Metro Cebu heat index reaches 40°C on Sept. 14

Morexette Marie B. Erram 09/14/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines – The heat index in Metro Cebu on Wednesday noon, September 14 hit as high as 40° Celsius, the state weather bureau reported. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration in Mactan (Pagasa-Mactan)…

Cleaning up Cebu City: One mini-garden at a time

Wenilyn B. Sabalo 09/11/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — In a city the size of Cebu City with 80 barangays, preserving cleanliness in the surroundings ought to be everyone’s responsibility and not just the job of a select few. However, with over…

Man found dead in Mantuyong sidewalk drainage; heart attack eyed as cause

Morexette Marie B. Erram, Paul Lauro 09/04/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines – An elderly man was found dead inside a sidewalk drainage in Mandaue City early Sunday morning, September 4, authorities confirmed. Reports from the Scene of the Crime Operatives (SOCO) in Mandaue City confirmed…

Flood hits 2 villages in Badian

Morexette Marie B. Erram 09/01/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines – At least two coastal villages in Badian town in southwestern Cebu experienced brief flooding last Wednesday evening, August 31 due to heavy rainfall. The Cebu Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (PDRRMO)…

Grade 11 student among those arrested inside Barrio Luz drug den

Morexette Marie B. Erram 09/01/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines – A grade 11 student was among those arrested in a drug den raid in Barangay Luz, Cebu City last Wednesday, August 31, the country’s anti-narcotics agency said. The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency in…

Duljo-Fatima fire: 3-year-old wounded, 7 houses gutted

Morexette Marie B. Erram, Paul Lauro 08/18/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines – A three-year-old toddler suffered burns after a fire engulfed a residential area in Brgy. Duljo-Fatima, Cebu City early Thursday afternoon, August 18.  Firefighters from the Cebu City Fire Office (CCFO) responded to a…

Rama: LCP leaves fate of SK and barangay polls to Congress

Wenilyn Sabalo 08/16/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu City Mayor Michael Rama, who currently heads the League of Cities of the Philippines (LCP), said the League will leave the fate of the Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) elections to the…

Work related grievances likely motive behind killing of hotel and casino engineer

Pegeen Maisie M. Sararaña 08/16/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Police are now looking into work-related grievances as the possible motive behind the shooting to death of a hotel and casino engineer on Monday evening, August 15, 2022. The shooting happened inside the…

Cebu City Hall to employ cashless transactions for real property and business tax payments

Wenilyn B. Sabalo 08/11/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Cebu City government is set to implement cashless transactions for real property and business tax payments. In a statement on Thursday, August 11, 2022, Cebu City Vice Mayor Raymond Alvin Garcia said…

‘Nothing to be alarmed’ – Rama on uptick in COVID cases in Cebu City

Morexette Marie B. Erram 08/10/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines – As far as Cebu City is concerned, the uptick in the number of new COVID-19 cases recorded is nothing to be alarmed of. This assurance came from Mayor Michael Rama himself, who urged…

Cracks seen near Barili’s damaged highway, MGB-7 asked to assess

Morexette Marie B. Erram 08/09/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Cebu 3rd District Rep. Pablo John ‘PJ’ Garcia has requested concerned national government agencies to evaluate the soil condition in Brgy. Malolos, Barili town when portions of a highway there collapsed.  Citing findings…

Dumanjug mayor dangles P100k cash prize for thieves’ capture

Morexette Marie B. Erram 08/09/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Dumanjug Mayor Efren ‘Gungun’ Gica has dangled a cash reward to help authorities in their municipality solve a recent burglary in their town, and arrest the suspects behind it. Gica, in a video…

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