2 dead in separate ‘drug-related’ killings in Lapu-Lapu City

Norman Mendoza 03/13/2018

LAPU-LAPU CITY- Two persons were shot dead in broad daylight in separate incidents involving assailants riding on board a motorcycle in Barangays Pusok and Pajo on Tuesday morning. Jerome Igot, 39, was killed by an unidentified motorcycle…

2 Filipino seamen missing after cargo vessel fire

Raul Constantine Tabanao 03/09/2018

Four crew members, including two Filipino seamen, have gone missing after a serious fire broke out in a container vessel in the Arabian Sea on Tuesday afternoon. On board Maersk Honam, a Singapore-flagged Maersk Line vessel, were…

2 members of Akyat Bahay gang arrested in Mambaling

Benjie B. Talisic 02/23/2018

Two members of the “Akyat Bahay” were arrested in an entrapment operation in Barangay Mambaling, Cebu City on Friday morning. Charlotte Casipong, 21, lost her ATM card and several of her belongings when the home intruders broke…

2 Cebu senior high schools get tech-voc equipment

PR 02/13/2018

Two senior high schools are poised to become among the most equipped technical-vocational (tech-voc) institutions in Cebu once the new academic year starts in June. This after AboitizPower subsidiaries Cebu Private Power Corporation (CPPC) and East Asia…

Two nurses attempted to smuggle contraband inside CPDRC

Morexette B. Erram 02/12/2018

Cebu Provincial Detention and Rehabilitation Center (CPDRC) acting jail warden Roberto Legaspi recommended the termination of contracts of two job order (JO) nurses after they were caught attempting to smuggle contraband inside the detention facility. Confiscated from…

LOOK: Blessing of 11 dump trucks and 2 minibusses at the Mandaue City Hall.

Marc Eric Cosep 01/15/2018

Blessing of 11 dump trucks and 2 minibusses at the Mandaue City Hall. The dump trucks and minibusses purchased by the Mandaue City will then be distributed to its barangays, which will be used to collect the…

2 minors nabbed in Carcar drug bust

Rene F. Alima 01/09/2018

THREE persons including two minors were arrested by elements of the Carcar City Drug Enforcement Unit in a buy-bust operation on Tuesday dawn in Brgy. Valladolid, Carcar City. Seized from the suspects were 16 sachets of suspected…

2 dead in Malabuyoc

Morexette Erram, Nestle Semilla, Rosalie Abatayo 01/02/2018

  CEBU CITY—Two persons were killed during a landslide that hit Barangays Sto. Niño and Looc in Malabuyoc town, southern Cebu following heavy rains triggered by tropical storm “Agaton” on Tuesday. The victims were identified as Richie Pimentel…

PAINTERS EYE NO. 2

Musong Castillo 12/28/2017

Games Today (Cuneta Astrodome) 4:15 p.m. – Blackwater vs Rain or Shine 7 p.m. – TNT KaTropa vs Alaska Chito Narvasa’s term as the PBA commissioner ends in two days, but the league’s board, which was split…

Police involved in arrest of two suspects face criminal charge

Morexette Marie B. Erram, Nestle L. Semilla 11/28/2017

GISELA SLAY The Bohol Provincial Prosecutors Office has indicted several police officers, including the chief of the Regional Intelligence Division (RID-7), for illegally arresting two persons believed to have conspired in the kidnap-slay of Bien Unido Mayor…

Sherilin Plastics win in 2 OT to bag title

Jonas Rey N. Panerio 10/04/2017

  SHERILIN Plastics pulled out all the stops in crunch time to emerge as the champions in the Crossfit Subtero Metro Cebu Basketball League Season 1 after they edged Harley Davidson, 97-93, in double-overtime last Sunday at…

Rothdauscher’s Vaguio and other Cebu stories part 2 of 3

Jobers R. Bersales 10/04/2017

In last week’s column, I introduced Dr. Heinrich Rothdauscher, a young 28-year-old German pharmacist who came to Cebu City to head the local branch of Botica Santa Cruz between 1879 and 1883. His great-grandson Gerhard Prokop has…

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