Shipping firm ordered to pay ₱1M in damages over intern’s death

Futch Anthony Inso 11/15/2024

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Cebu — A shipping company was ordered to pay ₱1 million as temperate damages to the family of an intern who was electrocuted and later died. The complaint was filed by the victim’s parents, Eddie…

Compostela: Man, steals cash from church’s collection box, nabbed

Futch Anthony Inso 11/15/2024

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Philippines — A 26-year-old construction worker, who was experiencing hard times and was in between jobs, ended in jail when he was caught stealing money inside a church in Compostela town in northern Cebu at…

Former Registry of Deeds head of Mandaue guilty of graft, bribery

Futch Anthony Inso 11/15/2024

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Cebu — Lawyer Reynaldo Mayol, dismissed Mandaue City Registry of Deeds head, was found guilty by the Mandaue City Regional Trial Court (RTC) Branch 84 for the crime of violation of Republic Act No. 3019…

Light haze blankets Cebu City, Pagasa confirms

Futch Anthony Inso 11/14/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical, and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa) Visayas has confirmed the presence of light haze in Cebu. Van Sabellano, a weather specialist at Pagasa-Visayas, said they had observed the light haze…

Family seeks urgent help for boy with eye pierced by steel rod

Futch Anthony Inso 11/13/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines – The family of a 10-year-old boy, whose left eye was pierced by a rusty steel rod on Tuesday, November 12, 2024, in Sitio Sto. Niño, Brgy. Apas, Cebu City, has appealed for urgent…

College student falls from terrace during fight with ex-BF, dies

Futch Anthony Inso 11/13/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines — A college student died after she reportedly fell from the terrace of a building located along Urgello Street, Brgy. Sambag 1 in Cebu City, at dawn on Wednesday, November 13. Initial investigation by…

‘Sextortion’ in Naga: Man nabbed for trying to blackmail girl, 14

Futch Anthony Inso 11/13/2024

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Cebu — A 37-year-old man was apprehended in an entrapment operation, after a 14-year-old girl lodged a complaint against him for sextortion on Tuesday, November 12, 2024, at around 9:50 a.m. in a lodge in…

20 minors rescued in Talisay City’s crackdown on street carolers

Futch Anthony Inso 11/12/2024

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Cebu—  Around 20 minors were rescued by the Talisay City Social Welfare and Development Office, Gender and Development (GAD) Focal, and the Philippine National Police (PNP) during an operation targeting street carolers, especially those boarding…

Boy’s eye pierced by steel rod while on way to school

Futch Anthony Inso 11/12/2024

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Cebu—  A 10-year-old boy was rushed to the hospital after his left eye was pierced by a rusty steel rod around noon on Tuesday, November 12, in Sitio Sto. Niño, Barangay Apas, Cebu City. According…

Sigbin or not? Skeletons found in Talisay house spur speculations

Futch Anthony Inso 11/12/2024

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Cebu — Two skeletons of an unidentified creature with two long hind legs, which was found inside the ceiling of a believed to be nearly a 100-year-old ancestral house, has spurred speculations of them belonging…

IN PHOTOS: Fluvial procession of Nuestra Señora de Regla in Lapu-Lapu, Cebu

Futch Anthony Inso 11/12/2024

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Cebu—Around 70 sea vessels participated in the fluvial procession of Nuestra Señora de Regla (Our Lady of the Rule) on Tuesday morning, November 12, 2024. The activity was part of the religious observances of the…

Lapu-Lapu City honors 12 drug-cleared barangays

Futch Anthony Inso 11/11/2024

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Cebu —- Twelve barangays were recognized for being drug-cleared during the celebration of the Drug Awareness and Prevention Campaign in Lapu-Lapu City. Barangays Sta. Rosa, San Vicente, Caubian, Calawisan, Pangan-an, Ibo, and Talima each received…

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