TIMELINE: The deadly fire in Tisa where 4 children, including an infant, perished

Emmariel Ares, Morexette Marie Erram, Paul Lauro 11/23/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Tragedy struck two families in Brgy. Tisa, Cebu City on Thursday morning, November 23 after a fire killed four of their kin, including an infant. The fatalities happened to be siblings, ages between…

Fire: 4 sleeping kids burned to death in 20-minute inferno

Emmariel Ares and Paul Lauro 11/23/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Three young siblings and their 11-month-old cousin were believed to be trapped and burned to death when a fire hit their house in Cebu City early Thursday, November 23, 2023. Residents of Sitio…

Why Piston-Cebu joined transport strike

Niña Mae C. Oliverio, Rashe Zoe Sophia Piquero 11/22/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines — As early as 6 a.m. on Wednesday, November 22, members of the Cebu Chapter of the Pinagkaisang Samahan ng mga Tsuper at Operators Nationwide (Piston) gathered in four different locations to participate in…

Human trafficking: NBI out to identify female accomplice of arrested Koreans

Emmariel Ares and Paul Lauro 11/22/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Authorities here are bent on identifying the woman who is allegedly an accomplice in the human trafficking activities of two Korean nationals nabbed in Lapu-Lapu City on Sunday, November 19, 2023. This was…

2 convicted pedophiles denied entry at Mactan, Cebu airport

Morexette Marie B. Erram 11/22/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Two American men were barred from entering the country through the Mactan Cebu airport  after authorities discovered they were convicted pedophiles. Immigration officials intercepted Stuart Chase Dingman and Neil Eugene Graves at the…

Passenger nabbed in Mactan Cebu airport for bringing shabu paraphernalia

Paul Lauro 11/22/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines – An engineer’s vacation here in Cebu ended in the wrong turn after anti-narcotics agents arrested him for allegedly bringing in paraphernalia for illegal drugs. A 53-year-old civil engineer was intercepted at the Mactan-Cebu…

Transport strike: Cebu City govt to deploy green buses to ferry passengers

Rashe Zoe Sophia Piquero 11/21/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines – The Cebu City government is set to roll out green buses on November 22, as a response to the one-day transport strike of several Public Utility Jeepneys (PUJs) in Cebu. This is after…

Koreans nabbed in Lapu-Lapu for human trafficking 

Mary Rose Sagarino 11/21/2023

MANDAUE CITY, Cebu—Two Korean nationals were arrested by operatives of the National Bureau of Investigation Cebu District Office (NBI-CEBDO) for human trafficking. The Koreans were identified as Tae Young Han, 51 years old, and Yunyeong Kim, 28…

Earthquake rocks Samar, tremors felt in Cebu

Morexette Marie B. Erram 11/20/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines – A 5.6-magnitude earthquake rocked several parts of the Visayas on Monday, November 20, 2023. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs), in its latest earthquake bulletin, said the quake occurred at 12:57…

Earthquake hits Mindanao: Couple killed after wall collapses on their shanty

Allen V. Estabillo, Edwin O. Fernandez - @inquirerdotnet 11/18/2023

GENERAL SANTOS CITY – The magnitude 6.8 earthquake, which jolted parts of Mindanao on Friday afternoon, has claimed the lives of a couple, who were killed when a concrete wall collapsed on their shanty when the temblor…

MCWD general manager to keep post despite Rama’s call for removal

Rashe Zoe Sophia Piquero 11/16/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines –  The MCWD general manager has refused to step down from his post despite Cebu City Mayor Michael Rama’s call for his removal. Engineer Edgar Donoso, Metropolitan Cebu Water District (MCWD) general manager would…

MCWD generators to be deployed to ensure continued water supply during possible weather disturbance

Rashe Zoe Sophia Piquero 11/16/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines –  MCWD generators totaling 74 units will be deployed to ensure a continued distribution of potable water in the event of a total blackout during the expected weather disturbance this week. The Metropolitan Cebu…

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