CEBU CITY, Philippines — A 23-year-old man arrested over a shooting incident in Barangay Ermita remains under police custody after two victims were wounded while trying to pacify a dispute on the evening of Tuesday, April 21.…
CEBU CITY, Philippines— Authorities on Tuesday said that there is no solid evidence yet to consider arson as the main cause of the Barangay Ermita fire on Black Saturday, April 4. The evening fire damaged properties estimated…
CEBU CITY, Philippines — Two separate fires broke out in different parts of Cebu City on Saturday evening, April 4, 2026. The consecutive incidents prompted a simultaneous response from firefighting units across the city. Twin fires in Lahug…
CEBU CITY, Philippines — A high-value drug suspect was arrested during a buy-bust operation conducted shortly after midnight on Friday, March 6, in Barangay Ermita, Cebu City. Police identified the suspect as alias “Jey,” who is classified…
CEBU CITY, Philippines — A security guard and two other individuals were arrested after authorities shut down a suspected drug den during a buy-bust operation in Barangay Ermita, Cebu City, on Thursday afternoon, January 22. Operatives of…
CEBU CITY, Philippines – At least four individuals were wounded when a fire broke out in a densely populated residential area in Sitio Bato, Brgy. Ermita here on Wednesday, April 5, 2023. Firefighters responded to the fire…
CEBU CITY, Philippines — A total of 805 grams of dried marijuana leaves worth P96, 600 were seized from a 23-year-old man during a buy-bust operation in Barangay Ermita, Cebu City, past 6 p.m. on Monday, September…
CEBU CITY, Philippines — Victims of the separate massive fires that hit barangays Ermita and Punta Princesa in Cebu City this month will soon receive cash aid from the Cebu City Government. In a text message to…
CEBU CITY, Philippines — The over 2,000 families in Sitio Bato, Barangay Ermita, Cebu City that will be affected in the controversial Carbon Market Modernization Project are assured of proper relocation. Engineer Dante Arcilla, head of the…
CEBU CITY, Philippines – A 38-year-old trisikad driver was found dead, lying on a wooden cart, or “kurmata,” at the corner of Magallanes and El Filibusterismo Streets in Barangay Ermita here at around 10 a.m. on Wednesday, November…
CEBU CITY, Philippines — An energy company is proposing to build a 20-megawatt battery energy reserve in Barangay Ermita here that will help stabilize the current energy grid supply in the Visayas. The Cebu City Council had…
CEBU CITY, Philippines — Police are investigating if the shooting today, July 3, in Barangay Ermita, Cebu City of a 23-year-old woman that led to her death was a drug-related killing. This after police found out that…
