Many still searching for kin after ferry fire

Julie Alipala - Reporter / @alipalajulieINQ 04/01/2023

ZAMBOANGA CITY — Michelle Chico, 23, and her sister Carmelita, 41, were traveling aboard MV Lady Mary Joy 3 on Wednesday with her 2-year-old niece, Angelica, who was making her first trip to the family’s hometown of…

Authorities burn P77M worth of illegal drugs 

Alven Marie Timtim 10/13/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — A total of 12,157.43 grams of shabu, marijuana and other expired medicines were destroyed through thermal destruction this morning, October 13, 2020, at the crematorium office of the Cosmopolitan Funeral Homes, along Junquera…

Father, baby hurt after butane canister explodes in Canduman market

Alven Marie A. Timtim 01/06/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — A two-year-old baby and his father are treated by medical responders after they sustained burns when a butane canister in their stove exploded at past 4 p.m. today, January 6, 2020, in Barangay…

Nail Play and Beauty Lounge: Your P200 get you a five-star service

Marc Eric Cosep 08/14/2019

In the world of self-care, manicures and pedicures typically take top billing. For some reason, it’s relaxing to have a relative stranger rub acetone on your nails, push back or clip your cuticles, and apply a fresh…

KAPA robbery in Compostela: 10 armed men also take 21 workers’ belongings

Benjie B. Talisic 06/08/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — There were 10 armed men involved in the robbery and the burning down of the KAPA Community Ministry Foundation office in Compostela town in northern Cebu at dawn on June 8. Police Corporal…

BURN THEM

MAO BA? 08/24/2018

Netizens are getting impatient with the way authorities have been dealing with drug-related incidents and the spate of killings in Cebu. The drug bust in Barangay Mambaling, Cebu City on Friday, which led the authorities to seize…

Danao cops seize, burn P3M worth of marijuana plants in Langosig raid

Benjie B. Talisic 08/14/2018

A police raid on Tuesday in Barangay Langosig, a mountain barangay in Danao City, yielded at least 14,000 marijuana plants worth at least P3 million. Supt. Jaime Quiocho Jr., Danao City Police Station chief, said they also…

Fire hits warehouse in Naga City

Benjie B. Talisic 07/16/2018

  A fire caused damage to a warehouse in Barangay South Poblacion, Naga City, Cebu at past 6 p.m., Sunday (July 15). Senior Supt. Samuel Tadeo, regional director of Bureau of Fire Protection in Central Visayas (BFP-7)…

Cops linked to boy’s death tested negative for gunpowder burn

Nestle Semilla 07/14/2018

A paraffin test has shown that the four policemen from Carbon Police Station who were linked to the death of stray bullet victim Bladen Skyler Abatayo were negative of gunpowder burns. The result came out as the…

Three men tried to burn Infinity bar

Nestle Semilla 06/30/2018

THREE armed men allegedly disarmed the security guard of Infinity KTV & Music Lounge past 4 a.m. on Saturday and tried to set the establishment on fire, the police said. The lounge, located along Archbishop Reyes Ave.,…

Militants burn China, US flags during Independence Day rally

Rosalie O. Abatayo 06/12/2018

CEBU CITY—Less than 100 members of militant groups in Cebu tore and burned the flags of China and United States during their rally in commemoration of the 120th anniversary since the declaration of Philippine independence. The group…

Alleged NPA members burn down bulldozer in Negros

Benjie B. Talisic 05/22/2018

Around 10 alleged members of the New People’s Army (NPA) burned down a bulldozer owned by a Construction firm in Sitio Talingting, Barangay Luyang of Mabinay town, Negros Oriental on Monday evening (May 21). Supt. Kat Ramos, Public…

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