5 persons including 3 children perish in Arlington Pond fire

Paul Lauro, Pegeen Maisie Sararana 08/31/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — At least five people died in the fire that hit Arlington Pond, Brgy. Sta. Cruz, Cebu City on Tuesday afternoon, August 31. Fire Officer 2 Fulbert Navarro confirmed that they found five bodies…

19 additional Delta variants detected in Central Visayas

Morexette Marie B. Erram 08/24/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines – The Department of Health in Central Visayas (DOH-7) on Tuesday, August 24, confirmed that they detected 19 additional cases of the Delta variant in the region. But these patients were considered as “recovered”…

Mandatory use of air purifiers in Cebu province postponed

Morexette Marie B. Erram 08/16/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines – The mandatory use of air purifiers for public utility vehicles (PUVs) in Cebu province has been postponed, a Capitol official confirmed. Carmen Quijano, manager of the Cebu South Bus Terminal (CSBT), told CDN…

Monday morning fire guts 25 homes in Brgy Subangdaku, Mandaue City

Paul Lauro, Pegeen Maisie M. Sararaña 08/16/2021

MANDAUE CITY, Cebu – At least 60 families were displaced by a fire that hit a thickly populated community in Sitio Riverside, Barangay Subangdaku in Mandaue City shortly after 8 a.m. on Monday, August 16. The fire…

11 localities in Cebu province back to MECQ

Morexette Marie B. Erram 08/10/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines – At least 11 localities in Cebu province were reverted to Modified Enhanced Community Quarantine (MECQ) to stem the increasing cases of COVID-19. Several mayors here announced on social media that starting Wednesday, August…

Cebu province under ‘GCQ with heightened restrictions’

Morexette Marie B. Erram 08/01/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The national government’s anti-COVID task force on Sunday, August 1 granted the appeal of Cebu province to be placed under a more relaxed quarantine status. Malacañang on Sunday announced that they have approved…

Wizards trade Russell Westbrook to Lakers in blockbuster

Reuters 07/30/2021

The Washington Wizards have agreed to send superstar Russell Westbrook to the Los Angeles Lakers for three players and the No. 22 pick in Thursday night’s NBA draft, The Athletic and ESPN reported. In addition to the…

DOH-7: Presence of Delta behind rise of COVID cases

Morexette Marie B. Erram 07/29/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — For the top official of the regional health office in Central Visayas, the presence of the Delta variant in Cebu has confirmed the suspicions they have been holding.  That the highly transmissible mutation…

DOH: 32 Delta variant cases detected in Region 7

Morexette Marie B. Erram 07/29/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — At least 32 cases of the highly transmissible Delta variant of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) were detected in Central Visayas, the state’s health bureau reported. The Department of Health (DOH) on Thursday, July…

Filipino flyweight Carlo Paalam moves on to round-of-16

MARK GIONGCO 07/26/2021

  TOKYO–Carlo Paalam continued the rich flyweight tradition of the Philippines in the Olympics, coughing up a split decision victory over Ireland’s Brendan Irvine on Monday, July 26, 2021, at the Kokugikan Arena here. Getting off to…

Tokyo Olympics: PH’s Cris Nievarez moves on to rowing quarterfinals

Francis T.J. Ochoa 07/23/2021

TOKYO–Filipino bet Cris Nievarez advanced to the quarterfinals of the men’s singles sculls of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics at Sea Forest Waterway on Friday, July 23, 2021. The top three rowers in each of the six heats…

Radio blocktimer in Cebu City shot outside radio station

Paul Lauro 07/22/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines—Still unidentified gunmen shot a radio blocktimer here who had just gone off-air after a program on Thursday morning, July 22, 2021. Rey Cortes of dyRB-Cebu was rushed to a hospital after a riding-in-tandem shot…

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