Cebu City police records 12 shooting incidents in November

Emmariel Ares 11/27/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines – From November 1 to 27, 2024, the Cebu City Police Office (CCPO) has recorded at least 12 shooting incidents here. Most of these were caused by personal grudge and usually involved drug personalities,…

TIMELINE: The brutal killing of Neca Denise Lagria in Cebu

Emmariel Ares 11/27/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines – A young woman, full of life and ambition for her future, unexpectedly met her demise while commuting to work in Cebu.   Neca Denise Lagria was brutally killed and dumped off the waters…

Police file charges against Neca Denise Lagria’s killer

Emmariel Ares 11/26/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Authorities here have filed charges against the man accused of killing Neca Denise Lagria and dumping her body off the seawall at the South Road Properties (SRP) in Cebu City. Suspect Godofredo Brufal…

Pagasa: Generally fair weather ahead for Metro Cebu

Niña Mae C. Oliverio 11/26/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu will have ‘generally fair weather’ conditions starting Tuesday until Thursday, according to a weather specialist from the state weather bureau stationed in Mactan. Weather specialist Jhomer Eclarino of the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical…

MCWD, City Hall ink lease agreement

Niña Mae C. Oliverio 11/26/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Cebu City government and the Metropolitan Cebu Water District (MCWD) have finally ended the dispute over the use of the City Hall satellite office owned by the latter. On Monday, Cebu City…

FACES OF CEBU: Danilo Pepito Jr., makeup artist

Niña Mae C. Oliverio 11/24/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines — A dab of foundation and concealer combined with brush strokes. If you’re glammed by this artist, you’ll be ‘Danified.’ Danilo Pepito Jr., who is known to his clients as the artist behind ‘Danified…

Can LGBTQ Filipinos adopt despite same-sex marriage ban in PH?

Pia Piquero 11/23/2024

CEBU, Philippines —Members of the LGBTQ community in the Philippines can adopt children as individuals, but legal adoption does not extend to same-sex couples due to the country’s laws prohibiting same-sex marriage. The Regional Alternative Child Care…

Mactan-Cebu airport set to roll out BGC-style digital ads executions

Pia Piquero 11/22/2024

CEBU, Philippines—Travelers passing through Mactan-Cebu International Airport (MCIA) will soon be greeted by cutting-edge digital ads similar to those lighting up Bonifacio Global City (BGC), a central business district in Taguig, Metro Manila. This innovation is part…

Cebu City to revoke business permits of those violating environmental laws

Pia Piquero 11/22/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines— Starting in January 2025, Cebu City businesses that fail to comply with environmental laws risk losing their permits as the city government begins enforcing stricter regulations under the amended Sustainable Development Ordinance (City Ordinance…

Despite the killings, Mayor Garcia says Cebu City remains safe to live in

Emmariel Ares 11/22/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Following the recent case of a 22-year-old woman who was killed while commuting to work, Mayor Raymond Alvin Garcia gave the assurance that Cebu City is still a safe place to live in. …

Angry kin of Neca Denise Lagria confront man who killed her

Emmariel Ares 11/22/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines – “Bahala na lang unta tog imong gitulis, wa lang unta nimo gipatay.” (You could just have robbed her, you did not have to kill her.) This was message of the Lagria family to…

‘Case solved’: Neca Denise Lagria strangled to death after fighting attacker

Emmariel Ares 11/21/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Mr. Lagria* watched as his youngest daughter, Neca Denise Lagria, rode a jeepney that would take her to work around 3 a.m. last Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2024. Neca Denise, 22, worked as a…

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