25 families flee homes in fear of reported sightings of armed men

Doris C. Bongcac, Norman V. Mendoza 04/21/2017

Olango Island Government troops continued to search for two armed men spotted along the beach lines of Barangay San Vicente on Olango Island on Thursday afternoon. Soldiers and police forces conducted clearing operations, but until 5 p.m.…

Search for “armed men” in Olango continues

Doris C. Bongcac 04/21/2017

  CEBU CITY– Government troops continue to search for two armed men spotted along the beach lines of Barangay San Vicente on Olango Island on Thursday afternoon. Barangay captain Cyrus Eyas said the sightings and the presence…

Lapu-Lapu bound vehicles urged to take old bridge

Doris C. Bongcac 04/19/2017

Motorists headed for Lapu-Lapu City are advised to use the first Mandaue Mactan Bridge because a 10-wheeler truck continues to obstruct a portion of the Lapu-Lapu City bound lane of the Marcelo Fernan bridge. Em-Em Flores of…

FLOOD KILLS 9 ON EASTER SUNDAY

Doris C. Bongcac, Inquirer, Izobelle T. Pulgo, Jhunnex Napallacan, Joey Gabieta, Jose Santino S. Bunachita 04/16/2017

  Matters related to security and fear of terrorist attacks have momentarily taken a back seat as heavy rainfall spawned by tropical depression “Crising” caused widespread flooding in Cebu, leaving at least nine persons dead, half of…

MCWD halts water supply amid flood

Doris C. Bongcac 04/16/2017

WHILE floodwater filled roads and communities in Metro Cebu area on Easter Sunday, some areas in the metropolis did not have potable drinking water for about six hours. Very low pressure to no water pressure was experienced…

Floods claim six in Carmen, Danao City

Doris C. Bongcac 04/16/2017

CEBU CITY—Six persons were killed in floods in Danao City and Carmen town in northern Cebu on Sunday following heavy rains spawned by tropical depression “Crising.” According to Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction Management Office (PDRRMO) spokesperson Julius…

Fire breaks out in Mandaue, Cebu cities

Doris C. Bongcac 04/16/2017

Amid heavy rains spawn by tropical depression Crising (now downgraded to low pressure area), a fire broke out at 11 p.m. near Toyota Motors in Sitio San Vicente Ferrer, Barangay Tabok in Mandaue City, damaging at least…

Napo evacuees return to farms, try to bring back lives before clash

Benjie Talisic, Doris C. Bongcac 04/15/2017

AFTER the armed encounter between government troops and suspected Abu Sayyaf members in Inabanga town in Bohol province, evacuees from Barangay Napo are trying to bring some normalcy back in their lives. Most of the evacuees from…

Sightings alert on

Doris C. Bongcac 04/12/2017

THE Philippine Coast Guard in Central Visayas (PCG-7) is verifying reports on the sightings on Wednesday morning of two pump boats with several men on board in the waters off Barangay Ocaña, Carcar City, 40.3 kilometers south…

Taliño: One of five Abu Sayyaf killed in firefight resembles Abu Rami

Ador Vincent S. Mayol, Doris C. Bongcac, Nestle L. Semilla 04/12/2017

CEBU CITY–The leader of the armed group who entered Inabanga town, Bohol on Monday was reportedly killed in an ongoing firefight with government troopers in the mountain village of Napo, Inabanga town, Bohol province. Chief Supt. Noli…

Govt. forces continue to monitor Barangay Napo area

Doris C. Bongcac 04/12/2017

  CEBU CITY–Airstrikes continued in Barangay Napo in Inabanga, Bohol until close to midnight on Tuesday, said Frank Baylosis, the municipality’s information officer. “But the airstrike was contained in Napo area,” he said. As of 10:30 p.m.…

ABU SAYYAF FOILED

Doris C. Bongcac, Inquirer.net, Leo Udtohan, Tonee Despojo 04/11/2017

Inabanga, Bohol — It was a kind of firefight that residents like Julita Cenabre, in her 60s, never imagined would ever happen in their sleepy town of Inabanga in Bohol, 71 kilometers north of the capital Tagbilaran…

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