High-risk inmate from Borbon escapes Medellin Jail

Benjie B. Talisic, Paul Lauro 03/05/2019

  CEBU CITY, Philippines — A high-risk inmate has escaped from his jailguard escorts from the Medellin District Jail as they were about to attend court hearing in the morning of Tuesday, March 5 in Medellin town…

Globe expands mobile signal to mountain barangays

Doris C. Bongcac 01/08/2019

Celirina Belena, 50, used to climb their window so she can  send a text message. But with the establishment of a Globe cellsite in the mountain Barangay of Bonbon, Cebu City on Thursday (January 3), Belena said…

Firm donates school bags, slippers to Borbon students

PR 07/02/2018

THE METROPC Technologies, Inc. donated school bags and slippers to students of Cajel Elementary School and Bili Elementary School in Borbon town, northern Cebu. The company, which is based in Mandaue City, turned over a total of…

Brother of Catmon mayor nabbed for unlicensed gun

Benjie B. Talisic 10/03/2017

CEBU CITY–The brother of the municipal mayor in northern Cebu was arrested for illegal possession of firearm early morning on Tuesday . Jover Jusay, a resident of Barangay Flores, Catmon, yielded one .45 caliber pistol with one…

BINIBINING CEBU 2017: Miss Alcantara and Miss Borbon

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 09/21/2017

THE FIRST ever Binibining Cebu will be crowned on Oct. 28. Among the ladies vying for the title are Ethel T. Elic of Alcantara and Jarred Lou Mangubat of Borbon. Get to know more of these lovely…

Hitman’s confession

Editorial 09/04/2017

The arrest of two barangay officials in Danao City and Borbon town, as well as the arrest of a Tuburan town councilor’s son in the past few days, casts the spotlight anew on President Rodrigo Duterte’s call…

Hitman says he was a ‘hero’

Benjie Talisic 09/03/2017

Barangay Captain Jinnefer Mercader of Lugo, Borbon, was not only an unrepentant hitman but described himself a “hero” for slaying some 30 “criminals” in Cebu City in the early 2000. Mercader, speaking to Cebu Daily News at…

Village chief arrested in Borbon

Benjie B. Talisic 09/02/2017

  Another village chief linked to illegal drugs was arrested by police operatives in Borbon Town, 77 kilometers north of Cebu City, early today, September 2. Police operatives swooped down on the house of Jinnefer Mercader, 42,…

Five women nabbed for illegal gambling

Winston P. Ensomo 08/23/2017

Police arrested five women for illegal numbers game known as ‘swertres’ in Barangay Poblacion, Borbon town, on Tuesday, August 22. As police intensifies its anti-illegal gambling campaign, Borbon PNP apprehended Bernard Moro, Melisa Ygpas, Jennifer Cabahug, Jennifer…

Man caught after he stabbed, wounded his pal in Borbon

Intern 05/20/2017

A 33-year-old man, who stabbed and wounded his 42-year-old drinking buddy using a broken bottle, was arrested on Thursday in Sitio Mangga, Barangay Bili, Borbon town in northern Cebu. Junjun Prescillas was arrested as he tried to…

Police arrest drug suspect in Borbon buy-bust

Benjie Talisic 05/14/2017

A drug suspect was arrested with P33,000 worth of shabu in a buy-bust operation on Saturday evening at Barangay Don Gregorio Antigua, Borbon town, northern Cebu. The suspect was identified as Rheymar John Nies Monroid, 26, resident…

‘Drug pushers’ arrested in Borbon

Intern 05/09/2017

Two drug pushers on a motorcycle were caught in possession of illegal drugs at a checkpoint along the national road of Barangay Laaw, Borbon town in north Cebu around 8 p.m. on Monday. PO1 Effren Diaz Jr.…

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