Unpaid Cebu City Hall workers take leave amid stress, controversy

Niña Mae C. Oliverio 05/09/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The four regular employees of Cebu City Hall, who haven’t been paid since July 2023, are now on leave due to stress. This happened after the Office of the Ombudsman issued a suspension…

Cebu City planners call for stricter building rules in protected areas

Niña Mae C. Oliverio 05/05/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu City’s top planners want stricter rules for building in protected areas, especially the Cebu City Protected Landscape (CCPL). Architect Joseph Michael “Yumi” Espina, head of the City Planning and Development Office (CPDO),…

Laborer arrested for running a drug den in Cebu City

Emmariel Ares 05/02/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines – A 53-year-old laborer, accused of running a drug den, was arrested on Wednesday afternoon, May 1, 2024, during a police operation in Barrio Wakwak, Barangay Suba in Cebu City. The operation, which happened…

91 families, commercial establishments ordered to clear Estero de Parian in Cebu City

Pia Piquero 04/27/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines – At least 91 informal settler families (ISFs), including the four large commercial establishments, located along the Estero de Parian in Cebu City were issued final notices on April 26 to voluntarily remove structures…

‘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…

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