Comelec Cebu City chief: 10-day deadline on cops for strafing incidents’ probe reasonable, but …

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 04/07/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The 10-day ultimatum of Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña to the police to solve last week’s strafing incidents on the houses of barangay chiefs in Cebu City’s mountain barangays is a reasonable time…

Politics, drugs eyed as possible motives in Ronda barangay councilor’s killing

Benjie B. Talisic 04/07/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Politics and drugs. These are the two possible motives that the Ronda police are focusing on in the killing of Barangay Ilaya Councilor Ramil Abueva on Sunday, April 7, in Ronda, a southwestern…

San Francisco mayor, vice mayor in trouble for possession of firearms, explosives

Morexette Marie B. Erram 04/04/2019

Cebu City, Philippines — A hand grenade, two rifles, and several live ammunition were confiscated from the house of the mayor and vice-mayor of San Francisco town in Camotes Island, Cebu.  Armed with a search warrant, operatives…

Korean tourist did not drown in Kawasan Falls — police

Paul Lauro and Gresheen Gift Libby 03/30/2019

(Fourth update) CEBU CITY, Philippines – The Korean tourist, who died in Badian town on Friday, March 29, 2019, had lung problems, which made it difficult for him to breathe after he jumped into the water of…

PNP to coordinate with Korean Embassy for return to Seoul of Kawasan Falls drowning victim

Benjie B. Talisic 03/29/2019

(Third update) CEBU CITY, Philippines —  The Badian Police Station will be coordinating with the South Korean Embassy in the Philippines for the repatriation arrangement of a Korean tourist who drowned at  Kasawan Falls in Cebu’s southwestern…

Kawasan Falls drowning victim is a South Korean tourist – police

Paul Lauro 03/29/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The police in Badian town in southwestern Cebu said the Kasawan Falls drowning victim is a tourist from South Korea. Police Master Sergeant Melvin Collados, the desk officer on duty, identified the drowning…

11 rescued from fishing boat that sunk off Caubian Island

Rosalie O. Abatayo 03/24/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — At least 11 crew members were rescued from a fishing boat that capsized and sunk in the waters off Caubian Island, located some 9 nautical miles east off Mactan Island, on Sunday afternoon,…

Shabu in Cebu: Another young man caught with million-peso drugs

Benjie B. Talisic 02/20/2019

CEBU CITY , Phillipines – Not even a week since a police anti-drug operation in Cebu City led to the arrest of two men in their early 20s in possession shabu worth several millions of pesos, the police…

Police investigate business angle as a motive in the failed ambush in Mandaue City

Morexette Marie B. Erram 02/20/2019

  CEBU CITY, Philippines – Police investigators are looking into the business angle as one of the possible motives behind the attempt on the life of  a businessman in Mandaue City on Wednesday morning, February 20, 2019.…

DOH-7 intensifies measles vaccination info drive, appeals for parents’ cooperation

Futch Anthony Inso 02/19/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Parents are encouraged to bring their children to their nearest health centers so that their children can be vaccinated and be protected from measles. Dr. Jaime Bernadas, Department of Health in Central Visayas…

2 hurt in a road mishap along a busy street in Cebu City

Morexette Marie B. Erram and Paul Lauro 02/15/2019

  CEBU CITY — Two people were injured after a public utility jeepney (PUJ) collided with a wing van along M.J. Cuenco Avenue, Barangay Mabolo, Cebu City on Friday afternoon. Based on the initial investigation of the…

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