‘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…

LTO-7 opens Balamban licensing office

Irene R. Sino Cruz 02/15/2020

CEBU CITY—It would be now more convenient to apply for a driver’s license for those residing in western Cebu with the opening of the Balamban licensing extension office by the Land Transportation Office in Central Visayas (LTO-7).…

P28M worth of marijuana plants uprooted in Balamban

Immae Lachica 02/05/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines— Police had their biggest operation against marijuana plants on Tuesday, February 4, 2020 when they uprooted around 70,000 stalks of these fully grown plants in Barangay Gaas, Balamban, Cebu. A joint operation by the…

CPPO wants crops grown on former marijuana plantations in Balamban

Rosalie Abatayo 11/15/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines —  The Cebu Police Provincial Office (CPPO) is considering to convert former marijuana plantations in Cebu’s midwest to croplands that residents can benefit from. Police Colonel Roderick Mariano, provincial director of CPPO, said the…

Man shot dead under nipa hut in Balamban

Alven Marie A. Timtim and Paul Lauro 11/15/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Residents in Sitio Pili, Barangay Prenza, Balamban town, Cebu were horrified when they found the body of their neighbor lying in a pool of his blood under a nipa hut in the area…

PDEA-7 uproots P8.6M worth of marijuana plants from Balamban plantation

Doris C. Bongcac 10/30/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Law enforcers uprooted P8.6 million worth of marijuana plants from Sitio Quo, Barangay Gaas, Balamban town in midwestern Cebu on Tuesday morning, October 29, 2019. But they failed to arrest the three cultivators who…

Eradication of marijuana plantations in Balamban a tough fight – Binghay

Alven Marie A. Timtim 09/24/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The proliferation of marijuana plantations in the municipality of Balamban in midwestern Cebu dates back in the 1980s. Mayor Alex Binghay said that he and other past mayors have been talking to farmers…

P32 million worth of marijuana uprooted and burned in Balamban

Alven Marie A. Timtim 09/24/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines—At least 80,000 fully  grown marijuana plants with an estimated value of P32 million were uprooted and burned in Sitio Quo Barangay Gaas, Balamban town, Cebu, at around 10:30 a.m. on Tuesday, September 24, 2019.…

Police: Family no longer interested to claim body of man found dumped in Balamban town

Alven Marie A. Timtim 09/01/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The body of a man that was found dumped in a roadside sitio in Barangay Cansomoroy in Balamban town on the evening of August 20 has remained unclaimed. Police Major Christian Torres, chief…

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