Twin fires displace 1,521

Doris C. Bongcac, Jose Santino S. Bunachita, Miguel Ermac, Morexette B. Erram, Norman V. Mendoza, Winston Ensomo 07/24/2017

AT least 1,521 individuals from 374 families were displaced by two separate fires that struck residential communities in the cities of Cebu and Mandaue on Monday. At least two persons were injured. The first fire alarm was…

Floods submerge 1,500 houses

Norman V. Mendoza 07/19/2017

Another day of rain caused the Butuanon River to overflow and flood the 6.5-hectare relocation site in Barangay Paknaan, Mandaue City, submerging 1,500 homes in mud and floodwaters. Zones Sili, Talong and Ahos, which are the most…

Lions take Game 1

JONAS PANERIO 07/11/2017

The 2002 Lions showed steely nerves during crunchtime as they outgunned the 2015 Assassins, 62-57, in Game 1 of the Division 3 semifinals in the USC NABC Summer League 2 Powered by Common Ground last Sunday at…

New social welfare chief in Mandaue on July 1

Norman V. Mendoza 06/28/2017

MANDAUE City Mayor Luigi Quisumbing released an order appointing protocol officer Jesselito Perez as acting chief of the City Social Welfare Services Office effective on Saturday this week July 1. Perez is tasked to oversee a minor…

Indonesia defense chief: There are 1,200 IS operatives in PH

06/04/2017

There are about 1,200 Islamic State (IS) group operatives in the Philippines, including foreigners of whom 40 are from Indonesia, the Indonesian defense minister told an international security forum Sunday. Speaking in Singapore amid a bloody standoff…

Day 1 of Giro d’ Luca successful

Glendale G. Rosal 05/26/2017

RIDERS numbering to around 400 completed a 200-kilometer route from the Bellevue Resort on Panglao Island to Guindulman, Bohol and vice versa in the first day ride of the Giro d’ Luca 2017 yesterday. One of the…

2 FIRES, 1,700 HOMELESS

Ador Vincent S. Mayol, Jose Santino S. Bunachita, Norman V. Mendoza 05/21/2017

For 12 years, Buenaventura Obatay worked his heart out as a security guard to earn money for his family. All the fruits of his labor, except for the few clothes he and his family wore, instantly vanished…

Auring hits Surigao, Cebu still under Signal No. 1

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 01/08/2017

Tropical depression Auring made landfall over Siargao Island, Surigao del Norte Sunday afternoon, the Mactan office of the state weather bureau Pagasa confirmed Sunday afternoon. Pagasa Mactan weather specialist Vhan Singson said Cebu remains under storm signal…

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