Compostela cops catch 9 men engaging in tigbakay

Alven Marie A. Timtim 05/04/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — If they will continue to violate the enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) rules, then we will continue also to pursue them. Police Captain Vincent Zozobrado, Compostela Police Station chief, said this after nine men…

CCPO confiscates loose firearms, equipment from illegal gun maker

Alven Marie A. Timtim 05/01/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Several loose firearms as well as equipment used to manufacture them were confiscated from an illegal gun maker by the Cebu Police Provincial Office (CPPO) during their five-day anti-loose firearms operations that ended…

Magnitude 3 earthquake shakes northern Cebu

Rosalie Abatayo 04/08/2020

  CEBU CITY, Philippines —  Parts of northern Cebu felt a magnitude 3 earthquake past 11 a.m. this Holy Wednesday, April 8, 2020. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said the earthquake’s epicenter was at…

Compostela designer shows how to do household chores in an elegant and posh way

By: Immae Lachica 03/29/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines— Can you imagine what a creative person can do when bored? An artist can maybe do a new masterpiece or enhance his or her skill. But this creative mind from Compostela, a town in…

3 men face murder charges for Valentine’s Day killing of habal-habal driver from Compostela town

Alven Marie Timtim 02/16/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Murder charges will be filed on Monday, February 17, 2020, against three men accused of killing a motorcycle-for-hire driver from Compostela town in northern Cebu. Police Senior Master Sergeant Julius Tradio of the…

BFAR-7: Damage caused by Ursula in fishery sector reaches P14.98M

Futch Anthony Inso 12/28/2019

CEBU CITY,  Philippines — The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources in Central Visayas (BFAR-7) has initially recorded P14.98 million worth of damage in the fishery sector due to Typhoon Ursula. BFAR-7 Public Information Officer Alma Saavedra…

‘Drunk’ guard caught forcibly entering store in Compostela to drink more beer

Alven Marie A. Timtim 11/17/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — A 40-year-old “drunk” security guard was caught stealing and drinking beer inside a convenience store at past midnight of November 17 in Compostela town in northern Cebu. Mark Lloyd Sajolna of  Barangay Tabok…

DILG-7 urges failing LGUs: Continue road clearing efforts

Rosalie Abatayo 10/14/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Local government units (LGUs) whose road clearing efforts “failed” in the standards of the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) must continue their efforts and prepare to explain their “non compliance.” In…

BREAKING: 12 LGUs in Central Visayas fail DILG assessment

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 10/11/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) has released the list of local government units (LGUs) that have failed the assessment for the 60-day road clearing from August to October 2019. In…

Registration continues for Chauncey Basketball Open Tournament

Jonas Rey N. Panerio 08/27/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines—A whopping P50,000 will be given to the champion team in the very first staging of the Chauncey Basketball Open Tournament at the Magay Gym in Compostela town next month, September 2019.  The tournament is…

Compostela cops focusing on gang-related violence as motive in driver’s killing

Alven Marie A. Timtim 08/11/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Police are veering away from the jealousy angle and focusing on the gang-related violence angle in the August 10 killing of a habal-habal (motorcycle-for-hire) driver in Compostela town in northern Cebu. Police Corporal…

First-of-a-kind township concept to rise in Compostela town

Irene R. Sino Cruz 07/16/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines–A real estate company plans to develop a 20-hectare township in Compostela, Cebu. Bennett Palang, president and chief executive officer of Kinmen Land Realty Inc., said they acquired the property in the early 1980s yet.…

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