911 emergency hotline coming to Cebu City soon

Niña Mae C. Oliverio 05/26/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The 911 emergency response hotline will soon be available in Cebu City. During a press conference on May 24 at Cebu City Hall, Acting Mayor Raymond Alvin Garcia and Next Generation Advanced 911…

A primate suspect: US monkey dials 911

Agence France Presse 08/17/2022

LOS ANGELES—California cops rushed to a zoo after a 911 call — only to find it had been placed by a mischievous monkey. Dispatchers sent officers to investigate a possible emergency after receiving a call Saturday night…

Cebu City to implement 911 hotline program

Rosalie Abatayo 08/02/2018

Harold Alcontin, Cebu City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (CCDRRMO) operations head, said they are well-prepared for the possible occurrences of disasters in the city. Alcontin made a presentation of the city’s disaster management procedure and…

Cebu City plans to install CCTV cams hooked to 911

Nestle L. Semilla 03/05/2018

IF plans push through, new closed circuit television (CCTV) cameras which the Cebu City Disaster Risk Reduction Management Office (CCDRRMO) hopes to install on Cebu City streets this year will be hooked to the National Emergency Hotline,…

CEBU CITY TO ROLL OUT LOCALIZED 911

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 12/19/2017

A local 911 emergency hotline may soon be up in Cebu City. If negotiations and preparations push through, the P15-million system may be in place before next month’s Sinulog Festival celebration. The system will be provided by…

City Hall mulls new 911 emergency hotline

Inna Gian Mejia 07/11/2017

THERE is a need to unify the number to call during emergencies by using the 911 emergency hotline. In a press conference yesterday, Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña noted that under the current setup, there are several…

Fifteen years after 9/11, US still in perpetual war

09/12/2016

Washington, United States — The 9/11 attacks of 2001 forever changed America and upended its foreign and national security policy, leaving the country for the past 15 years in a war against jihadists — without ending the…

Fifteen years later

Madrileña de la Cerna 09/10/2016

Today is the 15th anniversary of the September 11 attack, and there are certain lessons that will never be written down in history. One lesson is that there is no such thing as “faraway.” It was the…

Council to nat’l gov’t: Help us explain 911 to city residents

Nestle L. Semilla 08/11/2016

THE Cebu City Council is asking the different agencies involved in the new 24-hour hotline system to educate the residents of Cebu City about this. The council in a resolution said that putting up a 24-hour hotline…

Duterte’s Sona: finally beyond promises

Peter Wallace 07/28/2016

In a well-crafted State of the Nation Address (Sona), President Duterte laid out his action agenda — not grandiose plans that never get done and not promises that are not kept, but a list of things to…

‘911’ will be the official emergency hotline in the Philippines by August

07/24/2016

The National Telecommunications Commission issued a series of orders paving the way for the use of “911” as the national emergency hotline number, as directed by Pres. Rodrigo Duterte. Specifically, the NTC said it issued a memorandum…

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