Register now or face deactivation, SIM card users told

Morexette Marie B. Erram 04/20/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines – With six days left, Subscriber Identity/Identification Module (SIM) users are told to register otherwise they will face deactivation. The National Telecommunications Office in Central Visayas (NTC-7) reminded SIM users that there will be…

Is sabong ok in Cebu City? 

Wenilyn Sabalo 04/20/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines—With a series of fiesta celebrations expected in the city this May, a member of the Cebu City council wants the city government to tackle the legality of “sabong,” the local term for cockfighting, in…

Negros Or. bans entry of pigs, pork products from Cebu, ASF-hit areas

Morexette Marie B. Erram 04/20/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Pigs and pork products from Cebu and other areas with confirmed cases of African Swine Fever (ASF) will not be allowed entry to Negros Oriental. This after Gov. Carlo Jorge Joan Reyes issued…

High-value individual nabbed with P3.5M of illegal drugs in Lapu-Lapu buy-bust

Futch Anthony Inso 04/20/2023

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Cebu—A man was arrested in a buy-bust operation late Wednesday afternoon, April 19, 2023, in Sitio Marbeach, Barangay Marigondon here. Authorities confiscated from the suspect P3.5 million worth of alleged shabu. The suspect was identified…

MCWD gets more than P800 million grant from Japan for new septage management project

Wenilyn Sabalo 04/19/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Metropolitan Cebu Water District (MCWD) has obtained a grant agreement worth 2 billion yen or more than P800 million for a new septage management project. The grant was from the Japanese government…

Cebu guv: Sabong OK if LGU allows

Morexette Marie B. Erram 04/19/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Sabong, the local term used to describe cockfighting, is allowed in Cebu province as long as it has secured approval from the local government concerned, according to Cebu Gov. Gwendolyn Garcia. Garcia made…

Mandaue plans to institutionalize annual celebration of National Solo Parents’ Week

Mary Rose Sagarino 04/19/2023

MANDAUE CITY, Philippines – Mandaue City is planning to institutionalize the annual celebration of the National Solo Parents’ Week and Solo Parents’ Day. The proposed ordinance regarding the matter was already approved on first reading by the…

Tabuelan police official denies links to Rep. Arnie Teves

Morexette Marie B. Erram 04/18/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines – The acting chief of the Tabuelan Police Station has denied allegations that he was involved in illegal activities during his assignment in Negros Oriental. “Nganong mahimo man tawn ko nila nga bagman nga…

What started the fire in a Cebu City high-rise condo building?

Morexette Marie B. Erram 04/18/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines – As of Tuesday, April 18, 2023, fire investigators continue to investigate the real cause behind the  fire that struck a 35-story residential high-rise in Brgy. Kasambagan, Cebu City last April 14. Fire and…

Cebu City records 41 fires in first 18 days of April 

Morexette Marie B. Erram 04/18/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines—It’s only the first 18 days of April but there have been at least 41 fire incidents here already.  Senior Fire Officer 2 (SFO2) Wendell Villanueva, spokesperson of the Cebu City Fire Office, on Tuesday,…

11-month-old baby dies in Cebu City fire

Paul Lauro 04/17/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines—A baby died in a fire that burned down a house in 52K Bohol Village, Spolarium Street in Barangay Duljo Fatima in Cebu City on Sunday night, April 16, 2023. The fatality was identified as…

Boy, who allegedly ran Tagbilaran ‘drug den’, rescued; 4 others arrested

Doris C. Bongcac 04/15/2023

MANDAUE CITY, Cebu — A 17-year-old boy, who was caught allegedly maintaining a suspected drug den in Tagbilaran City, was turned over to the social workers. The boy was rescued after Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency agents raided…

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