70 tons of smuggled, rotting onions end up in pit

Julie Alipala, Nestor Corrales 02/09/2023

More than 70,000 kilograms of smuggled onions earlier seized by authorities were destroyed in Zamboanga City due to public safety concerns. Zamboanga City Vice Mayor Josephine Pareja expressed regret at seeing tons of red and yellow onions…

Ex-PNP exec cleared of Cebu businessman’s killing

Carmelito Francisco, Joselle Badilla 02/09/2023

DAVAO CITY, Davao del Sur, Philippines — The former police intelligence officer tagged in the 2014 slaying of Cebuano businessman and hotel owner Richard King walked out of jail here on Tuesday after the court acquitted him…

Senators pledge to fund new Capitol site in Balamban as civil works make progress

Morexette Marie B. Erram 02/08/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines – The Cebu Provincial Government is pushing through with its plans of transferring the seat of power to Balamban town in western Cebu. The Capitol, in a report from its news portal Sugbo News,…

Former Cebu City council aspirant Ernesto Herrera II, wife nabbed for estafa

Futch Anthony Inso 02/08/2023

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Cebu—Businessman and former Cebu City council aspirant Ernesto Herrera II and his wife voluntarily surrendered in a mall along General Maxilom Avenue, Cebu City, after a warrant of arrest was issued against them for a case…

Garganera files resolution to stop styrofoam container usage in city hall-procured food packs

Wenilyn B. Sabalo 02/08/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines — To lessen the use of plastics at the city hall, Cebu City Councilor Joel Garganera has proposed a resolution that would soon ban the use of styrofoam food containers in city government-procured food…

Completion for public transport plans in Cebu eyed this March

Morexette Marie Erram 02/08/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines – The three-day seminar for Cebu’s city and municipal planning officers for the creation of their Local Public Transport Route Plan (LPTRP) has begun. And officials here hope that local government units (LGU) in…

Death toll passes 5,000 as rescue work moves slowly

Reuters 02/07/2023

  ANTAKYA, Turkey — Overwhelmed rescuers struggled to save people trapped under the rubble as the death toll from a devastating earthquake in Turkey and Syria rose past 5,000 on Tuesday, with despair mounting and the scale…

Woman from Tisa denies sexually abusing younger siblings

Pegeen Maisie M. Sararaña 02/07/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines —The woman who was arrested for alleged online sexual abuse here denied the accusations against her. The National Bureau of Investigation-Cebu District Office (NBI-CEBDO) has filed charges against the 25-year-old woman, who was arrested…

Major earthquake kills 3,700 in Turkey and Syria, weather hits survivors

Reuters 02/07/2023

KAHRAMANMARAS – A huge earthquake killed more than 3,700 people across a swathe of Turkey and northwest Syria on Monday, with freezing winter weather adding to the plight of the thousands left injured or homeless and hampering…

In Turkey, night fills with screams and crying as earthquake rescues go on

Reuters 02/07/2023

HATAY, Turkey  – The screams of people still trapped in the rubble filled the night early on Tuesday and relatives wept for their loved ones as the death toll in Turkey and in neighbouring northwest Syria rose…

Team formed to investigate food park accident in Lapu-Lapu City

Futch Anthony Inso 02/06/2023

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Cebu—Lapu-Lapu City Mayor Junard “Ahong” Chan has already formed a team that will investigate the accident at the Mactan Lifestyle Food Park in sitio Bagumbayan II, Barangay Maribago, which injured nine individuals on Sunday evening,…

IN PHOTOS: The powerful quake that struck Syria and Turkey

Agence France Presse, Reuters 02/06/2023

A magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck Turkey and Syria on Monday, killing and injuring hundreds of people and leveling buildings. Authorities are now focused on search and rescue hoping to find more survivors. The following are images from…

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