Cebu inches towards full recovery three years after

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 10/14/2016

Stone after stone, brick by brick, the road to recovery from the 7.2-magnitude earthquake which jolted Central Philippines on October 15, 2013, was slow but sure. In its epicenter, Bohol, the energy released by the powerful earthquake,…

Nine hurt as wall collapses

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 10/14/2016

Nine construction workers were hurt when a wall collapsed at a construction site in Lilo-an, northern Cebu yesterday afternoon following incessant rains. PO3 Neil Ryan Talle, desk officer of the Lilo-an Police Station, said that investigation was…

Labella asks where aerial truck ladder is

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 10/12/2016

CEBU City Vice Mayor Edgardo Labella asked the General Service Office (GSO) on the whereabouts of the aerial truck ladder acquired by the city government back in 2000. Labella sent a letter yesterday morning to Ronaldo Malacora,…

Vice mayor asks on truck’s whereabouts

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 10/12/2016

Cebu City Vice Mayor Edgar Labella asked the General Service Office (GSO) on the whereabouts of the aerial truck acquired by the Cebu City government from Japan in 2000. “If you can recall, the undersigned, together with…

Calamba fire razes house with junk shop

Michaela Jaycel L. Dolores 09/30/2016

A residential house with a scrap iron shop in Lucio Lopez Drive, Barangay Calamba, Cebu City caught fire past 10 a.m. yesterday. Based on initial investigation by the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP), the fire may have…

‘THE CRYING JUST STOPPED’

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 09/28/2016

Marvin Llorag, 46, was having his noontime siesta at their home in Barangay Talamban, Cebu City when he heard screams from neighbors. He woke up to thick smoke and raging fires inside their house in Sitio Hillside.…

Talisay jail searched; drug paraphernalia found

Dominic D. Yasay 09/23/2016

No illegal drugs were found in a Greyhound Operation early Friday morning at the Talisay City Jail. However, authorities found drug paraphernalia – three lighters and two tin foil. Talisay City Jail Warden Senior Insp. Josephus Jelianggao…

Simultaneous province-wide cleanup to prevent mosquito-borne diseases

Nestle L. Semilla 09/22/2016

The Provincial Health Office (PHO) created a “3-in-1 task force” to prevent the increase of cases of mosquito-borne diseases in Cebu. This task force is solely for the prevention of chikungunya, dengue and Zika virus in the…

Reg’l, provincial fire stations ask allowances

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 09/01/2016

FIREFIGHTERS of Cebu province and Central Visayas are asking for a monthly allowance from the Cebu City government like their counterparts in the city. Senior Supt. Samuel Tadep, newly appointed Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP-7) chief, brought…

Fire destroys furniture store in Talisay

Carmel Loise Matus 08/21/2016

A woodcraft furniture display center was burned down by fire at sitio Mananga 1, barangay Tabunok in Talisay City at past midnight Sunday. Chief Insp. Randy Mendaros, fire marshal of the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) Talisay…

22 houses destroyed; 141 left homeless

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 07/17/2016

A morning fire in Barangay Tejero destroyed 22 structures and displaced more than 100 individuals. According to Harold Alcontin of the Cebu City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (CCDRRMO), a total of 141 individuals, who made…

12 homes destroyed, four damaged by Tejero fire

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 07/17/2016

At least 16 structures were hit by a fire at in Barangay Tejero, Cebu City on Sunday morning. SFO4 Jovito Abelgas of the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) said they received a call from one of the…

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