Investigators check claim ‘rugby boys’ started Camputhaw fire

Zena V. Magto and Paul Lauro 05/24/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Did the rugby boys cause the fire that razed an abandoned  two-storey commercial building along Juana Osmeña Street, Barangay Camputhaw, Cebu City at mid-afternoon on Friday, May 24? This is one of the…

One hurt after gas leak starts laundry shop fire in Cebu City

Gerard Vincent Francisco 05/18/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — A laundry attendant suffered burns in her body after the laundry shop in Barangay Camputhaw, Cebu City, where she worked, caught fire at the morning of Saturday, May 18. Marisol Arnais, 34, suffered…

Cenro chief expects to collect more than 20 tons of garbage in March 9’s Lahug River cleanup

Delta Derycka Letigio 03/09/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — More than 20 tons of garbage are expected to be collected during this day’s, March 9, cleanup of the Lahug River. Nida Cabrera, Cebu City Environment and  Natural Resources Office (Cenro) head, said…

93-1: Settling the settlers

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 01/07/2017

(Part 2) In the afternoon of December 7, in front of hundreds of beneficiaries, Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña and Cebu Gov. Hilario Davide III inked a memorandum of agreement (MOA) for a land swap between the…

Provincial Capitol: Of prison breaks and other problems

Izobelle T. Pulgo 01/05/2017

(Conclusion) Known globally as the jail facility that houses the dancing inmates, unknown to the world, the Cebu Provincial Detention and Rehabilitation Center (CPDRC) has been plagued with various issues: from the escape of inmates, to the…

“Taong grasa” shot dead in Camputhaw

Chito O. Aragon 09/23/2016

A still unidentified assailant shot dead a man whom police described as “taong grasa”. The victim was shot while walking along Maria Cristina Extension in barangay Camputhaw past 2 a.m. on Friday. No one from among the…

Japanese hurt in road accident

Chito O. Aragon 12/22/2015

A Japanese woman was hit by a motorcycle as she walked on the roadside barangay Camputhaw, Cebu City on Monday night. Yuyu Oki, 22, was rushed to a private hospital where she was confined for treatment. The…

2 workers fall from Capitol church ceiling

Apple Ta-as and Ador Vincent S. Mayol 11/20/2015

Two construction workers were injured after they fell  from a 40-foot high scaffolding used in the construction of the extension of the Our Lady of Sacred Heart Parish church on Escario St. in Barangay Camputhaw, Cebu City…

LBC courier outlet robbed

Carine M. Asutilla, Chito O. Aragon 08/15/2014

Two men robbed a service outlet of courier firm, LBC in Cebu City, yesterday afternoon. Cash worth at least P10,000 was taken from the outlet in Escario Street, barangay Camputhaw. It was the fourth LBC branch to…

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