3 north Cebu LGUs, Marina boost maritime safety measures

Raymond Carl Dela Cruz - Philippine News Agency 02/28/2025

MANILA, Philippines – The Maritime Industry Authority (Marina) has partnered with the municipalities of San Remigio, Daanbantayan, and Medellin in Cebu province to boost maritime safety and awareness. In a statement on Friday, MARINA said the partnership…

Michael Rama turns over city-owned van to vice mayor

Emmariel Ares 02/28/2025

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Dismissed Cebu City Mayor Michael Rama has officially turned over the city-owned vehicle he has been using during his tenure as the city’s chief executive during a press conference on Friday, February 28.…

Cebu City fire: 70 families displaced, P1.2M properties lost

Emmariel Ares and Paul Lauro 02/28/2025

CEBU CITY, Philippines — A total of 70 families lost their homes after a fire hit an area in Sitio San Vicente, Brgy. Lahug in Cebu City on Thursday evening, February 27. An investigation is ongoing to…

Cebu City drug busts yield P1.3M worth of suspected shabu

Emmariel Ares 02/28/2025

CEBU CITY, Philippines — A series of drug enforcement operations conducted by local authorities hours apart in Cebu City yielded suspected shabu estimated to be worth over P1.3 million. Cebu City drug busts yield P1.3M worth of…

Escudero releases proposed timeline for Sara Duterte’s impeachment trial

02/27/2025

MANILA, Philippines — Senate President Francis Escudero has released the proposed schedule for Vice President Sara Duterte’s impeachment trial, aiming to commence the judicial proceedings on July 30. In a press conference on Thursday, the Senate chief…

DSWS backs Cebu City ordinance vs online sexual exploitation of children

Niña Mae C. Oliverio 02/20/2025

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu City’s Department of Social Welfare Services (DSWS) expressed support on the proposed ordinance that aims to implement stringent measures against online sexual exploitation of children. Portia Basmayor, DSWS officer-in-charge, commended the bill…

Cebu City shooting: Retired Marine, another resident killed by neighbor

Paul Lauro 02/19/2025

CEBU CITY, Philippines — An attempt to force an intruder to leave their compound ended tragically for a 39-year-old retired Marine and the 59-year-old resident of the Lucas Compound in Bayabas Extension in Barangay Punta Princesa in…

Central Visayas inflation rate for January 2025 down to 2.5%

Niña Mae C. Oliverio 02/12/2025

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The regional inflation rate for Central Visayas for January 2025 was 0.4 percent down compared to the previous month’s record. According to the data presented by Peter Enfestan, statistical specialist at the Philippine…

Cebu City: Man nabbed for masturbating in front of his mother

Emmariel Ares and Paul Lauro 02/12/2025

CEBU CITY, Philippines — A 35-year-old man was arrested for allegedly masturbating in front of his own mother while he was high on drugs on Tuesday afternoon, February 11. The 64-year-old mother, who was disturbed by the…

Welder caught with P13.6M ‘shabu’ in Cebu City drug bust

Emmariel Ares 02/12/2025

CEBU CITY, Philippines — A welder was apprehended with P13.6 million worth of suspected shabu in his possession during an anti-illegal drugs operation in Sitio Kamanggahan, Brgy. Labangon, Cebu City on the early hours of Wednesday, February…

CSE: Cebu-based groups defend it, call for passage of sex ed bill

Emmariel Ares 02/06/2025

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Progressive groups based in Cebu are pushing for the passage of the Teenage Pregnancy Prevention Bill or the Senate Bill 1979 for the sake of today’s younger generation in need of proper sexual…

Probe still ongoing on death of Dumanjug elderly woman

Emmariel Ares 02/05/2025

CEBU CITY, Philippines – An official of the Police Regional Office in Central Visayas (PRO-7) disclosed that investigators are still looking for answers to determine why an 83-year-old woman died with her head severed in Dumanjug, Cebu.…

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