CCDRRMO head announced plan to build Alaska fire substation

Fe Marie D. Dumaboc 03/01/2018

Cebu City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (CCDRRMO) head Nagiel Bañacia confirmed the plan to build a fire substation in Sitio Alaska, Barangay Mambaling, Cebu City. He made this announcement during the Fire Prevention Month celebration…

BFP-7 kicks off Fire Prevention Month

Fe Marie D. Dumaboc 03/01/2018

An advocacy walk, a simulation exercise, and a motorcade of at least 24 fire trucks of the 8 fire substations of Cebu City were among the activities held to commence the celebration of the Fire Prevention Month…

Man arrested for grave threats, carrying unlicensed gun

Benjie B. Talisic 03/01/2018

A director of the Rescue Assistance Peacekeeping Intelligence Detail (RAPID) organization was collared by police authorities for pointing a gun to a minor and a 26-year-old male on Wednesday dawn. Rafael Tiu Enriquez , 30, who is…

Court junks illegal arrest case vs. Cabal, et al

Ador Vincent Mayol 02/28/2018

  CEBU CITY—A local court has dismissed the charges filed against seven policemen who were accused of illegally arresting and detaining two of the nine suspects in the slay of Mayor Gisela Boniel of Bien Unido town…

Court dismissed quo warranto petition against Bantayan mayor Escario

King Anthony Perez 02/28/2018

Ian Christopher Escario will continue to sit as mayor of Bantayan town, Cebu, as the petition for quo warranto filed against him was dismissed. Presiding Judge Antonio Marigomen of the Regional Trial Court Bogo City Branch 61…

Man arrested for trying to bribe police in Badian

Raul Constantine Tabanao 02/28/2018

An illegal logger was arrested after he tried to bribe the chief of police in Badian in exchange for the release of his cohorts and their cargo trucks. Joel Legara, 46, from Barangay Montañeza in Malabuyoc was…

DPWH-7 to close F Llamas Street

Doris Mae C. Mondragon 02/28/2018

Motorists are advised to avoid F. Llamas street starting tomorrow, Thursday to pave way for the start of phase 3 of the N. Bacalso underpass project which aims to ease traffic. Engr. Roy Dela Cruz, the project…

Drug rehab center to be completed in 2018

Morexette Erram 02/28/2018

  A 106-bed drug rehabilitation center will be completed by the end of the year. The groundbreaking ceremony of the rehabilitation center was held today in Jose Ma.Borromeo Memorial Hospital, Pinamungajan town of southwestern Cebu. The ceremony…

BFP-7 to prepare PWDs in case of fire

Doris Mae C. Mondragon 02/28/2018

The Bureau of Fire Protection in Central Visayas (BFP-7) is planning to create a program to extend its Information Education Campaign (IEC) to persons with disabilities (PWDs). Fire Chief Insp. Noel Nelson Ababon, Cebu City fire marshall,…

Cebu City employee positive for drug use

Doris C. Bongcac 02/28/2018

  At least one city hall employee turned positive for illegal drug use based on the results of the mandatory drug screening conducted by the Cebu City Office for Substance Abuse Prevention (COSAP) yesterday. COSAP head Garry…

3 space station astronauts return to Earth

AP 02/28/2018

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Three astronauts returned from the International Space Station to the snowy, bitingly cold flatlands of Central Asia, ending a 5 1/2-month mission highlighted by robotic renovations, schoolteacher pep talks and heavenly greetings from…

Cebu’s Tabal, Fajardo receive major PSA awards

Brian J. Ochoa 02/28/2018

Cebu’s pride Mary Joy Tabal and June Mar Fajardo were feted during the Philippine Sportswriters Association Awards Night at the Manila Hotel on Tuesday night. Tabal, a multi-titled marathoner, gold medalist in the 2017 Southeast Asian (SEA)…

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