Elderly biker ‘sideswiped’ by mini bus in Talisay City

Paul Lauro 03/22/2021

TALISAY CITY, Cebu – A senior citizen was brought to the hospital after he was allegedly sideswiped by a passing mini bus early this Monday morning, March 22, 2021, while traversing a portion of Natalio Bacalso Avenue…

2 men nabbed for selling fake RT-PCR test results

Paul Lauro 03/18/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Operatives from the National Bureau of Investigation in Central Visayas (NBI-7) arrested on Thursday, March 18 two men for reportedly producing and selling fake swab test results. The operation conducted in downtown Cebu…

Daluz: Let’s wait for court’s decision on MR

Delta Derycka C. Letigio 03/17/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Members of the board of directors of the Metropolitan Cebu Water District (MCWD) wanted to wait for the court decision on a motion for reconsideration (MR) which they already filed before they will…

Court orders return of 3 terminated MCWD board members

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 03/16/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — A Cebu City court has released a temporary restraining order (TRO) against the termination of three Metropolitan Cebu Water District (MCWD) board members by Mayor Edgardo Labella. The order was granted by Regional…

Mambaling fire hits heavily populated community

Paul Lauro 03/15/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines -An early morning fire woke up residents of a thickly populated community in Barangay Mambaling in Cebu City this Monday, March 15. The fire alarm burned homes made of light materials that were built…

Central Visayas receives 30K doses of AstraZeneca vaccines

Morexette Marie B. Erram 03/10/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Central Visayas on Wednesday, March 10, received its third shipment of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccines. At 7:40 a.m., 30,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccines from UK-based pharmaceutical firm AstraZeneca arrived at the Mactan…

Cebu South Coastal Road accident injures 7

Paul Lauro 03/07/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines – At least seven individuals, including two girls, were injured in a vehicular accident at the southbound lane of the Cebu South Coastal Road (CSCR) at around 10 a.m. on Sunday, March 7. Rescuers…

‘1,245 and more’ VSMMC workers OK with Sinovac

Morexette Marie B. Erram 03/04/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — As Cebu gears for its ceremonial rollout of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccines, more healthcare workers here volunteered to get the shots. Dr. Gerardo Aquino Jr., chief of the Vicente Sotto Memorial…

19-year-old man nabbed for maltreating 7-year-old boy in Naga City

Paul Lauro, Pegeen Maisie M. Sararaña 02/26/2021

Nineteen-year-old Daniel Echavez at the Naga Police Station. | Contributed photo via Paul CEBU CITY, Philippines — A 19-year-old man is facing the prospect of serving time in jail for allegedly maltreating a  7-year-old boy in Purok…

Dodong Gullas passes on at 87

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 02/25/2021

  CEBU CITY, Philippines — Jose “Dodong” Gullas, the former administrator of the University of the Visayas (UV) and the chairman of local daily, The Freeman Cebu, has passed away on February 25, 2021. He was 87.…

1 dead, 3 hurt in Malabuyoc motorcycle accident

and Paul Lauro, Doris Mondragon 02/25/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — A young man died, while three others were badly injured in a motorcycle collision along the national highway in Barangay Poblacion 2, Malabuyoc town, Cebu at around 9:40 p.m. Wednesday, February 24, 2021.…

Cebu becomes 1st province to drop RT-PCR results as requirements for incoming local tourists

Morexette Marie B. Erram 02/22/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Cebu Provincial government has officially dropped real-time polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) results as requirements for incoming domestic tourists. This as Governor Gwendolyn Garcia on February 22 signed and issued Executive Order (EO)…

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