A maritime expert on Tuesday expressed alarm over a report in a state-controlled Chinese newspaper that the Philippine government would use natural resources as collateral for multimillion-dollar loans from China. If true, the arrangement would have serious…
The death of Marivic Muca, a domestic helper in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, made the rounds in social media as images of her frail state circulated online. The 31-year-old overseas Filipino worker (OFW) died two days after reaching…
Engr. Yosefa Ylanan, head of the Office of the Building Official (OBO) in Cebu City, immediately ordered the suspension of all projects undertaken by J.E. Abraham C. Lee Construction and Devleopment Inc. following the collapse of…
At least four town mayors are facing separate complaints before the Officer of the President. Charged are the mayors of Carcar City and Moalboal, Minglanilla and Santa Fe Towns. In their letter summarizing all the complaints, Assistant…
The Youth for a Livable Cebu (YLC) lauded the announcement of Mayor Tomas Osmeña to open the Cebu City Public Library and Information Center for 24 hours. Since 2015, YLC has partnered with the public library in…
The Police Regional Office in Central Visayas (PRO-7) Director Rober Quenery has ordered the relief of Carbon Police Station Chief Jacinto Mandal following the arrest of a police officer who was caught with drugs inside his house…
LEGAZPI CITY–The Albay Public Safety and Emergency Management Office (Apsemo) has ordered the decampment of evacuees still staying in different evacuation centers in Albay. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology has lowered on Tuesday Mayon Volcano’s…
The Department of Labor and Employment in Central Visayas (DOLE) and the Office of the Building Official (OBO) are conducting an investigation after a four-level bunkhouse in Barangay Lahug, Cebu City, collapsed past 2 a.m. on Tuesday.…
The drug enforcement unit of Mabolo police precinct arrested an active police officer and his live-in partner in Sitio Panagdait, Barangay Kasambagan, Cebu City at around 4 a.m. on Tuesday. Police Officer 1 Jayrome Solano, 36, and…
CEBU CITY–At least three workers were believed to be dead and several others were wounded when a four-story bunkhouse in Barangay Lahug, Cebu City collapsed around 3 a.m. on Tuesday. As of 5:30 a.m., paramedics from the…
Police are still investigating the ambush in Alcantara town of a 47-year-old resident of Moalboal town, who had just attended a hearing in Barili town in southwestern Cebu. Chief Insp. Rosemarie Acupinpin, police chief of Alcantara, a…
Justine Raphael Luis Balane was voted as Vice President for Asia-Pacific during the 33rd International Union of Socialist Youth (IUSY) World Congress last February in Montenegro. Balane, a Mass Communication graduate of the University of the Philippines…
