Widow dies, 10 houses lost in fires

Rene F. Alima 06/28/2016

A widow died while six houses got burned down by a fire that hit Barangay Nug-as, Alcoy town at past 10 p.m. last Sunday. PO2 Rosendo Benondo of the Alcoy police precinct said their town had no…

Widow dies, six houses destroyed by fire in Alcoy town

Rene F. Alima 06/28/2016

A WIDOW died while six houses got burned down by a fire that hit barangay Nug-as, Alcoy town at past 10 p.m. last Sunday. PO2 Rosendo Benondo of the Alcoy police precinct said their town had no…

Newly elected mayors urged to retain disaster officers

Victor Anthony V. Silva 05/21/2016

REPLACING the existing disaster officers in the different cities and municipalities in Cebu once the newly elected mayors assume office after taking their oath on June 30 might spoil the gains of disaster preparedness from recent years.…

Man stabbed dead in Alcoy

Rene F. Alima 01/24/2016

A 59-year-old man was stabbed dead by an unidentified assailant in barangay Guiwang, Alcoy, Cebu. Neighbors found Pio Gil Romarate lying on the ground with stab wounds in his body. Police were still investigating the violence.…

2 dead, 2 hurt in Sunday violence

Rene F. Alima 12/15/2015

Two were killed dead while two others were injured in separate shooting incidents in southern Cebu last Sunday. In barangay Agbalana, Malabuyoc town, a wanted person identified as Reynaldo Asister was gunned down at around 5 p.m.…

Provincial Meet slated in Dalaguete

John Carlo Villaruel 11/18/2015

OVER 12,000 delegates from Cebu’s 44 municipalities will be heading south this weekend as they vie for supremacy in the 2015 Cebu Provincial Sports and Cultural Meet slated from Nov. 22 to 28 in the municipality of…

Girl killed in Alcoy road accident

Rene Alima 10/26/2015

A 9-YEAR-OLD girl died last Saturday after she was sideswiped by a speeding mini-dump truck while she was walking along the road in barangay Daanlungsod, Alcoy town in southern Cebu. Artnielyn Mae Mosqueda suffered severe head injuries…

Capitol turns over ambulances, trucks

Mary Claire U. Catado 08/27/2015

A total of 13 mini-ambulances, six ambulances and nine mini-dump trucks worth over P17 million were turned over to 16 towns in Cebu province yesterday. The recipients were the towns and cities of Minglanilla, Argao, Sogod, Catmon,…

Water catchments set for five Cebu towns

Victor Anthony V. Silva 07/02/2015

Water impounding facilities will be built in five Cebu towns by November this year, the Cebu Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (PDRRMO) said. In yesterday’s Capitol press briefing, Provincial Engr. Hector Jamor said the towns…

Mapping of fault lines in Cebu done this year

Victor Anthony V. Silva 05/28/2015

Solidum: Cebuanos should prepare for a quake THE Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) expects to finish mapping the fault lines in Cebu this year. “(This) is so that we will have a scenario that can…

Woman shot in gambling den raid pursues case against Alcoy police chief

Apple Ta-as 04/15/2015

The 41-year-old woman who accused the police chief of Alcoy town of shooting her with an airsoft gun during a raid in a gambling den in barangay Guiwang, Alcoy town last April 9 sought assistance from the…

‘Gun-for-hire’ arrested

Rene Alima 12/07/2014

Police arrested a man believed to be a gun-for-hire in barangay Poblacion, Alcoy after he allegedly tried to shoot a former cop and his brother last Thursday. The suspect was identified as Jovan Romarate 41, of barangay…

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