22 hurt by firecrackers, 3 by stray bullets

Chito O. Aragon, Fe Marie Dumaboc, Inquirer, Jhunnex Napallacan 12/27/2013

Two persons were hit by stray bullets while 19 others suffered various injuries caused by firecracker explosions in Cebu and the Visayas over the Christmas holiday. In Bohol, three persons were injured by firecrackers, bringing the cases…

4 barangays in a state of calamity after second fire in two days

Chito O. Aragon, Fe Marie Dumaboc, Jose Santino S. Bunachita 12/13/2013

A pre-dawn fire shook residents out of their sleep, destroying over 175 houses in a hilly portion of barangays Quiot and Kinasang-an in Cebu City past 1 a.m. yesterday. A familiar problem – narrow roads in crowded…

Keep faith in Our Lady of Guadalupe, Palma exhorts Catholic faithful

Fe Marie Dumaboc 12/12/2013

EIGHTY-FOUR-YEAR-OLD grandmother Ester Borromeo and her 10-year-old granddaughter joined thousands of devotees of Our Lady of Guadalupe to attend the final novena Mass to mark her feast day yesterday. Borromeo, a resident of barangay Guadalupe and her…

Police kill wanted man in Consolacion

Chito O. Aragon, Fe Marie Dumaboc 11/22/2013

A MAN considered as one of the most wanted persons in Cebu was killed by police in barangay Pulpogan, Consolacion town. The fatality was identified as Jeorge Blanco, 29. Senior Insp. Leo Logrono of the intelligence branch…

Teachers, students to undergo stress debriefing

Fe Marie Dumaboc 11/12/2013

FOUR days after typhoon “Yolanda” struck Daanbantayan, schools in northern Cebu towns remain roofless and soaked classrooms were filled with fallen tree trunks, leaves and branches. While the Department of Education (DepEd) continues to assess the situation,…

Food, water, flashlights in demand

Fe Marie Dumaboc, Jose Santino S. Bunachita 11/07/2013

RICE, canned food, noodles, bottled water, bread, candles and flashlights. These are what 47-year old bank employee Stella Capares placed in her shopping basket as she joined shoppers who thronged grocery stores since Tuesday evening. “We may…

Superstorm On Its Way

Bencyrus Ellorin, Christine Emily L. Pantaleon, Fe Marie Dumaboc, Jhunnex Napallacan, Marian Z. Codilla, Victor Anthony V. Silva 11/06/2013

When “Yolanda” enters the Philippines , it may build up to a super typhoon as strong as Ruping, which pummeled Cebu in 1990 and last year’s Pablo, weathermen said. “Yolanda” will make landfall in Samar by Wednesday…

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