A public hearing was held on Wednesday morning to convene various stakeholders and public officials regarding the proposed ordinance regulating the hiring of bouncers of entertainment bars in Mandaue City. Police Superintendent Oscar Boyles of the Mandaue…
Malacañang on Tuesday sided with Cebu Rep. Gwendolyn Garcia as she battled a dismissal order from the Office of the Ombudsman, saying the graft buster could not order her removal from her legislative post. Presidential spokesperson Harry…
The Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board in Central Visayas (LTFRB-7) impounded a tourist van in Cebu North Bus Terminal, Mandaue City, Cebu this morning. Franchised as a tourist vehicle, it was caught operating as a van-for-hire…
A 57-year-old man died in Alegria town after his nipa house was crushed by an uprooted coconut tree due to strong winds brought by Tropical Depression Basyang at around 10:30 p.m., February 13. The victim, Jenas Demecillo…
In the latest weather bulletin of the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) issued at 8 a.m. today, only the province of Palawan, including Calamian and Cuyo groups of islands, has been placed under Storm Signal…
A 71-year-old woman died after she was swept away by the strong river current in Barangay Trinidad, Guihulngan City, Negros Oriental on Tuesday afternoon. Gaudiosa Lani drowned after she tried to cross the river. According to PO2…
More than P100,000 worth of cash and several valuables were stolen from a lending shop and a law office by unidentified robbers in Brgy.Tabunok, Talisay City, Cebu on Tuesday morning. Reynaldo Sinao, 54, office staff of Villarante…
TAGBILARAN CITY, Bohol- At least 15 Chinese nationals were rescued on Tuesday night after they were stranded on island in Bohol where they took shelter from the wrath of tropical storm “Basyang.” It was not clear if…
Catholics all over the world on Wednesday begin the season of Lent with the imposition of ashes on the foreheads of the faithful who attend Mass. Cebu Archbishop Jose Palma said ashes remind people of the penitential…
Tropical Depression Basyang (international name Sanba) maintained its strength as it is projected to make a third landfall in southern Cebu tonight. The severe weather bulletin issued by the state weather bureau Pagasa at 5 p.m. Tuesday…
As the Church prays for people affected by tropical depression Basyang, Cebu Archbishop Jose Palma has instructed parish priests to open the church facilities for possible evacuees. “If there is a need for people to evacuate, then…
Cebu Archbishop Jose Palma has granted Cebuanos Catholics, especially those of Chinese descent, an exemption or dispensation from the Lenten discipline of abstinence in celebration of the Chinese New Year on Friday. The 67-year-old prelate, in an…
