Alcantara road accident injures dump truck driver, helper

Futch Anthony Inso 02/13/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Two were injured in a vehicular accident involving a dump truck and a 10-wheeler truck that happened in Sitio Cabaray, Barangay Lawaan in Alcantara town at around 10 a.m. on Tuesday, February 13.…

American national arrested for fatal hit-and-run in Alcantara

Paul Lauro 05/24/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Police in Alcantara town in southwestern Cebu confirmed arresting a foreigner accused in a hit-and-run that claimed the life of a tri-sikad driver. The suspect was identified as Kerry Lee Hemphill, an American…

87-year-old abandoned senior citizen rescued in Lahug

Wenilyn B. Sabalo 01/24/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Cebu City Department of Social Welfare and Services (DSWS) and personnel from the Cebu City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (CCDRRMO) Emergency Medical Services rescued an abandoned 87-year-old senior citizen in…

Alcantara: Man, who robbed gasoline station on Christmas Day, nabbed

Pegeen Maisie Sararana 12/26/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Police in Alcantara town in southern Cebu arrested the suspect in the robbery of a gasoline station in the town’s Barangay Poblacion on Christmas Day, Dec. 25, 2022. Police identified the suspect as…

49 barangays, 1 town apply for drug clearing in Central Visayas

Pegeen Maisie M. Sararaña 10/08/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Forty-nine more barangays and one municipality in Central Visayas have applied for drug clearing assessment. These areas were from Cebu Province, Negros Oriental, and Bohol. If the applications of the 49 barangays and…

PDEA-7 warns public against person who claims to be fiscal, extorts money for dropping cases

Pegeen Maisie M. Sararaña 10/08/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency in Central Visayas (PDEA-7) warns the public against individuals, who introduce themselves as fiscals and extort money in exchange for the withdrawal of illegal drug cases. Leia Alcantara,…

Sirius Star Pilipinas ends 4th PH tour: Cheers from crowd buoy American ballers

Glendale G. Rosal 10/07/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Sirius Star Pilipinas comprised of American ballers has successfully capped off their “Fourth Philippine Tour” which ran from Sept. 23, 2022 to Oct. 3, 2022 around Visayas and Mindanao.  The team headed…

Fuel discount cards released to 971 farmers, fishers in Cebu – DA-7

Futch Anthony Inso 07/29/2022

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Philippines — The Department of Agriculture in Central Visayas (DA-7) has distributed on Friday, July 29, 2022, fuel discount cards to 971 farmer and fisherfolk beneficiaries from different local government units (LGUs) in Cebu. The…

PDEA-7 agents shut down Lahug ‘drug den’, nab 3 men, seize P68K shabu

Vhenna Marie Mantilla 03/05/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Authorities shut down a suspected drug den in a barangay in Cebu City on Friday evening, March 4; arrested 3 drug personalities; and confiscated P68,000 worth of suspected shabu. Reynaldo O. Pantujan, 38;…

Capitol mulls buying gensets for all barangays in Cebu province

Morexette Marie B. Erram 12/30/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu Gov. Gwendolyn Garcia is planning to purchase generator sets to be distributed to all barangays in the province. In a report by Sugbo News, the Capitol’s media arm, Garcia announced during her…

Residents living near coastlines urged: Help PDEA-7 monitor areas for illegal activities

Pegeen Maisie M. Sararaña 10/17/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Residents living near the vast shorelines in the region are encouraged monitor their respective areas and report to authorities any possible suspicious activities there. Leia Alcantara, PDEA-7 spokesperson, made the appeal because this…

PDEA-7 to Cebu City brgys: Help us monitor transients in your areas

Pegeen Maisie M. Sararaña 09/25/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The barangays are encouraged to help monitor the activities of the transients in their areas, especially of their possible engagement in illegal drug activities. Leia Alcantara, spokesperson of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency…

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