Basak Pardo fire displaces 15 families, destroys P2.4M worth of properties

Emmariel Ares and Paul Lauro 03/06/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines – The Basak Pardo fire that hit a residential area on Tuesday displaced a total of 15 families and damaged P2.4 million worth of properties.  A report from the Cebu City Fire Station (CCFS)…

Man, who needed money to win back live-in partner, robs student, gets caught by Basak Pardo residents

Paul Lauro 09/09/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines — A 30-year-old man, who allegedly needed money to win back his live-in partner who allegedly left him, robbed a 16-year-old female student  in Sitio Villa San Pedro in Barangay Basak Pardo, Cebu City…

Cebu City has 7 more drug-cleared barangays

Wenilyn B. Sabalo 12/16/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Seven barangays in Cebu City were recently declared “drug-cleared” by the Regional Oversight Committee on Barangay Drug Clearing (ROCBDC). These are barangays Basak Pardo, Buot Taup, Kinasang-an, Lusaran, San Antonio, Pamutan, and Parian,…

‘Habal-habal’ driver shot dead in Brgy. Basak Pardo, Cebu City

Pegeen Maisie Sararaña and Paul Lauro 10/11/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — A 27-year-old ‘habal-habal’ driver was shot dead while on board his motorcycle at the back of Don Vicente Rama Memorial National High School in Barangay Basak Pardo around 1 p.m. on Tuesday, October…

Personal grudge eyed as possible motive in  New Year shooting, stabbing incidents in Cebu City  

Pegeen Maisie Sararana 01/03/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Police say personal grudge was the possible motive in the stabbing and shooting incidents that transpired in barangay Pardo, here, on New Year’s Day. Police Lieutenant Colonel Wilbert Parilla, deputy director for operations…

Over 100 families to be evacuated in coastal sitios in Basak, Cogon Pardo

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 12/16/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines—Families living in the coastal sitios of Barangay Cogon Pardo and Basak Pardo, Cebu City, were evacuated on Thursday morning, December 16, 2021, as a preemptive measure for the coming of Typhoon Odette.  Cebu City…

Four more barangays in Cebu City drug-cleared

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 12/04/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — More Cebu City barangays are now drug cleared, making the total number of drug-cleared barangay to 11 as of December 4, 2021. The City Office of the Substance Abuse Prevention (COSAP) announced that…

Cebu City drug raids: P3.4M shabu seized; 2 men nabbed

Pegeen Maisie M. Sararana and Paul Lauro 02/21/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Authorities confiscated at least 500 grams or half a kilo of suspected shabu worth at least P3.4 million and arrested two men, one of them a former convict, during two separate raids in…

Dead fetus found near Basak Pardo drainage area

Alven Marie A. Timtim 08/29/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Police are looking for the mother, who threw away an estimated eight-month-old fetus near a drainage area in Sitio Katangkongan, Barangay Pardo, Cebu City. Police Staff Sergeant Benjamin Maglajos of the Pardo Police…

Basak Pardo execs not liable for ‘hantak’ incident — CLO

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 07/10/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Cebu City Legal Office (CLO) found no fault on the Basak Pardo barangay officials over the public gathering of residents in Sitio Ulap in the barangay on July 3, 2020. Cebu City…

CCPO to file charges against men in viral ‘hantak’ photos

Alven Marie A. Timtim 07/04/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — They will not be spared. Police Colonel Josefino Ligan, incoming director of the Cebu City Police Office (CCPO), said that they have already identified the men who were playing “hantak” in Sitio Ulap…

Basak Pardo chief told to explain ‘hantak’ in her barangay

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 07/04/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Another village chief in Cebu City is in hot water for her failure to make sure that her constituents stay at home. The City Legal Office (CLO) issued on Saturday, July 4, a…

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