Families hit by cemetery closures to get aid — Labella

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 09/11/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Cebu City government will be helping the families living in the public cemeteries in the city who will be affected by the closure of these cemeteries from October 30 to November 3,…

Cemeteries in Cebu City closed from Oct. 29 to Nov. 3

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 09/10/2020

  CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu City Edgardo Labella has issued an executive order for the closure of all cemeteries in the city from October 29 to November 3, 2020 for the All Saints and All Souls…

Three fall in drug operation in Carreta, Cebu City

Norman V. Mendoza 10/08/2019

Cebu City, Philippines—Three persons were nabbed by police in a drug operation in Ponce 1, Barangay Carreta, Cebu City, past 6 p.m. Monday, October 7, 2019. The arrested persons were identified as Archie Tolentino, 31, from Carreta;…

Jobless man from Carreta nabbed for possession of 110 grams of shabu

Benjie B. Talisic 06/23/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines–He was unemployed the reason why he was lured into the illegal drugs business. Mark Vincent Oliamot, 22, will now have to spend years in jail after he was arrested in a buy-bust operation at…

Family of elderly couple, who died in Carreta fire, mulls filing arson case

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 05/11/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The family of the old couple, who died in the fire in Sitio Ponce 2, Barangay Carreta in Cebu City on Saturday early morning, May 11, said they would file charges of arson…

With nearby elem school reserved for Monday’s polls, Carreta fire victims to sleep on the streets for now

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 05/11/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Fire victims in Barangay Ponce 2 in Barangay Carreta, Cebu City have refused to move to the barangay sports complex that is located at least 500 meters away from the fire site. They…

Ponce 2 fire kills 2, burns 50 homes

Benjie Talisic 05/11/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines- An elderly couple was killed in a fire which burned homes in Sitio Ponce 2, Barangay Carreta, Cebu City. Nicasio Orcullo, 62, and Proserfina Orcullo, 57, were trapped inside their burning home. A girl,…

Dawn fire burns homes in Sitio Ponce 2, Carreta

Benjie B. Talisic 05/11/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines – A dawn fire burned homes in a thickly populated urban poor community in Sitio Ponce 2, Barangay Carreta, Cebu City today, May 11. The fire alarm was reported at around 4:15 a.m. and…

Two men linked to mauled drug suspect caught with shabu in Carreta bust

Benjie B. Talisic 05/07/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Two men, who had links to drug suspect Eddie Basillote, were arrested in an anti-illegal drug operation in Sitio Ponce 2, Barangay Carreta, Cebu City, at past 1 p.m. of May 7. Aldrin…

Carreta drug den shut down; dad, son, 4 others nabbed; P102K shabu seized

Benjie B. Talisic 04/29/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Drug enforcement agents shutdown a suspected drug den during a raid in a house in Sitio Simpir, Barangay Carreta, Cebu City on Sunday, April 28, and arrested its alleged operators — a father…

Alleged threat from CCPO chief claimed; Garma to suspect’s ‘wife’: Prove it

Zena V. Magto 04/28/2019

 CEBU CITY, Philippines — The common law wife of arrested drug suspect Eddie Basillote made an appeal to Police Colonel Royina Garma, Cebu City Police Office director, not to harm them. The common law wife or live…

Mauling incident: CCPO to investigate names on Osmeña’s list

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 04/27/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The names of police officers posted by Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña’s Facebook page as those who allegedly mauled a drug suspect in Barangay Carreta on April 18 will be investigated. Police Colonel…

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