Cebu temperatures to hit 40°C as scorching weather persists

Pia Piquero 04/27/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines – The searing heatwave continues in Metro Cebu and the rest of the province as temperatures are expected to soar and the maximum heat index is projected to peak at 40 degrees Celsius on…

91 families, commercial establishments ordered to clear Estero de Parian in Cebu City

Pia Piquero 04/27/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines – At least 91 informal settler families (ISFs), including the four large commercial establishments, located along the Estero de Parian in Cebu City were issued final notices on April 26 to voluntarily remove structures…

Judge Olivia Mende: A Boholana judge’s journey through life with cancer

Pia Piquero 04/27/2024

BOHOL, Philippines – The hallowed halls of justice have been her battleground for 17 years. Cloaked in her judicial robes and wearing her usual poker-faced resolve, she always defends integrity and justice in the courtroom. She is…

Drug bust: Teacher nabbed in Cebu City with P102,000 ‘shabu’

Emmariel Ares 04/26/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines — A drug bust in Barangay Babag 2 in Cebu City on Thursday evening, April 25, 2024, resulted in the apprehension of a teacher and her common-law partner, who is identified as a target-listed…

Killing of 14-year-old girl in Talisay: Persons of interest identified

Emmariel Ares 04/26/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Authorities have already identified persons of interest in the shooting that resulted to the death of a 14-year-old girl who was answering her school modules inside her home in Barangay Cansojong, Talisay City,…

Consumers urged: Conserve energy amid low power supply alert

Pia Piquero 04/26/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines – The Visayan Electric Co. (VECO) is urging its customers to practice energy conservation to mitigate the impact of potential rotating brownouts in response to the recent nationwide low power supply alert. Quennie Sanchez-Bronce,…

DepEd-7 condemns tragic killing of grade 7 student in Talisay City, Cebu

Pia Piquero 04/26/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines – The Department of Education (DepEd) Region 7 expressed deep sorrow over the tragic killing of a Grade 7 student in Talisay City, Cebu. The incident, which occurred early Friday morning on April 26,…

LTO-7 eyes distribution of 300,000 license plates before 2024 ends

Niña Mae C. Oliverio 04/26/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Almost 300,000 plates are yet to be distributed to the owners, according to an official from the Land Transportation Office (LTO) in Cebu. This is already half of the figures from the total…

CV records ‘fastest growing economy’ among all regions in PH

Niña Mae C. Oliverio 04/25/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Central Visayas has bested the 17 regions in the country after being named the “fastest-growing” economy based on the 2023 data of the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA). It also remained the fourth-largest contributor…

Cebu City ‘BPO Day’ on March 28 gets City Council’s okay

Niña Mae C. Oliverio 04/25/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Cebu City Council approved on its third and final reading the proposed ordinance dedicating March 28 as “BPO Day” in Cebu City. The proposed ordinance authored by Councilor Pancrasio “Francis” Esparis was…

Drunk policeman nabbed for punching, threatening fellow officer in Cebu City

Emmariel Ares 04/25/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines — A policeman will be spending some time in jail for allegedly punching and pointing his service firearm at a fellow police officer while intoxicated along the Sto. Niño road in Barangay Sambag 2,…

Policemen with tattoos: CCPO to make an inventory of these cops

Emmariel Ares 04/25/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Cebu City Police Office (CCPO) will be conducting an inventory to have a list on the number of active policemen in the city with tattoos, specifically those who have visible ones when…

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