEBU CITY – A retired police general has asked the court to stop the municipal government of Sogod in northern Cebu from implementing an ordinance that imposes what he described as exorbitant water rates. Jose Marie Espino and wife Rose, residents of Sogod, have filed a petition with application...
CEBU CITY – His dislike for pretty ladies has put a man in serious trouble. A WOMAN’S eye is badly bruised after she was punched by a man whom he met by chance on a road in Cebu City on Sunday, June 9. (Calvin D. Cordova) A 37-year-old man was arrested by the police after he assaulted three...
CEBU CITY – The National Bureau of Investigation-Central Visayas (NBI-7) has been asked to investigate the death of a job order (JO) employee of the municipal government of Dalaguete in southern Cebu. COUPLE Mengdred and Marjoe Gegremosa on Tuesday, June 11, visited the National Bureau of...
CEBU CITY – An 18-year-old fresh senior high school graduate died after a concrete lamp post fell on him in Camotes Island, Cebu, on Thursday, June 6. The freak accident happened past 9 p.m. in the bay walk of Barangay Poblacion, Poro. POLICE check the lamp post that broke and pinned a fresh...
BAGUIO CITY – Mayor Benjamin Magalong here hopes that Philippine Airlines commercial flights from Baguio to Cebu and vice versa will resume after the rainy season. A PHILIPPINE Airlines aircraft at Loakan Airport in Baguio City. (Photo via Zaldy Comanda) The flag carrier had earlier announced...
CEBU CITY – Six persons were killed and six others were rescued after a fishing boat caught fire in the sea of Naga City, southern Cebu on Wednesday night, June 5. RESCUERS from Coast Guard-Central Visayas unload the bodies of two fishermen who were among the six persons who perished after a...
CEBU CITY – A 10-year-old boy was killed in a fire that destroyed their house in Barangay Talamban here at dawn on Tuesday, June 4. The fatality was identified as Nathan Jade Villamor. Police said the victim was asleep when the house caught fire around 2 a.m. The victim’s mother claimed she...
VisMin developer Cebu Landmasters Inc. is expanding its high-end residential business while biding its time for its planned public offering of shares of its real estate investment trust (REIT) for hotels and commercial properties. CLI Chairman and CEO Jose Soberano III During the firm’s annual...
CEBU CITY – At least six kilos of suspected shabu were seized from a habal-habal (motorcyle-for-hire) driver in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Labangon here on Monday night, June 3. Police valued the packs of shabu seized by operatives of the Regional Drug Enforcement Unit from Joey...
CEBU CITY – Thousands die every year in the country due to crashes. ROAD safety tips are discussed in the 51st National Road Safety Conference from May 30 to 31 in Cebu City. (Calvin D. Cordova) With this, the Safety Organization of the Philippines Inc. (SOPI) intensified its advocacy for road...