Cebu City drug busts: P17.7-M ‘shabu’ seized in 20 minutes; 2 men nabbed

Pegeen Maisie M. Sararaña 02/26/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines — In a span of 20 minutes, police in Cebu City were able to confiscate 2.6 kilos of suspected shabu worth P17.7 million in two separate buy-bust operations in Barangays Basak San Nicolas and…

Two fires hit Cebu City in 10 hours: P12.7M lost; electrical mishap eyed as cause of fires

Pegeen Maisie Sararaña and Paul Lauro 12/04/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Electrical mishap was the possible cause of the two fires that hit Barangays Mambaling and Basak San Nicolas in Cebu City in a span of 10 hours on Sunday, Dec. 4, 2022. Fire…

Brgy Basak San Nicolas dad belies allegations of negligence over fire response

Pegeen Maisie M. Sararana and Paul Lauro 04/30/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — An official of Barangay Basak-San Nicolas in Cebu City has denied allegations that they were negligent in their response to the fire that burned a house in Sitio Toong of the said barangay…

#CDNFiestaSeñor2022: Lumad Basakanon of Cebu to bring Sinulog Festival to South Korea on May 2022

Micah Sophia C. Marcellones 01/13/2022

  CEBU, Philippines — After being hailed as grand champion in the Sinulog Festival Ritual Showdown last 2020, Lumad Basakanon will once again display its world-class talent in South Korea this coming May. In a Facebook post,…

Basak San Nicolas fire razes 53 houses, displaces 474 individuals

Pegeen Maisie M. Sararana and Paul Lauro 12/13/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Nearly 500 individuals were displaced after a morning fire today, December 13, razed 53 houses in Barangay Basak San Nicolas, Cebu City. Basak San Nicolas Barangay Captain Norman Navarro said that most of…

‘Drug supplier’ nabbed after PDEA-7 shuts down drug den in Cebu City brgy

Pegeen Maisie M. Sararaña 09/26/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines —The alleged supplier of illegal drugs in a drug den in Barangay Basak San Nicolas was arrested during a follow-up buy-bust operation of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA-7) operatives on Sunday afternoon, September…

Cebu City Legal Office forms team to investigate “illegal” body storage

Dyrecka Letigio 08/18/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Cebu City Legal Office (CLO) has formed a three-lawyer team to investigate the possible violations of a storage facility in Barangay Basak-San Nicolas alleged to have stored deceased bodies “illegally” and “improperly.”…

Cebu City Health to inspect all funeral homes for sanitary handling of bodies

Dyrecka Letigio 08/18/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Cebu City Health Department (CHD) will be checking all funeral homes in Cebu City to inspect their compliance with the Sanitary Code when handling deceased bodies. Doctor Jeffrey Ibones, the head of…

Funeral home owner says cadavers in ‘bodega’ were not abandoned

Dyrecka Letigio 08/17/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The management of St. Bernard’s Funeral Homes in Barangay Mambaling, Cebu City insisted that the bodies found in a bodega in Barangay Basak San Nicolas that was recently found in a raid by…

State of Calamity to be declared in Sitio Seaside 

Morexette Marie B. Erram 05/10/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines—Ondo Cheveria and his family only watched and stood as the fire devoured their house in Sitio Seaside, Alumnos, Barangay Basak San Nicolas here last Sunday, May 9, 2021.  The 53-year-old Cheveria said not a…

Nearly P2M lost in 3 Mother’s Day fires in Cebu City

Pegeen Maisie M. Sararana and Paul Lauro 05/09/2021

CEBU CITY,  Philippines — Nearly P2 million worth of properties went up in smoke and at least 100 houses or initially at least 500 individuals were displaced after 3 fires hit Cebu City in a span of…

COVID-19 count: Cebu City breaches 3K-mark

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 06/10/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu City has breached the 3,000-mark for the number of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) cases in the city on June 10, 2020, as it continues to be the sole local government unit (LGU)…

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