1500 Cebu dialysis patients await Capitol protocols

Rosalie O. Abatayo 05/10/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — At least 1,500 renal or kidney patients in Cebu continue to await guidelines from the Capitol for the protocols that they will observe as they undergo dialysis sessions, mostly in Cebu City centers,…

Commercial building partially damaged in Minglanilla fire

Alven Marie A. Timtim 04/29/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The fire in Minglanilla town southern Cebu that broke out past 6 p.m., on Tuesday, April 28, 2020, in Barangay Poblacion Ward 1, partially burnt one commercial establishment. Fire officials initially pegged the…

Farmer shot in Bayawan dies

Florence Baesa 04/28/2020

DUMAGUETE CITY, Negros Oriental—The man shot in the mountain barangay of San Jose in Bayawan City on Monday, April 27, 2020, succumbed to a gunshot wound to his chest, police said. Read: NegOr police investigating shooting of…

Siblings land in hospital as LPG tank explodes in Lapu

Alven Marie A. Timtim, Paul Lauro 03/04/2020

  CEBU CITY, Philippines—Two brothers who were allegedly distributors of illegally refilled liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) canisters landed in the hospital after one LPG tank leaked and caused a fire on Tuesday evening, March 3, 2020, in…

Maxim taxi: Current operation only for app, rate setting testing

Rosalie Abatayo 02/27/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Maxim taxi, a ride hailing app, clarified that their current presence in the country is still for testing their application and checking their rate settings. In an official statement sent to CDN Digital,…

No one hurt in garbage truck that caught fire at SRP

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 02/13/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines—A Cebu City-owned garbage truck caught fire while traversing the South Road Properties (SRP) early morning of Wednesday, February 13, 2020.  According to Lawyer John Jigo Dacua, the head of the Department of Public Service…

MCIA: 79 Pinoys who arrived from China on Feb. 2 under self quarantine 

Morexette Marie B. Erram 02/03/2020

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Philippines – The Mactan Cebu International Airport Authority (MCIAA) disclosed that 200 passengers from China landed at Mactan Cebu International Airport (MCIA) on Sunday, February 2, 2020.  MCIAA general manager, lawyer Steve Dicdican, said these…

1 policeman killed as armed men ambush convoy of police general in Bukidnon

Froilan Gallardo 01/29/2020

(Updated, 2 p.m.) Cagayan de Oro City, Misamis Oriental—Armed men, suspected to be communist rebels, ambushed a three-car convoy of a police general who was inspecting police stations in Talakag, Bukidnon on Wednesday morning, January 29, 2020.…

Dino: It is my responsibility to defend the president

Immae Lachica 01/21/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines– Presidential Assistant for the Visayas Michael Dino said it is his responsibility to defend President Rodrigo Duterte from critics, especially those who know nothing about the issues the president is facing. In a press…

Electrical misuse may have caused Guizo fire

Norman V. Mendoza 01/21/2020

MANDAUE CITY, Cebu—Another case of electrical misuse may have been the cause of the fire that burned down eight stalls in a satellite market in Barangay Guizo, Mandaue City on Tuesday morning January 21, 2020. The fire…

Coast Guard says Japanese man didn’t die of drowning in Oslob

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 01/02/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines – The 52-year-old Japanese national who died while snorkeling in a whale shark-watching activity in Barangay Tanawan in Oslob town, southern Cebu on Thursday morning, January 2, 2020, did not drown, according to the…

(UPDATE) Former anti-crime intel member shot dead on front porch of Dauin home

Florence Baesa 01/02/2020

DUMAGUETE CITY, Negros Oriental — Wilfredo Dayot, 47, was living a productive life as a hog raiser in Purok 5, Barangay Upper Maayongtubig in the town of Dauin. Dayot was living with his common-law wife of five…

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