Mandaue Mayor Jonas Cortes dismissed from office – Ombudsman

Mary Rose Sagarino 10/03/2024

MANDAUE CITY, Philippines — Mandaue City Mayor Jonas Cortes has been found guilty of grave misconduct and is meted the penalty of dismissal from the office by Office of the Ombudsman. The complaint is anchored on the…

Preventively suspended Cebu City Mayor Michael Rama banned from public office

Pia Piquero 10/03/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Preventively suspended Cebu City Mayor Michael Rama has been permanently disqualified from holding any government position after the Office of the Ombudsman found him guilty of nepotism and grave misconduct. In an order…

Classes suspended in some Cebu areas after magnitude 5.1 quake

Morexette Marie B. Erram 09/30/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines — To give way for building inspections, in-person classes here are suspended on Monday, September 30, after the magnitude 5.1-earthquake that hit Poro town in Camotes Island. In Cebu City, the Department of Education…

Magnitude 5.0 earthquake hits Poro, Camotes

Niña Mae C. Oliverio 09/29/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines — A magnitude 5.0 earthquake struck Cebu on Sunday, September 29, with tremors felt in different parts of the island province. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Philvocs) located the epicenter of the…

‘Part 2’: Tomas Osmeña invited to House hearing anew

Morexette Marie B. Erram 09/24/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Former Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña has been invited once again to speak before the House of Representatives as the inquiry into the extra-judicial (EJK) killings continue. Osmeña on Tuesday, September 24, shared…

Police probes death of lawyer who fell from building in Cebu City

Paul Lauro and Futch Anthony Inso 09/20/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Police are now investigating the death of a lawyer who died after allegedly falling from a high-rise commercial building along Bohol Street, Cebu City on Friday, Sept. 20. Police Major Romeo Caacoy, chief…

Taylor Swift endorses Kamala Harris for president 

09/11/2024

WASHINGTON — Taylor Swift, one of the music industry’s biggest stars, endorsed Kamala Harris for president shortly after the debate ended on Tuesday night, September 10, 2024. READ MORE: US election debate: Harris, Trump detail their starkly…

Apollo Quiboloy has been arrested – Abalos

Faith Argosino 09/08/2024

MANILA, Philippines — Fugitive televangelist Apollo Quiboloy has been arrested, Interior and Local Government Secretary Benjamin Abalos Jr. revealed on Sunday. Abalos bared the news in a short Facebook post but did not reveal details of Quiboloy’s…

6 suspected cases of mpox in Mandaue City, Cebu

Mary Rose Sagarino 09/02/2024

MANDAUE CITY, Cebu–The Mandaue City Health Office said that they have recorded six suspected cases of mpox in the city. Debra Maria Catulong, head of the MCHO, said  these individuals were already advised for home isolation and…

Mayor Jonas Cortes of Mandaue City suspended for 1 year

Mary Rose Sagarino, Morexette Marie B. Erram 08/21/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Another local chief executive in Cebu has been placed under suspension by the state’s anti-graft investigating body. The Office of the Ombudsman meted a one-year suspension against Mandaue City Mayor Jonas Cortes for…

‘Bomb threat’ disrupts university in Banilad, Cebu

Morexette Marie B. Erram, Paul Lauro 08/13/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines – (UPDATED 1 p.m., August 13) Investigations are ongoing over reports of a bomb threat that disrupted classes in a university in Brgy. Banilad, Cebu City on Tuesday, August 13, 2024. Students, faculty members…

Elreen Ando misses Olympic medal but sets new PH weightlifting record

Glandale Rosal 08/08/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines—Two-time Olympian Elreen Ando from Cebu may have missed out on a podium finish in the women’s 59-kilogram division of the Paris Olympics, but she still put up a good fight on Thursday evening, August…

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