7 priests, 10 employees of Sto. Niño Basilica suspected virus carriers

Ador Vincent Mayol 06/08/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines—The centuries-old and most prominent Catholic church here remains closed to the public even as other churches have reopened, though with a limited number of worshipers, as the city shifted to a less stringent general…

Ex-soldier runs amuck, kills 6, gunned down in Samar

Robert Dejon 05/20/2020

ORMOC CITY—A former soldier ran amuck, killing six persons before he was gunned down by police at a village in Calbayog City, Samar province on Tuesday (May 19). The ex-soldier, Glenn Balonan, was reported to be drunk…

Negros Occidental OKs P198M for COVID-19

Carla Gomez 04/29/2020

BACOLOD CITY –– The Negros Occidental Provincial Board (PB) has approved a P198.1 million supplemental budget on Tuesday, a part of which will be used to boost the fight against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). Among those that…

Trapped by COVID-19 quarantine: 700 foreigners, including 500 in Boracay, sent home

Nestor P. Burgos Jr. 03/26/2020

ILOILO CITY—Nearly 700 foreign tourists, including 500 in Boracay, trapped by COVID-19 travel restrictions in Western Visayas had been extracted and flown to Manila and Cebu to return to their countries. From March 19 and 23, the…

3 Chinese kids in Aklan hospital for possible 2019-nCoV discharged

Nestor P. Burgos Jr. 01/28/2020

ILOILO CITY –– Three Chinese nationals confined at the provincial hospital of Aklan for possible novel coronavirus or 2019-nCoV infection were released on Tuesday morning, health officials said. Dr. Cornelio Cuachon Jr., Aklan provincial health officer, said…

Duterte’s continuing trust of Faeldon shocks Chiongs

Dale Israel - Inquirer Visayas 09/07/2019

CEBU CITY — The admission of President Duterte that he continued to trust former Bureau of Corrections chief Nicanor Faeldon shocked the parents of rape-slay victims Marijoy and Jacqueline Chiong. Thelma Chiong said they were so stunned…

Only 12 of PH towns, cities have complied with local speed limit

08/20/2019

CEBU CITY –– Only 12 out of the thousands of cities and municipalities in the Philippines complied with a national government memorandum to enact local speed limit ordinances in their areas of jurisdiction, a non-government organization said.…

Cost of road crashes in PH: P105.7B every year

08/19/2019

CEBU CITY—At least P105.7 billion is lost to fatal road crashes in the country every year, data presented by a civil society organization revealed. Lawyer Natasha Daphne Marcelo of ImagineLaw said the figure was taken from the…

Death toll now 26 in Iloilo, Guimaras sea tragedy

08/04/2019

ILOILO CITY—Nine more bodies of passengers of three motorboats that capsized on Saturday (Aug 3) in the waters between Iloilo City and Guimaras Island were recovered on Sunday (Aug 4) raising the death toll to 26. At…

Militants occupy Cebu City’s main streets to protest Duterte policies

07/22/2019

CEBU CITY –– Hundreds of protesters on Monday occupied the major streets of downtown Cebu City to protest President Duterte’s 4th State of Nation Address. The militant groups marched from Fuente Osmena Circle and converged at a…

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