Major earthquake strikes Turkey, Syria; scores dead, many trapped

Reuters 02/06/2023

DIYARBAKIR/ANKARA – A major earthquake of magnitude 7.9 struck central Turkey and northwest Syria on Monday, killing hundreds of people as buildings collapsed across the snowy region, triggering a search for survivors trapped in rubble. The quake,…

‘Grade 12 student’ nabbed after he was caught allegedly smoking weed outside a Cebu City establishment

Pegeen Maisie M. Sararaña 02/05/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines — A 20-year-old man, who claimed to be a Grade 12 or senior high school student, was caught allegedly smoking weed or dried marijuana leaves outside an establishment along General Maxilom Avenue in Barangay…

Victims of Ibo, Babag fires receive financial aid ranging from P13,000 to P25,000

Futch Anthony Inso 02/05/2023

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Philippines — Some 502 individuals or 197 families, who are victims of January fires in Barangays Ibo and Babag in Lapu-Lapu City, received financial assistance ranging from P13,000 to P25,000. The financial aid came from…

Son of neck-slashing victim calls mother’s saviors ‘angels’

Pegeen Maisie Sararana 02/04/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines – The son of the neck-slashing incident in downtown Cebu City on January 30, calls the students who saved his mother’s life angels. Alobert Zamora, the son of 54-year-old fruit vendor, Bernadeta Zamora, was…

Woman in Danao City mine pit collapse found dead

Paul Lauro and Pegeen Maisie Sararaña 02/04/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines –As she would normally do every afternoon, Mejame Papaya, 46, went to the family-owned pigpen located not far from her house on Friday to tend to her pig. Suddenly, the ground underneath her collapsed,…

Mandaue market administrator: Stalls closed since pandemic will be awarded to new vendors

Mary Rose Sagarino 02/03/2023

MANDAUE CITY, Philippines — Over a hundred stalls at the Mandaue City Public Market that were closed since the COVID-19 pandemic will be awarded to new vendors soon. Market administrator Ceasar Mercadal Jr., said that the vendors…

Manhunt continues for suspect/s in alleged poisoning of dogs in Naga City

Pegeen Maisie M. Sararaña 02/03/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The police in Naga City are bent on catching the suspect/s of the alleged poisoning of dogs in a gated subdivision there. Authorities are still gathering copies of security cameras from the management…

Tanods, expecting to catch a thief, rescue 3 teeners allegedly using drugs in abandoned Apas hut

CDN Digital 02/03/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Barangay tanods or village watchmen were expecting to catch a thief or thieves in Sitio Mahayahay, Barangay Apas, Cebu City, but they, instead, ended up rescuing three minors, whom they caught allegedly engaging…

Saving a neck-slashing victim in Cebu City was a ‘team effort’

Pegeen Maisie M. Sararaña 02/03/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Saving the life of a 54-year-old woman who was a victim of neck-slashing last January 30 at C. Padilla Street in Cebu City, was a team effort. Angyl Fayth Ababat, a 2nd-year nursing…

Proposed StRAW Ordinance: Guide to recognize, promote, protect students’ rights in Cebu City pushed 

CDN Digital 02/03/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Students in Cebu City will soon have a guide outlining their rights and freedoms to be promoted, recognized and protected inside and outside campuses in the city.  This will happen if a proposed…

Naga cops probe death of dogs in a subdivision allegedly due to poisoning

Futch Anthony Inso 02/02/2023

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Philippines — The Naga City Police Station is investigating the alleged poisoning of dogs in a subdivision of this southern city in Cebu. Police Lieutenant Colonel Junnel Caadlawon, chief of Naga Police Station, said that…

Early Warning Systems of Mandaue: Most of them already fixed, operational

Mary Rose Sagarino 02/02/2023

MANDAUE CITY, Philippines — Almost all of the Early Warning Systems (EWS) of the Mandaue City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (CDRRMO) are now operational. CDRRMO Assistant Department Head Karlo Cabahug, said that only the EWS…

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