Bayanihan spirit shines like Christmas star for this elderly living alone in Minglanilla

Immae Lachica 12/02/2020

  CEBU CITY, Philippines– The “Bayanihan” spirit is very much alive even in this modern age and amid a pandemic. Just like this story of an elderly man living alone in Barangay Manduwang, Minglanilla, who got a…

In photos: Floods hit parts of Metro Cebu after heavy downpour

CDN Digital staff 10/14/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — “Waterworld.” This was one of the comments of netizens of the photos and videos published in CDN Digital about the floods that hit parts of Metro Cebu after a heavy downpour at past…

When police officers help others and become builders

Alven Marie A. Timtim 08/03/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — When people care and work together, they can move mountains or in this case build a house. That is what policemen from Lapu-Lapu City Police Office’s Police Station 2 did and more. The…

‘Drug den’ raid in Talisay nets 8 persons, yields P81K shabu

Benjie B. Talisic 04/25/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — A public’s vigilance about strangers visiting a shanty has led to a successful raid on a shanty in Talisay City, which turned out to be a suspected drug den. This also led to…

Calamba fire burns shanty used as ‘drug den’

Benjie Talisic 12/03/2018

  A house made of light materials was burned in a fire which hit Quijano Compound, Barangay Calamba, Cebu City on Monday afternoon, December 3. Senior Fire Officer 1 (SFO1) Arniel Borces said they are now looking…

Senior citizen found dead in Naga City

Rosalie Abatayo 10/02/2018

Seventy-eight-year-old Esteban Paran was found dead inside his makeshift home in a secluded area of Barangay Cantao-an, Naga City on Tuesday (October 2). Paran stayed in the secluded area of Barangay Cantao-an to attend to his livestock.…

Fires hit ferry boat, shanty in Mandaue

Norman V. Mendoza 07/21/2018

Two fire alarms occurred today which consumed an old ferry boat docked at Pier 7 Mandaue reclamation area and a shanty at H. Cortes St., Barangay Tipolo, Mandaue City. SFO1 Noel Codilla, Mandaue City Fire investigator said…

When ‘restless spirits’ pay a visit

Norman V. Mendoza 10/20/2017

For more than a week now, the residents of Sitio Libo, Barangay Tayud, Consolacion town would shut the doors and windows of their homes as early as seven in the evening. The women have stopped washing clothes…

Gambling machines seized in Talisay shanty

Miguel Ernest Ermac 07/25/2017

SIX gambling machines were confiscated in a raid by the Talisay City police at a shanty in Sitio Riverside, Brgy. Tanke, Talisay City last Monday afternoon. SPO4 Frederick Larrobis said they received information on the illegal gambling activities…

Man shot dead inside shanty

Benjie Talisic 05/14/2017

A RESIDENT of Barangay Carreta, Cebu City was shot dead while sleeping inside a small shanty by a motorcycle-riding assailant in the area at 4 am Sunday. The victim identified as Eduardo Carza sustained two gunshot wounds…

JUST IN: Three nabbed for sniffing shabu in Minglanilla shanty

Edison Delos Angeles 04/02/2017

  Three persons were arrested by Minglanilla police for sniffing shabu in a shanty in Barangay Calajoan at 3:30 PM in Minglanilla town, south Cebu. Arrested were Agapito Palasan Jr., 46, Eusebio Engracial, 50, and Ronnie Velosa,…

He who paints tombstones without hands

Carine A. Lapid 10/27/2016

He was born without two hands, but the disability did not stop him from earning a living among the dead. Meet Vicente Dahunan, who uses his feet to clean and paint tombstones at the public cemetery in…

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