Fight against dengue: Provincial Health Office to hold Cebu-wide cleanup drive

Nestle L. Semilla 11/08/2016

Following the declaration of state of calamity due to dengue outbreak last month, the Provincial Health Office (PHO) will conduct a province-wide simultaneous clean-up drive on Thursday. PHO head Dr. Rene Catan said the activity will be…

No more buildings above 18 storeys, mayor says

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 10/17/2016

THERE won’t be any more high-rise buildings in Cebu City if Mayor Tomas Osmeña has his way. In yesterday’s press conference, the mayor said he wants to lower the height of buildings to less than 18 storeys…

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,…

City to turn over aerial ladder truck to BFP

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 10/10/2016

Not being able to respond to fires or emergencies in high-rise buildings will soon be a thing of the past in Cebu City. The city government has now an aerial ladder truck that they can use in…

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…

13 houses destroyed, six damaged in San Nicolas fire

Carmel Loise Matus 08/21/2016

ABOUT 13 houses were destroyed and six others were damaged in a fire that hit Sitio Alumnus, Barangay Basak San Nicolas in Cebu City at past 11 am Sunday. SFO1 Edwin Handayan, fire investigator of the Bureau…

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