Charter Day bonus: City Hall workers may get P25,000 incentive

Niña Mae C. Oliverio 02/13/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu City Hall employees could receive their Charter Day bonus worth P25,000 this month if the Council approves an ordinance for its release, the city’s budget officer announced on Monday, Feb. 12. The…

PCG vessel harassed again by Chinese ships in WPS

02/12/2024

The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) on Sunday accused the Chinese coast guard of conducting “dangerous and blocking maneuvers” in Bajo de Masinloc (Scarborough Shoal) in the West Philippine Sea during a nine-day patrol early this month. Four…

Rama refuses to comment on potential 2025 mayoral foes

Pia Piquero 02/10/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Cebu City Mayor Michael Rama said he has no plans to comment on personalities expressing interest in running for mayor in the 2025 midterm elections. “I do not want to comment. I rather…

TIMELINE: The hit-and-run near Redemptorist Church

Morexette Marie B. Erram 02/09/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines — For the past few days, every Cebuano’s attention has been glued on the tragic hit-and-run incident along Queen’s Road, near the Redemptorist Church in uptown Cebu City last February 4. It claimed the…

Miracle rescue: Child saved after 60 hours in landlslide-hit village in Davao de Oro

Agence France Presse 02/09/2024

The rescue of a child on Friday nearly 60 hours after a landslide hit a gold-mining village in the southern Philippines has been hailed as a “miracle” after searchers had given up hope of finding anyone alive.…

Rama on CBRT’s 1B budget gap: ‘Should not be cause of panic’

Kim Ablaña 02/09/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Cebu City Mayor Michael Rama said that the reported budget gap of P1 billion, to complete the Cebu Rapid Bus Transit (CBRT) should not be “a cause for panic.” The city’s Chief Executive…

Murder raps filed vs suspect in hit-and-run of basketball player

Emmariel Ares 02/08/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Police here have filed on Thursday, February 8, a charge of murder against the suspect behind the fatal hit-and-run of Jeslar Uriel Larumbe. Four days after the 23-year-old Larumbe was left sprawled on…

SUV allegedly involved in fatal hit-and-run of basketball player in Cebu recovered

Emmariel Ares 02/07/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines — A sport utility vehicle (SUV), which is believed to have been the vehicle that killed a young basketball player in a hit-and-run incident on early Sunday morning, February 4, 2024, has been recovered.…

Hit-and-run: Ex-PDEA7 chief dangles P100k reward for leads

Morexette Marie B. Erram 02/06/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines – The former chief of PDEA-7 has dangled a cash reward for leads that would result to the arrest of the suspect in the hit-and-run incident last Sunday. The hit-and-run incident happened near the…

Rama denies involvement in hit-and-run that killed young player

Kim Ablaña 02/06/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Cebu City Mayor Michael Rama denies any involvement in the hit-and-run case that killed a young basketball player. In a press conference on Tuesday, February 6, at Cebu City Hall, Rama denied any…

Chona Mae: The facts behind Cebu’s tsunami hoax

Morexette Marie B. Erram 02/06/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines — It has been over a decade since Cebu City was gripped by a tsunami scare that eventually made its way to history books. And the real story behind the ‘Chona Mae’ hoax, including…

Enrile gives his take on Marcos’s reaction to Duterte’s claim

Zacarian Sarao - Reporter / @zacariansINQ 02/06/2024

Former Senate President was referring to the President Marcos clap back to former President Duterte’s drug allegations against the former President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. could have just chosen to ignore the drug allegations made by his predecessor…

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