Alyssa Valdez to captain national team in SEA Games

Lance Agcaoili - @inquirerdotnet 04/02/2023

MANILA, Philippines—Alyssa Valdez was named skipper of the Philippine women’s volleyball team in the 32nd Southeast Asian Games in Cambodia in May. In her fifth straight SEA Games appearance, Valdez was tasked to captain the national team…

Full tank

Fatima Ignacio Gimenez - @inquirerdotnet 03/27/2023

“I am leaving because with such a privileged role comes responsibility. … The responsibility to know when you are the right person to lead and also when you are not. I know what this job takes and…

Barangay captain accused of molesting 15-year-old girl freed after posting bail

Mary Rose Sagarino 08/23/2022

MANDAUE CITY, Philippines — A barangay captain in Mandaue City was charged with acts of lasciviousness after allegedly abusing a 15-year-old girl. Police Captain Armil Coloscos, head of the Casuntingan Police Station of the Mandaue City Police…

Barangay Mambaling allocates P112M for fire victims

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 06/08/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — After months of political dispute, elected Mambaling Barangay Captain Gines Abellana finally conducted a successful barangay session and declared a state of calamity in the barangay on Monday, June 3. In an interview…

Kin, friends say goodbye as Captain Bontuyan is laid to rest

Rosalie O. Abatayo 05/30/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Only God knows who Police Captain Delfin Bontuyan was. This was the message of Reverend Fr. Eduardo Villaluna to the hundreds of friends and relatives who attended the slain cop’s Requiem Mass at…

Captain Marvel at SM Cinemas

PR 03/07/2019

The much-anticipated Marvel Studios film, Captain Marvel, is now showing at your favorite SM Cinemas. Captain Marvel is based on the Marvel Comics character Carol Danvers. Produced by Marvel Studios and distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion…

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…

Councilor Garganera to Inayawan Brgy Chief Repollo: Cooperate with police

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 03/05/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines–Cebu City Councilor Joel Garganera is encouraging Inayawan Barangay Captain Kirk Bryan Repollo to cooperate with the police in the establishment of a police station across the Inayawan barangay hall as this was for the…

Carmen brgy captain turns over gun manufacturing tool to police

Doris C. Bongcac 03/02/2019

LOOK: Hagnaya Barangay Captain Macario Capuyan turned over to the Carmen police on Friday, March 1, an electric push drill that is used to manufacture guns. Capuyan told Police Major Junnel G. Caadlawon that a barangay resident…

Barangay chiefs with loose firearms may be suspended; case depends on police

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 02/22/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines— The Department of Interior and Local Government in (DILG) Cebu City office  has taken its hands off the controversy involving barangay officials in the city, who were caught with unlicensed firearms, opting to leave…

Lusaran Barangay Captain nabbed for illegal possession of firearms

Morexette Marie Erram 02/22/2019

Cebu City, Philippines — Another village chief in Cebu City was arrested for carrying loose firearms on Friday, February 22, 2019.  Lusaran Barangay Captain Agustin Partulan was arrested after operatives from the Cebu City Mobile Force Company…

Inayawan brgy chief: 200 fire victims may lose homes near landfill

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 02/18/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines—The at least 200 victims, who were displaced by the Sitio White Road, Barangay Inayawan, Cebu City fire, may not be able to go rebuild the 30 shanties that were destroyed by the  Sunday, February…

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