A CIVIL society group called on the Cebu City government not to cut the 2,166 trees along the routes covered by the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) project, saying the trees have been integral in protecting the city…
CASH loans in Cebu are going digital, paperless, and more accessible thanks to a new digital financial service made possible by Cash Credit in collaboration with FINTQ, Voyager Innovations, and Smart Padala. Called “Pera Agad”, this latest…
After six years of hiding from authorities, cult leader and former Dinagat Islands Rep. Ruben Ecleo Jr. has expressed willingness to surrender to authorities on two conditions. His two former lawyers — Orlando Salatandre Jr. and Giovanni…
Two persons drowned while catching fish in separate incidents in Consolacion town in northern Cebu and Dumanjug town in southwest Cebu last Tuesday. Around 7 p.m. last Tuesday, a certain Renato Besabella, 51, married, of Barangay Upper…
FIFTEEN drug personalities were arrested by the police in separate buy-bust operations in Cebu on Tuesday and yesterday dawn. The separate drug operations started off with serving a warrant of arrest against drug detainee Rosendo Flores.…
A MAN was arrested near his residence by a police officer who saw him firing his gun on Tuesday afternoon in Sitio Ilaya, Barangay Cogon Cruz, Danao City. Suspect Russel Abarquez tried to run but was caught…
ABOUT 12 stingrays weighing 18 kilos were seized from some stalls at the Mandaue City public market’s wet section in a surprise inspection by the Cebu Provincial Anti-Illegal Fishing Task Force (CPAIFTF) at dawn yesterday. Task force…
Police arrested a drug suspect in a drug bust in Sitio Lower Kawayan, Barangay Sambag 2, Cebu City on Wednesday dawn. Seized from Rommerendo Ayuban, 32, were four packs of shabu. His alleged cohort eluded arrest. Charges…
After six years of hiding, cult leader and former Dinagat Islands Rep. Ruben Ecleo Jr. has expressed willingness to surrender to authorities on two conditions. His two former lawyers—Orlando Salatandre Jr. and Giovanni Mata—must be stripped…
A jeepney driver was arrested in a buy-bust operation in Sitio Mahayahay, Barangay Calamba, Cebu City on Tuesday evening. Kenn Hamison, 40, a PUJ driver, was arrested after he sold illegal drugs to a police poseur buyer.…
Three were arrested in a One Time, Big Time operation conducted on Wednesday dawn at Sitio Bugnay I, Barangay Labangon, Cebu City . Jaymar Candole, 29; James Louie Otadoy, 23; and Aris Lloyd Marasigan, 34, all…
TO ensure that schools are drug-free, the Police Regional Office in Central Visayas (PRO-7) is supporting the plan of the Department of Education (DepEd) to conduct random drug tests for public elementary and high school teachers…
