Mom arrested for sexually exploiting daughters and niece to face cybercrime, human trafficking charges 

Morexette Marie B. Erram 02/05/2019

  Cebu City, Philippines – Charges of cybercrime and human trafficking will be filed against the mother who was arrested in Alcantara town on Monday afternoon, February 4, 2019,  for allegedly exploiting her daughters and niece. Read:…

Korean hurt after tourist van hits gutter in Alcantara

USJ-R Journalism Interns Zena V. Magto and Paul Lauro 08/25/2018

A FILIPINO tour guide and a Korean tourist were injured after the van that they boarded hit a concrete gutter in Barangay Palanas, Alcantara town on Saturday morning. Police investigators said that the victims along with eight…

Fatal rescue in Alcantara: Two brothers electrocuted after freeing sister from grounded barbed wire

Nestle Semilla and Benjie Talisic 08/21/2018

It was a tragic Tuesday (August 21) for the Tabanao family in Alcantara town in southern Cebu after two members of the family were electrocuted while trying to rescue their sister who touched a grounded barbed wire…

Man killed at disco shooting in Alcantara

Rene Alima 04/28/2018

A 21-year-old man was shot by a teenager after attending a disco in Barangay Candabong, Alcantara, southwestern Cebu on Saturday dawn (April 28). Authorities identified the victim as Glenn Dumagpi, 21, a resident in the area. The…

Cop chief: Man killed in Alcantara ambush is in Moalboal police’s drug watchlist

Benjie B. Talisic, Christian Orellano 03/05/2018

Police are still investigating the ambush in Alcantara town of a 47-year-old resident of Moalboal town, who had just attended a hearing in Barili town in southwestern Cebu. Chief Insp. Rosemarie Acupinpin, police chief of Alcantara, a…

2 men nabbed in Alcantara Town

Benjie B. Talisic 12/21/2017

Two former drug surrenderers were arrested by the Provincial Intelligence Branch (PIB) on Thursday morning, December 21, in a drug bust in Barangay Palanas, Alcantara, Cebu. Suspects were identified as Rodrigo Sepe Jr., 28 and Rock Lamosao,…

Woman stabbed by daughter’s partner

Benjie B. Talisic 10/23/2017

A-63 year old woman died after being stabbed by daughter’s partner in the town of Alcantara on Sunday afternoon. Manuela Villaces was found lying lifeless on the floor, with several stab wounds, by her son inside her…

BINIBINING CEBU 2017: Miss Alcantara and Miss Borbon

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 09/21/2017

THE FIRST ever Binibining Cebu will be crowned on Oct. 28. Among the ladies vying for the title are Ethel T. Elic of Alcantara and Jarred Lou Mangubat of Borbon. Get to know more of these lovely…

Bubuli helps Toledo City make quarterfinal round

Calvin D. Cordova 05/16/2017

TOLEDO City became the first quarterfinalist in the South Division Bracket 3 of the 2017 Cebu Governor’s Cup 21-Under Inter-Cities/Municipalities Basketball Tournament after it downed host team Barili, 73-61, last Sunday night at the Barili Sports Complex.…

Old woman killed in highway mishap

Rene F. Alima 03/22/2017

AN 83-year-old woman died after she was hit by a passenger multi-cab in Barangay Poblacion, Alcantara at 8 p.m. last Tuesday. Dionisia Nacio, widowed and a resident of Barangay Pulo, Alcantara town, failed to make it to…

2 die in road mishaps in south Cebu

Rene Alima 02/11/2017

TWO died while three others got injured in separate road accidents in the southern Cebu towns of Alcantara and Oslob. Joel Isugan, 50, of Barangay Palanas, Alcantara, was pronounced dead at the Badian District Hospital.Hospital PO1 Erwin…

Eats meets West Culinary Festival

Bai Hayde Quiñanola 01/13/2017

THERE’s a comical brilliance in blissfully stuffing sorts of food into your mouth at a culinary festival because as the tummy expands, well, so does the palate. Cebu is home to many cultures and flavors, and once…

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