‘With honors’: 15 families in Asturias to graduate from quarantine

Rosalie O. Abatayo 06/23/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — At least fifty persons coming from 15 families in Sitio Guinabasan South, Barangay Tubigagmanok in Asturias town will already “graduate” from their isolation on Wednesday, June 24, 2020, after 14 days of being…

Police execs’ Father’s Day gift to abandoned siblings: A house, scholarship

Alven Marie A. Timtim 06/21/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — What better way should Father’s Day be celebrated than at home with your family and children with some cakes and other delicious food for this very special occasion? Apparently, it is not the…

Kids left by mom in Asturias get help from netizens

Immae Lachica 06/02/2020

    CEBU CITY, Philippines— Seven children in Asturias, Cebu, who were allegedly left by their mother amid the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, got the help they needed from netizens. The story of these kids was…

Asturias police ask town guests to follow the town protocol

Alven Marie A. Timtim 05/17/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Asturias Police have appealed to those who will be entering the town to submit themselves to disinfection in the quarantine control point (QCP). This was the reminder of Police Staff Sergeant Joe Fry…

‘Mairjuana plantations mean plants’ growing demand’

Alven Marie A. Timtim 03/09/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Has the demand of marijuana plants or dried marijuana leaves in Cebu province and Cebu City increased? Police Colonel Hector Grijaldo, Regional Mobile Force Battalion in Central Visayas (RMFB-7) chief, said he believed…

IN Photos: P9M marijuana plants destroyed in Asturias

Alven Marie A. Timtim 03/07/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — At least P9 million worth of marijuana plants were uprooted and burned in the mountain Barangay of Kaluangan, Asturias town in northwestern Cebu at around 4 p.m. today, March 7, 2020. According to…

Medellin opposes being tagged as ‘holding area’ amid 2019-nCoV threat

Rosalie O. Abatayo 02/05/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines -Governor Gwendolyn Garcia has asked all agencies who are undertaking measures related to the 2019 novel coronavirus to “speak in one voice” and coordinate with the local government units who may be affected by…

BFAR-7: Damage caused by Ursula in fishery sector reaches P14.98M

Futch Anthony Inso 12/28/2019

CEBU CITY,  Philippines — The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources in Central Visayas (BFAR-7) has initially recorded P14.98 million worth of damage in the fishery sector due to Typhoon Ursula. BFAR-7 Public Information Officer Alma Saavedra…

Food poisoning downs 11 high school students from Asturias town

Paul Lauro and Alven Marie A. Timtim 10/06/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Eleven female students of the Manguiao National High School in Barangay Manguiao, Asturias town in midwestern Cebu were rushed to their town’s infirmary clinic at around 7 p.m. on Saturday, October 5,  after…

Prisoner throws garbage, escapes police station

Alven Marie A. Timtim 07/10/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines—A prisoner of the Asturias Police Station, who was tasked to dispose garbage around 6 a.m. on Tuesday, July 9, 2019, found opportunity to escape the facility. After he disposed the garbage, Anthony Traso, 22,…

Retired cop killed in Asturias road accident

Paul Lauro 06/26/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — A retired police officer riding a motorcycle died after he was involved in a road accident with a soldier driving a Toyota Vios along the National Highway of Barangay Uwak, Asturias town in…

Dead suspected bottlenose dolphin found floating off Asturias’s sea

Raul Constantine Tabanao 06/08/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — A suspected bottlenose dolphin was found dead and floating on sea near the shores of Barangay Poblacion in Asturias, a town at least 74 km northwest of Cebu City,  on Saturday afternoon, June…

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