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Philippine Ambassador to Portugal Philippe Lhuillier looks forward to a sister city agreement betwe en Sabrosa, Portugal and Cebu City where the historic Magellan’s Cross marks the discovery of the Philippine Islands.

Cebu City to link up with Magellan’s birthplace

Manila — After almost 500 years since Ferdinand Magellan landed in the Philippines, the place where he was born— Sabrosa municipality, Portugal—and the place where…

LOSS. This is what remains of what used to be the house owned by paralytic Francisco Lacno and his neighbors following last Friday midnight’s fire in sitio Upper San Roque, barangay Bulacao, Cebu City. (CDN PHOTO/JUNJIE MENDOZA)

Fire guts Bulacao homes

Sixth fire to hit Cebu City this March, Fire Prevention Month At least five houses were gutted by a fire in sitio Upper San Roque,…

Citom has started confiscating roller skates and skateboards of youths who use Cebu City streets, a violation with a P500 fine. (CDN FILE PHOTO)

Citom looking for safe skaters’ park

Cebu City’s traffic watchdog is negotiating with a mall for the use of a nearby vacant space for skaters and roller blade enthusiasts, who are…

Chief Insp. Enrique Belciña shows the bookmarks bearing the names and photos of wanted criminals. (CDN PHOTO/JUNJIE MENDOZA)

Wanted criminals ‘bookmarked’

From distributing folding fans to posting tarpaulin banners in public places, police have found another way to get the public more involved in tracking down…

‘Easy money’ lure in cyberporn too much for Cordova folk

LIFE IS HARD. “Lalang” is shown here talking with Cebu Daily News correspondent Michelle Joy L. Padayhag about the travails of Cordova folk who had to resort to cyberpornography to survive.

Chief Supt. Marcelo Garbo (center), regional police director, and his deputy for operations Senior Supt. Louie Oppus leave the office of Acting Gov. Agnes Magpale after a morning meeting on Dec. 24 as ehr dautghter Energy Undersecretary Josefina Patricia Magpale-Asirit (right) looks on

Acting Governor Agnes Magpale (in stripes) is given her first payment to sign - a purchase order for rice sacks for Capitol employees by the General Services Office.

BOMB DETONATION/FEB. 4, 2012:Seen from 2 kilo meter's 8 minute ride, Explosive Ordinance Disposal (EOD) of the Central Command and the Cebu City Police SWAT team prepare to detonated 29 bombs found at SRP Kawit island that includs the 1,000 pound bomb at the Biga Pit of Carmen Copper at Toledo City secured by the SWAT and PNP SWAT.(CDN PHOTO/JUNJIE MENDOZA)