Sambag 1 Fire: The aftermath

Gerard Francisco 10/19/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — At dawn of October 19, 2019, a fire broke out in Sitio Amor in Barangay Sambag 1. Over 32 houses were burned down and 98 families or 340 individuals lost their homes to…

How do you want your bolinao?

Gerard Francisco 10/10/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Called bolinao among the Cebuanos, anchovies are enjoyed in the Visayas region in various ways. It can be enjoyed as a torta, which is prepared by mixing anchovies with flour and egg before…

IN PHOTOS: Regent Aguila Ironman 70.3 Philippines Cebu

Gerard Francisco 08/12/2019

This year’s Regent Aguila – Ironman 70.3 Philippines Cebu was successfully held last August 11, 2019 at the Shangri – La’s Mactan Resort and Spa with a record number of participants coming from 57 countries. The Ironkids…

C. Visayas FA booters rout E. Visayas FA team

Gerard Francisco, Marsante G. Alison 07/13/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Central Visayas Football Association (CVFA) earned their first win, after handing the Eastern Visayas Football Association (EVFA) a shutout victory, 7-0, during the Philippine Football Federation (PFF) Under 15 Boys National Championship…

IN PICTURES: Mambaling fire aftermath

Gerard Francisco 06/01/2019

CEBU CITY – Residents of Sitio Puntod, Barangay Mambaling scavenge for items that they can still use after a fire razed their houses on Friday, May 31, 2019. READ: Mambaling fire destroys 84 houses, displaces 446 persons…

Part of Osmeña Boulevard to be closed for NYD

Gerard Francisco 04/22/2019

Cebu City—The Cebu City Transportation Office (CCTO) announced on its Facebook page that a portion of Osmeña Boulevard will be closed for the opening procession of the National Youth Day on Tuesday, April 23, 2019.  Motorists are…

GALLERY: Scenes from Cebu rally for Negros 14

Gerard Francisco, Tonee Despojo 04/08/2019

Cebu City, Philippines — Members of militant groups held a protest in front of the Police Regional Office Central Visayas headquarters along Osmeña Boulevard in Cebu City on Monday, April 8, 2019. The protest was held to…

Sinas: NegOr operation legit, killings ‘not a massacre’

Gerard Francisco 04/01/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — “It was not a massacre.” That is what Brigadier General Debold Sinas, Police Regional Office in Central Visayas (PRO – 7) director, said during a press conference on Monday, April 1, addressing massacre…

Scavenger attempts to swim from Cebu to Bohol to visit departed parents

Gerard Francisco, John Aroa 10/29/2018

CEBU CITY–Ceferino Angco, 47, wanted to visit the graves of his family and relatives in Carmen town, Bohol during All Saints’ Day but did not have money for a boat fare. Determined to go home, Ceferino decided…

A new name for the opposition

Gerard Francisco 10/11/2018

CEBU CITY The local opposition, Barug Team Rama – PDP Laban, will soon go under a new name. Cebu City Councilors and opposition members Joel Garganera and Raymond Garcia announced yesterday that the group will be known…

TEAM RAMA NO MORE: Cebu City opposition bloc carries new name

Gerard Francisco 10/11/2018

  Cebu City Councilors Raymond Alvin Garcia and Joel Garganera announced that the opposition bloc has registered a new name for their party in the 2019 elections. Garcia and Garganera revealed that the opposition which is known…

Cops to conduct reenactment as probe on ‘salvage’ incident continues

Benjie Talisic, Delta Letigio, Gerard Francisco, Jessa Sotto, Morexette Erram 10/08/2018

Investigators of the Cebu City Police Office (CCPO) will conduct a reenactment of the shooting incident that killed five people in the mountain barangay of Malubog, Cebu City. Chief Supt. Debold Sinas, the director of Police Regional…

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