Scenes of fire-hit firecracker storage area in Kinalumsan

Alven Marie A. Timtim 12/28/2019

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Cebu, Philippines —  These are some scenes after a fire hit a house which stores firecrackers in Sitio Kinalumsan, Barangay Canjulao, Lapu-Lapu City. The past 2 p.m. December 28, 2019 fire damaged other rooms for…

Visayan Electric rewires 645 classrooms in franchise area

PR 10/29/2019

In fulfillment of its advocacy to ensure the safety of students in schools, the Visayan Electric Company, together with the Aboitiz Foundation, rewired a total of 645 classrooms in 16 schools located in its franchise area this…

Security measure for malls: DPS to light up North Reclamation Area

Delta Derycka C. Letigio 10/22/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Cebu City Department of Public Services (DPS) has purchased P8 million worth of LED bulbs to light up the streets in the city, especially in the North Reclamation Area (NRA) where malls…

NAPC to build P3M farmers’ trading post in Cebu City

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 10/03/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The National Anti-Poverty Commission (NAPC) will be investing P3 million to build an Agriculture Trading Post and Enterprise Development for farmers in Cebu City. The NAPC and the Cebu City government signed a…

Classes canceled in several areas in Eastern Visayas due to heavy rains bought by ‘Jenny’

Joey Gabieta - Inquirer Visayas 08/27/2019

TACLOBAN CITY –– Heavy rains spawned by Tropical Depression “Jenny” led to the cancellation of classes in several areas in Eastern Visayas on Tuesday. In Biliran province, classes were suspended in all levels in all of its…

Three fires destroy house, tires in Mandaue, Cebu cities

and Morexette Marie B. Erram, Benjie Talisic, Delta Derycka Letigio, Delta Dyrecka Letigio, Morexette Marie Erram, Paul Lauro 03/16/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Three fires in a span of four to five hours hit the cities of Cebu and Mandaue on Saturday, March 16, destroying a two-storey house and a lot of discarded tires in two…

Sinas mulls downgrading classification of Mandaue City in Election Watchlist Areas

Rosalie O. Abatayo 02/11/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines—Police Regional Office in Central Visayas (PRO-7) Director Chief Superintendent Debold Sinas will propose to downgrade the classification of Mandaue City in the Election Watchlist Areas (EWAs) during their next coordination meeting with the provincial…

P1.7B project for Naga City landslide area

Rosalie Abatayo 12/14/2018

CEBU CITY, Philippines -The Regional Development Council (RDC), during its full council meeting on Friday (December 14), has endorsed a sum of P1.788 billion for the rehabilitation and recovery of the landslide-hit area of Naga City. The…

Cebu pilot area for voters’ identity verification system

Rosalie O. Abatayo 12/09/2018

Polling places in Cebu will be one of the pilot sites for a new system that is expected to deter incidence of flying voters and identity theft during the May 2019 midterm elections. The voter’s verification and…

Bigger area for judiciary complex

Morexette Marie B. Erram 12/08/2018

THE Court of Appeals (CA) in the Visayas, as well as the lower courts in Cebu City, will soon have a better and bigger building at the South Road Properties (SRP). The Cebu City Council unanimously approved…

Satur denies recruiting minors, confirms NPAs in lumad areas

Inquirer.net 12/03/2018

Former Bayan Muna Rep. Satur Ocampo on Monday denied recruiting minors to join communist rebels, adding that it was against the rule of the Communist Party of the Philippines and the New People’s Army (CPP-NPA). “There is…

2 die in Zamboanga City residential area fire

Inquirer.net 12/02/2018

ZAMBOANGA CITY – Two died in a fire that razed 15 residential structures here on Sunday morning here. The fire was a case of arson, according to Supt. Jhufel M. Brañanola, marshal of the Zamboanga City Fire…

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