Sunken cargo vessel recovered from Camiguin

Melissa Q. Cabahug 01/12/2015

The cargo vessel of the Cebu Sea Charterer Inc. that sank off Camiguin Island last Friday evening was retrieved by tug boats yesterday, the Philippine Coast Guard Bohol station said. “The cargo of the LCT 378 sank…

Cebu-trained K-9s to beef up Pope security

Apple Ta-as, Melissa Q. Cabahug 01/10/2015

Government security forces in Central Visayas will send troops and trained dogs to help secure Pope Francis in Tacloban and Palo, Leyte on January 17. The Regional Public Safety Battalion-7 (RPSB-7) will send 400 of its personnel…

Masseuse killed

Melissa Q. Cabahug 01/10/2015

A MASSAGE therapist was shot dead by her boyfriend after she tried to end their relationship Thursday night in barangay Linao, Minglanilla town, southern Cebu. Jael Pino, 43, was shot in the chest allegedly by Glen ‘Tata’…

MCWD finishes bulk water supply work

Melissa Q. Cabahug 01/08/2015

The Metro Cebu Water District (MCWD) finished connecting the pipelines that would supply 18,000 cubic meters of water sourced from the Carmen bulk water supply to its consumers in northern and southern Cebu yesterday. An eight-hour water…

‘We are ready if Pope visits’

Chito O. Aragon, Melissa Q. Cabahug 01/08/2015

Sinulog organizers have plan B; Festival launch set on Friday   We already have a Plan B in case the pope would change his mind and drop by Cebu.” Ricky Ballesteros, Sinulog Foundation Inc. executive director, said…

1 hurt, 5 others nabbed in drug busts

Apple Ta-as, Melissa Q. Cabahug, Norman V. Mendoza 01/08/2015

One man was wounded, five were arrested and more than P300,000 worth of shabu was seized in separate drug busts in the cities of Cebu and Lapu-Lapu and in Bantayan Island, northern Cebu. Mark Anthony Rubio and…

Coast Guard fines shipping lines for overloading

Melissa Q. Cabahug 01/07/2015

A shipping lines was fined after one of its vessel was found carrying passengers beyond its capacity. M/V Graceful Star violated the Department of Transportation and Communication (DOTC) Order No. 2003/43 or the guidelines for preventing excess…

Trader assaults security guard

Melissa Q. Cabahug 01/07/2015

A Mexican-American businessman was arrested after he allegedly punched a security guard of a KTV bar in barangay Cogon-Ramos, Cebu City last Monday evening. Manuel Antonio Espinosa, a resident of City Lights View Subdivision in barangay Lahug,…

31 New Year babies at Vicente Sotto hospital

Melissa Q. Cabahug 01/03/2015

Thalia Maria Panonce, weighing 3.65 pounds, was the first baby born in 2015 at  the Vicente Sotto Memorial Medical Center (VSMMC) in Cebu City. Her mother, Orjean Panaganan, 28, said Thalia was smiling instead of bawling  when…

Firecracker kills baby in Neg Or

Melissa Q. Cabahug 01/03/2015

A one-year-old boy in Dumaguete City, Negros Oriental was killed by a firecracker that landed on his chest as the baby was held by his mother while riding a motorcycle on New Year’s Eve. The firecracker  hit…

Order to evacuate high-risk areas ‘didn’t reach some barangays’

Melissa Q. Cabahug, Peter L. Romanillos 01/03/2015

Storm warnings were given a day before typhoon Seniang made landfall in Sibonga,  south Cebu on Dec. 30. The Capitol sent  advisories for pre-emptive evacuation on  Monday but the message didn’t trickle down to some high-risk communities.…

Firecracker kills baby in Neg Or

Melissa Q. Cabahug 01/03/2015

A ONE-YEAR-OLD boy in Dumaguete City, Negros Oriental was killed by a firecracker that landed on his chest as the baby was held by his mother while riding a motorcycle on New Year’s Eve. The firecracke  hit…

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