PDEA-7 nabs barangay tanod for illegal drugs

Morexette Marie B. Erram 08/20/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Law enforcers in Cebu nabbed on Thursday dawn, August 20, 2020, a barangay tanod (village watchman in English) in Balamban town after he was caught in possession of illegal drugs. A statement from…

Provincial, district hospitals have enough beds — Gwen

Rosalie O. Abatayo 06/16/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines —  Amid the clamor of Metro Cebu hospitals getting “full,” Cebu Governor Gwendolyn Garcia said the 12 district and four provincial hospitals managed by the Capitol have more than enough to cater to patients…

Garcia: Cebu Province has 10 new cases on June 8

Rosalie O. Abatayo 06/08/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Governor Gwendolyn Garcia has announced that there are 10 new COVID-19 cases in Cebu province this Monday, June 8, 2020. Consolacion town has four new cases. Talisay City, on the other hand, has…

Balamban businessman facing murder charges for killing bakeshop worker

Alven Marie A. Timtim 05/29/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Balamban Police is now preparing to file murder charges against a businessman who allegedly shot dead a female worker of a bakery in Barangay Santa Cruz-Santo Niño, Balamban, Cebu on Thursday afternoon, May…

Thunderstorms in Balamban, Toledo, Pinamungajan, Aloguinsan tonight

Immae Lachica 05/24/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines— Pagasa Mactan bureau released a thunderstorm advisory Sunday evening, May 24, 2020 informing that some parts of Cebu will be experiencing thunderstorm later this evening. According to Pagasa’s thunderstorm advisory the western portion of…

CPPO chief to poor communities: We will not leave you

Alven Marie A. Timtim 05/17/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — “We want to assure you that we will not leave you.” This was what Police Colonel Roderick Mariano, Cebu Police Provincial Office (CPPO), have to say with all the relief goods they have…

5 jailed for joining tigbakay in Balamban; organizer escapes

Alven Marie A. Timtim 05/16/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines –Five men from Balamban town in midwestern Cebu were jailed for joining an illegal cockfight that was said to have been organized by Lamesa barangay captain Wilfredo Alvarado. However, Alvarado managed to elude arrest.…

Vegetable farmers learn ‘painful cost’ of planting marijuana

Alven Marie A. Timtim 04/17/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Two farmers, who turned to planting marijuana plants from their usual crops  of vegetables because they believed they could earn more from them, learned the hard way the cost of doing something illegal…

‘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…

Malasakit Centers soon in 4 Cebu province hospitals

Rosalie Abatayo 03/09/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Malasakit Centers may soon be established in the four provincial hospitals in the cities of Bogo, Carcar, and Danao and the town of Balamban. The Cebu Provincial Information Office (PIO), in a news…

Get to know the singing blind couple from Balamban, Cebu

Immae Lachica 03/03/2020

  CEBU CITY, Philippines—Couples have their different ways of bonding. Some couples bond through cooking, some by going on road trips, while others go on movie dates. This cute blind couple from Pulo Baliwagan, Balamban, in western…

P32M MJ plants destroyed in Balamban this month; community’s help cited

Alven Marie A. Timtim 02/16/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Police will continue to win the hearts and minds and the trust of the residents of the mountain barangays in Balamban town in western Cebu with their community interactive projects. Police Colonel Roderick…

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