Woman dies after being run over by wing van in Colon street

Margarette Managaytay 12/27/2016

A 53-year-old woman died on the spot after she was run over by a ten-wheeler delivery van of a mall in Colon Street corner Leon Kilat Street, Cebu City at around 4:25 p.m. on Tuesday. The victim…

‘Habal-habal’ driver, passengers hurt in shooting

Margarette Managaytay 12/27/2016

CEBU CITY–A habal-habal (motorcycle-for-hire) driver and two passengers were hurt after an unidentified assailant fired at them early Tuesday in a mountain village of Cebu City. PO3 Wilson Ybanez of the Cebu City homicide division, identified the…

Two drug suspects killed in shootout with police in Danao City

Margarette Managaytay 12/27/2016

CEBU CITY–Two suspected drug pushers were killed while two others were arrested in a buy-bust operation on Monday in Danao City, about 48 km north of here. Killed on the spot were Leomar “Omar” Espina, who was…

3-day illegal-drug haul: P6M shabu; 9 nabbed

Margarette Managaytay, Nestle L. Semilla 12/27/2016

THERE’S no rest for the police officers in Cebu in the anti-illegal drug campaign despite the long weekend as they confiscated at least P6 million worth of illegal drugs and arrested nine persons, including a barangay councilman,…

Council seeks probe on cash aid programs

Margarette Managaytay 11/06/2016

THE Cebu City Council is seeking an investigation on confusing procedures of the city’s two programs City Hospitalization Assistance and Medicines Program (CHAMP), Burial Assistance Program and the Office of the Senior Citizens’ Affairs (OSCA). The Council…

City dads turn to LTO, DOTC in regulating habal-habal

Margarette Managaytay 11/05/2016

Two Cebu City councilors are asking the Land Transportation Office (LTO) and the Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC) about their stand on the proposed ordinance regulating “habal-habal” motorcycles in the city streets. The Committee on Laws,…

BO-PK allies on hand for seniors cash aid

Margarette Managaytay 10/27/2016

ALLIES of Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña who are planning to run in next year’s barangay elections were on hand to facilitate yesterday’s distribution of cash aid to seniors in various venues. In Barangay Sambag 1, about…

Seniors receive cash aid

Margarette Managaytay 10/27/2016

More than 1,000 Cebu City’s senior citizens received their cash aid in areas designated by the mayor’s office starting at 7:30 am Thursday. Esmeralda Barcelo, one of the BMO staff said they waited for the other senior…

LOSING IT ALL AT DAWN

Ador Vincent S. Mayol, Dominic D. Yasay, Margarette Managaytay 10/25/2016

Forty-two families or about 542 persons will spend the coming holidays inside a barangay gym after losing their homes to a fire that ravaged their area in Sitio Taguntongan, Barangay Suba, Cebu City, at 4:20 a.m. yesterday.…

Traffic, security preps in place in cemeteries

Margarette Managaytay 10/25/2016

The Cebu City government has laid out traffic and security preparations in Catholic cemeteries during the observance of All Saints’ Day and All Souls’ Day next week. “All systems go. All security preparations (are) ready na para…

Present meds, village chief told

Margarette Managaytay 10/24/2016

The Cebu City barangay official who initially tested positive in a drug test conducted during last Thursday’s barangay assembly was told to present a list of medications that he took for maintenance. “I called him (Busay barangay…

DepEd Cebu: Dengue kills 11 pupils

Margarette Managaytay 10/21/2016

The Department of Education in Central Visayas has recorded as of October 18 a total of 834 dengue cases in 16 school districts. According to the data presented by the Cebu Schools Division, 11 of the 834…

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