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…

Landlady’s suspicions led to arrest of Korean national, wife in Balamban buy-bust

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 08/31/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The peculiar activities of a Korean national and his Filipina wife did them in after these aroused the suspicion of their landlady in Balamban town in western Cebu. Kang Gyong Yoon, 33, a Korean…

Aboitiz Construction, Austal Philippines sign MOA for building of offshore patrol vessels

Irene R. Sino Cruz 08/29/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines—Aboitiz Construction Inc. will collaborate with Austal Philippines Pty. Ltd. for the possible construction of offshore patrol vessels (OPV). Austal Philippines submitted a bid to the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) to build six…

Police expect kin to claim on August 26 dead man dumped in Balamban

Alven Marie A. Timtim 08/24/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Police will be expecting a family member to claim on Monday, August 26, the body of Armando Oppus, who was found dead four days ago along the road in Barangay Cansomoroy, Balamban town…

Man found tied up, dead in Balamban

Delta Letigio, Paul Lauro 08/21/2019

Cebu City, Philippines—A  body of a man was found in Sito Buli in Barangay Cansomoroy  in Balamban town, western Cebu on Tuesday  night , August 20, 2019. Balamban Police, headed by its chief, Police Major Christian Tores,…

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