Rama: Sinulog 2021 ritual showdown in SRP

Morexette Marie B. Erram 12/27/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Cebu City Vice Mayor Michael Rama confirmed on Sunday, December 27, that the ritual showdown for Sinulog 2021 will be held at the South Road Properties (SRP). Rama, in a phone interview with…

Rescuers shift to search and retrieval for missing miners in collapsed Toledo pit

Morexette Marie B. Erram 12/25/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Disaster and rescue personnel in Toledo City on December 25, 2020, has shifted to search and retrieval operations for the six miners who remained missing after a landslide occurred in an open-mining site…

Benhur passes on

Morexette Marie Erram 12/24/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — A veteran politician in Cebu has passed away on Thursday, December 24. Former Cebu 4th District Representative Benhur Salimbangon succumbed to a ‘long battle of cancer’ past 3 p.m. on Thursday, his son…

Punta Princesa residents lose homes to fire just 3 days before Christmas

Paul Lauro 12/22/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — At least 12 families or an estimated 60 individuals may spend their Christmas on the cold pavement of evacuation centers after a fire gutted their homes at 8:30 p.m. on Tuesday, December 22,…

Bodies of four miners found, six still missing 

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 12/22/2020

TOLEDO CITY, Cebu—Almost 24 hours after the collapse of an area of a mining pit in Barangay Biga here, rescuers have recovered four bodies of miners from ground zero.  Carmen Copper Corporation, the operator of the biggest…

Another lawyer in Cebu killed

Morexette Marie Erram, Paul Lauro 12/17/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Another lawyer was shot dead in Cebu just barely a month after a similar incident happened. Police in Danao City confirmed that Lawyer Baby Maria Concepcion Landero-Ole was killed by still unidentified killers…

Trump says first US vaccine will be administered ‘in less than 24 hours’

Inquirer 12/12/2020

WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump said the US will start administering the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine “in less than 24 hours,” after the Food and Drug Administration granted it an emergency use authorization late Friday. “The first vaccine…

Madridejos now COVID-19 free

Morexette Marie Erram 12/04/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — There are now zero active cases of the new coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Madridejos town, a week after the town was under wide scrutiny due to crowd gathering. Mayor Salvador Dela Fuente,…

NBA says 48 players test positive for Covid-19

12/03/2020

Los Angeles, United States—The NBA announced Wednesday, December 2, 2020, that 48 players have tested positive for the coronavirus, a dramatic increase over the zero positive tests reported during last season’s quarantine bubble in Florida. The league…

River in Danao City overflows; 30 families evacuated

Morexette Marie B. Erram, Paul Lauro 12/02/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines—Disaster and rescue personnel in Danao City are currently doing evacuation and search and rescue operations after one of the city’s major tributaries overflowed on Wednesday morning, December 2, 2020. Roland Reyes, head of the…

F1 world champion Lewis Hamilton positive for Covid-19: FIA

12/01/2020

Sakhir, Bahrainp—World champion Lewis Hamilton has tested positive for coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19)  and will miss this weekend’s Bahrain Grand Prix, Formula One’s governing body FIA announced Tuesday, December 1, 2020. “In accordance with COVID-19 protocols and public…

Central Visayas has new police director

Morexette Marie B. Erram 12/01/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Central Visayas has a new police chief. Police Brigadier General Ronnie Montejo was installed as the new director of the Police Regional Office in Central Visayas (PRO-7) during a ceremony in Camp Sergio…

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