Mandaue City’s newest COVID-19 patient succumbs to infection – PIO

Doris C. Bongcac 05/02/2020

MANDAUE CITY, Cebu – An inmate of the Mandaue City Jail has died of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). The inmate, who was referred to as Patient MC 29, was admitted at the Vicente Sotto Memorial Medical…

NPA land mine, grenades kill 3 troopers, wound 4 in Negros encounter

Florence A. Baesa 04/19/2020

DUMAGUETE CITY, Negros Oriental, Philippines — A land mine and hand grenades allegedly thrown by the New People’s Army (NPA) caused the heavy casulaties on the government side when troops from the 94th Infantry Battalion encountered an…

Breaking News Update: DOH-7 clarifies only 2 COVID-19 cases in Cebu City, the third one a repeat test

Morexette Marie B. Erram 04/11/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Only two new coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) cases were recorded in Cebu City for Black Saturday, April 11, 2020, not three as earlier reported.  The Department of Health in Central Visayas (DOH –…

Ibabao-Estancia sitios under state of calamity

Norman V. Mendoza 02/29/2020

MANDAUE CITY, Cebu, Philippines — Barangay Ibabao-Estancia has declared two sitios affected by the fire under a state of calamity. Barangay Chairman Romulo Echavez of Ibabao-Estancia said that the council had convened this afternoon and declared Sitios…

Mandaue fire razes 320 houses; P2.4M property lost

Alven Marie A. Timtim, Brian Ochoa, Gerard Francisco, Paul Lauro 02/29/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — A noontime fire razed at least 320 houses in two sitios in Barangay Ibabao-Mandaue City on February 29, 2020. Senior Fire Officer 1 Jade Roble, fire investigator of the Mandaue City Fire Department,…

Warden admits to ‘drug problem’ at Cebu City Jail’s male dormitory

Alven Marie Timtim 02/29/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The illegal drugs problem at the Cebu City Jail is far from over. But Jail Superintendent Julius Arro said that they are doing their best to address the problem. “Ang mga illegal drugs…

26 Korean PUMs from Daegu now accounted for

Morexette Marie B. Erram 02/28/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The whereabouts of the seven South Koreans from Daegu City, who landed in Cebu last February 25, have been located. At a press conference Friday, February 28, Hotel Resort and Restaurant Association in…

Police: Man found dead with skinned face in Carmen believed to be person with mental health issues

Alven Marie A. Timtim and Paul Lauro 01/10/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The man found dead with his entire face skinned at a grassy area in Barangay Fuente of the northern Cebu town of Carmen was allegedly the person with mental illness previously seen roaming…

Gungun Gica ‘not arrested’; just ‘served with arrest order’ and posted bail

Rosalie O. Abatayo 01/08/2020

(Updated Story) CEBU CITY, Philippines — The camp of Dumanjug Mayor Efren Guntrano “Gungun” Gica has questioned the propriety of the arrest warrant issued against him on Wednesday, January 8, 2020, over a graft and corruption case.…

Lawyer shot, wounded in Dumaguete City undergoes surgery

Florence Baesa 01/03/2020

(Second update) DUMAGUETE CITY, Negros Oriental — The lawyer who was shot and wounded this morning, Friday, January 3, 2020, at his home’s premises in Dumaguete City is now fighting for his life in a hospital here.…

Firecracker blamed for Kalunasan taxi compound fire

Alven Marie A. Timtim 12/31/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines -Residents in the area heard a firecracker explosion shortly before fire broke at the compound of a taxi company in Sitio Langob, Barangay Kalunasan in Cebu City on Tuesday afternoon, December 31, 2019. This…

Talisay police identify ‘person of interest’ in veterinarian’s ambush

Alven Marie A. Timtim and Paul Lauro 12/30/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Policemen in Talisay City have already identified a “person of interest” in the killing of veterinarian Neil Boligao in an ambush while in Sitio Maanyag, Barangay Biasong, Talisay City at dawn today, December…

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