Calamba shooting: Police eye drug motive in killing of woman

Lyle Andales 05/23/2026

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Police are looking into drugs behind the killing of a still unidentified woman in Barangay Calamba, Cebu City, after authorities arrested three young male suspects in less than 24 hours following the shooting…

Fire in Calamba displaces 19 families, injures 2

Lyle Andales 04/14/2026

CEBU CITY, Philippines — At least 19 families were displaced after a fire hit a residential compound along V. Rama Street in Barangay Calamba, Cebu City on Monday afternoon, April 13. The blaze, which broke out at…

Fisherman, who moonlights as ‘drug peddler,’ nabbed with P1.4M shabu 

Lyle Andales 03/23/2026

CEBU CITY, Philippines — A fisherman, who moonlights allegedly as an illegal drug pusher, may not catch fish again at sea for quite a while. This after he and an unemployed man described as a high value…

Cebu City buy-bust: Mother, son nabbed with ₱2.7M in shabu

Lyle Andales 01/12/2026

Police arrested a 49-year-old woman and her 22-year-old son and seized more than P2.7 million worth of suspected shabu in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Calamba, Cebu City, …

Cebu City: American found dead inside rented room in Brgy. Calamba

Lyle Andales 12/30/2025

CEBU CITY, Philippines — An American national was found dead inside his rented room in Sitio Sun Valley, Barangay Calamba, Cebu City, on Monday morning, December 29. According to a report from the Sawang Calero Police Station,…

28-year-old man shot dead along V. Rama Avenue; 2 suspects identified

Lyle Andales 12/18/2025

CEBU CITY, Philippines — A 28-year-old man was shot dead along V. Rama Avenue in Sitio Melonida, Barangay Calamba, Cebu City, on Wednesday afternoon, December 17, prompting police to launch a manhunt for at least two suspects.…

Ex-convict shot dead while crossing V. Rama Avenue in Cebu City

Emmariel Ares and Paul Lauro 10/07/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Police in Cebu City are investigating the killing of an ex-convict who was shot dead as he was crossing V. Rama Avenue on Friday night, October 6, 2023. The victim, whom witnesses identified…

PRO-7 urged to create SITG for the murder of ex-frat officer

Mae Fhel Gom-os 10/13/2021

MANDAUE CITY, Cebu — The Cebu City Police Office (CCPO) has requested the Police Regional Office in Central Visayas (PRO-7) to activate a Special Investigation Task Group (SITG) that would look deeply into the recent killing of…

Calamba fire razes 10 houses, leaves 50 people homeless

Pegeen Maisie M. Sararana and Paul Lauro 08/09/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — An afternoon fire on Monday, August 9, razed at least 10 houses, left 50 people homeless and injured a man in Sitio Lower San Roque, Barangay Calamba, Cebu City. The Cebu City Fire…

Calamba village chief wants police assigned to their barangay

Mae Fhel Gom-os 07/30/2021

  MANDAUE CITY, Cebu – Calamba Barangay Captain Victor Quijano Jr., is seeking the help from the police to help them in their bid to fight the drug problem in the village. Quijano made the appeal following…

Retired cop, 7 others arrested for tigbakay in Brgy Calamba

Pegeen Maisie M. Sararaña 07/18/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Eight men, including a retired cop, landed in jail for betting in an illegal tigbakay in Barangay Calamba, Cebu City. They were arrested past 11 p.m. on Saturday, July 17, following complaints from…

Lapida maker killed for failing to deliver headstone on time 

Pegeen Maisie M. Sararana and Paul Lauro 06/07/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — A 30-year-old lapida maker or headstone maker was believed to have been killed because he failed to finish an already paid lapida or headstone on time. Witnesses told police that this was probably…

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