58 children rescued during curfew in Cebu City

Chris Ligan 09/20/2017

AT least 58 children were rescued after a simultaneous implementation of curfew in four barangays in Cebu City south district on Tuesday night. 25 minors were rescued in Barangay San Nicolas, 21 in Barangay Sawang Calero, eight…

Osmeña questions suspension of classes, government office work

Chris Ligan 09/20/2017

Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña said Wednesday that he prefers to have classes on public schools and works on government offices tomorrow unless there is an official communication from Malacañang. Osmena told reporters that President Rodrigo Duterte’s…

3K candidacy forms printed in Cebu City

Chris Ligan 09/19/2017

  The Cebu City north district office of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) printed 3,000 of Certificates of Candidacy (COC) despite a pending measure in Congress to postpone the October 23, 2017 barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan (SK)…

Helmets, hard hats sought for City Hall employees

Chris Ligan 09/13/2017

THE Cebu City Council passed a resolution calling on the City Disaster Risk Reduction Management Office to provide a safety helmet or hard hat to each of Cebu City Hall’s more than 5,000 employees. City Councilor and…

Quiamco’s vehicle had 52 bullet holes — Crime Lab

Chris Ligan, Migeul Ernest Ermac, Morexette Marie B. Erram 09/02/2017

Fifty-two bullet holes do not necessarily mean the police overdid their operation to neutralize a former policeman tagged as a drug protector. The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) said one aspect of the operation cannot suffice to…

41 bullet entry points found in slain cop’s car

Chris Ligan, Miguel Ernest E. Ermac 09/01/2017

THE car used by slain police officer Ryan Quiamco during a shootout with police is now being examined by the Crime Laboratory personnel of the Cebu City Police Office. According to initial investigation by the Crime Lab,…

PDEA gets new drug detector kits from US

Chris Ligan 09/01/2017

THE Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency in Central Visayas (PDEA-7) received two drug detector kits from the United States Drug Enforcement Administration on Thursday, August 31. The two units of Thermo Scientific TruNarc Analyzer, worth P4.5 million, can…

COUNCILWOMAN IN NARCO LIST NABBED

Chris Ligan, Nestle L. Semilla 08/31/2017

THE ARREST OF DANAO CITY’S THELMA SEKIGUCHI An incumbent councilwoman in Danao City in northern Cebu who was publicly identified by President Rodrigo Duterte as among the alleged “narco-politicians” in the country was arrested by police on…

American robbed of valuables at home

Chris Ligan 08/30/2017

BURGLARS broke into and made off with valuables from a town house owned by an American and his family in Barangay Canduman, Mandaue City on Wednesday noon. Gregory Allen Amgelter and his partner received a call from…

More than 50 houses razed by fire in Calamba, Cebu City

Benjie B. Talisic, Chris Ligan, Fe Marie D. Dumaboc 08/30/2017

MORE THAN 50 houses were destroyed by fire at Sitio Almacen, Barangay Calamba in Cebu City, early morning on Wednesday, August 30. The fire alarm was received by the Bureau of Fire Protection in Cebu City at…

Suertres dealer arrested

Chris Ligan 08/28/2017

A FEMALE dealer of the illegal numbers game suertres was arrested by the Cebu City police’s Investigation and Detective Management Branch at F. Ramos Extension, Barangay Capitol Site, Cebu City at 2:30 pm Monday, August 28. Shane…

Youth group calls for end to illegal drug-related killings

Chris Ligan, USJ-R Intern Rosalie O. Abatayo 08/21/2017

AT LEAST 20 members of the militant group Akbayan Youth converged at the junction of Colon Street and Osmeňa Boulevard on Monday after to denounce the brutal war on drugs of the administration. They said the war…

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