‘Johnnie Water’: Man jailed, accused of selling fake expensive liquor in Cebu City

Paul Lauro 03/20/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Police here arrested a man for allegedly duping delivery riders in a scam that involved selling fake bottles of expensive liquor. The Mambaling Police Station confirmed apprehending a certain Greman Louise Malinao, 44,…

Rapper Range999 to face frustrated murder, illegal possession gun raps for shooting foreigner in Cebu City

Morexette Marie Erram, Paul Lauro 03/18/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu-based rapper Jed Andrew Salera, popularly known as Range999, will be facing cases of frustrated murder and possession of an unlicensed gun after getting involved in a bloody shooting last Sunday, March 17,…

Hidden in plain sight: Tracing downtown Cebu City’s Cebuano-Chinese roots

Morexette Marie B. Erram, Nikki Medalla 02/09/2024

Photos by Christian Dave Cuizon CEBU CITY, Philippines — Every day, hundreds — if not thousands — of people join the hustle and bustle of downtown Cebu City. Towering over the throngs of marketgoers, shoppers, vendors, and…

Riding-in-tandem kills man visiting neighbor in Barrio Luz

Paul Lauro 12/01/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Police here are now looking for two suspects accused of killing a man in Barangay Luz on Friday midnight, December 1, 2023. The victim was identified as Jeremy del Rosario Ferrer, 43. The…

SUV caught counterflowing in Gorordo may still face raps despite settlement

Paul Lauro 11/14/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines – The driver of the sports utility vehicle (SUV) caught counter flowing and hitting a pedestrian along Gorordo Avenue last Monday, November 13, 2023, is not yet off the hook. A dashcam footage of…

Passenger ship from CdO en route to Cebu tilts due to alleged ballast tank failure

Morexette Marie B. Erram, Paul Lauro 11/13/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines – (UPDATED, 10:20 a.m.) A passenger ship carrying close to 500 individuals failed to proceed to its scheduled trip to Cebu when it suffered listing problems shortly after departing the port of Cagayan de…

Suspected drug pusher, who sold ‘tawas,’ killed in Cebu

Paul Lauro 11/13/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines – It was ‘tawas’, the local term of potassium alum, and not shabu, the local name for methamphetamine, that was inside the plastic sachets which belonged to a man who was gunned down in …

Restaurant fire in Cebu City mall gobbles up P2.2 million

Morexette Marie Erram, Paul Lauro 11/02/2023

(UPDATED 2:25 p.m. Nov 2) CEBU CITY, Philippines – A nine-minute fire burned down at least P2.2 million properties in a restaurant located in a mall in South Road Properties (SRP) on Wednesday, November 1, 2023. The…

One of two suspects in coffee shop robbery in Cebu City nabbed

Paul Lauro 11/01/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines – One of the suspects accused of robbing a roadside coffee shop in Salinas Drive, Brgy. Lahug, Cebu City has been arrested. The Mabolo Police Station confirmed that they captured Cyrus John Rallos around…

Suspected drug smuggler from Korea nabbed in Cebu City

Morexette Marie B. Erram 10/25/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines – A suspected drug smuggler from South Korea, who apparently fled here to elude arrest in his home country, was arrested on Tuesday, October 24. Choi Sun Hyeok, 56, was arrested in his residence…

Married man and his mistress caught inside Cebu City pension house

Paul Lauro 10/16/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines – A married man from Mandaue City and his alleged mistress will be facing concubinage charges after authorities caught them both inside a pension house here on Sunday, October 15, 2023. Police in Parian…

EXPLAINER: What does ‘competitive’ mean for cities, LGUs in PH?

Morexette Marie B. Erram 10/11/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Cebu City bounced back in this year’s ranking of the Cities and Municipalities Competitive Index, and was even named the most improved among ‘highly urbanized cities’. From last year’s 24th spot, the ‘Queen…

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