Mandaue enforces 3-meter river easement along Butuanon

Mary Rose Sagarino 03/23/2026

MANDAUE CITY, Cebu — The Mandaue City Government is moving to strictly enforce the three-meter easement along the Butuanon River, with plans to install fencing to improve safety and clearly define riverbank boundaries. Atty. Joel Seno, chair…

Former priest and alleged NDF peace negotiator shot dead in Pilar, Cebu

Pegeen Maisie M. Sararana and Paul Lauro 05/29/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — A former priest who was once tagged by the police as an alleged member of the New People’s Army (NPA) was killed by a still unidentified assailant in his home on Friday night,…

Cebu City shooting incidents: 2 men, 1 woman killed in 14 hours

Pegeen Maisie M. Sararana and Paul Lauro 05/29/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Two men and a woman were shot dead in three separate shooting incidents in Cebu City in a span of  14 hours on May 28. At 4:45 a.m., a gunman shot dead a…

Asturias bust: P816 shabu sends former female inmate back to jail

Pegeen Maisie M. Sararana and Paul Lauro 05/23/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — It only took nearly five months after being released from jail and P816 worth of suspected shabu to send a former female inmate back to prison. This after police caught Gretchen Ortega, 32,…

Firm, developer promise aid to construction accident victims

Pegeen Maisie M. Sararana and Paul Lauro 05/22/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — PLD Construction, project contractor, and Cebu Landmasters Inc., project developer, assured that they would shoulder the expenses of their workers, who died and got injured when a portion of a construction site of…

Foreign national wanted for child prostitution, abuse arrested in Cebu

Pegeen Maisie M. Sararana and Paul Lauro 05/19/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — A foreign national long wanted for qualified child prostitution, sexual abuse, and human trafficking was arrested on Wednesday morning, May 19, by agents of the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI-7) in Barangay Canamucan…

Human error likely cause of Carcar City vehicular accident

Pegeen Maisie M. Sararana and Paul Lauro 05/18/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Carcar City police said that human error was likely the reason behind the vehicular accident involving a passenger bus and an orange multi-cab that transpired in Sitio Katugasan, Barangay Perrelos, past 2 p.m.…

Police eye personal grudge behind killing of poultry worker in Dalaguete

Pegeen Maisie M. Sararana and Paul Lauro 05/18/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Dalaguete Police are considering personal grudge as possible motive behind the killing of a 36-year-old auto mechanic inside a poultry farm in Sitio Cansusi, Barangay Tapon in Dalaguete town on Monday night, May…

Cabancalan fire: 10 houses destroyed; P300K worth of properties lost

Pegeen Maisie M. Sararana and Paul Lauro 05/15/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — An estimated P300,000 worth of property went up in smoke after an early morning fire today, May 15, razed five houses and gutted five others in Sitio Pilit, Barangay Cabancalan, Mandaue City. Senior…

Former amateur boxer, six others arrested for drugs in Kasambagan

Pegeen Maisie M. Sararana and Paul Lauro 05/11/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — A former amateur boxer and six other drug personalities underwent inquest proceedings after they were arrested by the National Bureau of Investigation Central Visayas (NBI-7) operatives last Friday, May 7, 2021, in Sitio…

Nearly P2M lost in 3 Mother’s Day fires in Cebu City

Pegeen Maisie M. Sararana and Paul Lauro 05/09/2021

CEBU CITY,  Philippines — Nearly P2 million worth of properties went up in smoke and at least 100 houses or initially at least 500 individuals were displaced after 3 fires hit Cebu City in a span of…

Retired CPA manager gunned down; personal grudge eyed

Pegeen Maisie M. Sararana and Paul Lauro 04/26/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Argao police are looking into personal grudge as a possible motive in the killing of a retired manager of the Cebu Ports Authority (CPA) in his home in this southern town on Sunday…

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