Borbon accident: 2 construction workers electrocuted, suffer 3rd degree burns

Paul Lauro 10/18/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Two construction workers suffered third degree burns in their bodies after they were electrocuted when the gutter of the roof that they were working on touched a high voltage wire. The accident happened…

Construction workers caught with drugs, gun in separate police raids in Cebu City, Carcar

Emmariel Ares and Paul Lauro 07/13/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Two construction workers were arrested in a span of 10 hours in separate police operations in Cebu City and Carcar City in southern Cebu on July 11 and 12. One was involved with…

DSWS Cebu City assists six ‘scammed’ construction workers from Surigao

Wenilyn B. Sabalo 03/09/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Six construction workers from Hinatuan in Surigao del Sur who were allegedly scammed by their foreman in Cebu City were able to return to their hometown with the assistance of the Cebu City…

Construction worker: I carried out my plan to kill my co-worker

Pegeen Maisie M. Sararaña 11/21/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — He allegedly planned the crime for over a week, and on the evening of Saturday, November 20, he carried out the plan and killed his colleague inside the company’s service vehicle. Julito Resquillo,…

Construction workers elicit laughs in viral Tiktok video

Doris Mondragon - Content Specialist 08/19/2021

DALAGUETE, Cebu—Happiness can also be found in simple little things. And putting a smile on someone else’s face doesn’t have to be expensive.  This was proven by the two carpenters from San Roque, Talisay City, Cebu who’s…

4 Cebu City workers found positive for COVID-19, stopped in Samboan port

Dyrecka Dyrecka Letigio 08/06/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Four construction workers from Cebu City were prevented from boarding a boat in a wharf in Samboan town in southern Cebu after the Philippine Coast Guard found them positive for COVID-19.  Councilor Joel…

COVID-19 outbreak in uptown site affects 49 construction workers

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 06/15/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The high cases of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) recorded in Cebu City on Tuesday, June 15, 2021, has been attributed to an outbreak in a construction site. Councilor Joel Garganera, the deputy…

This time, worker nabbed for offering P100-M bounty to kill Duterte

Consuelo Marquez - INQUIRER.net 05/13/2020

MANILA, Philippines — A construction worker was arrested on Tuesday night in Aklan province after posting on Facebook that he will give a P100 million reward to anyone who can kill President Rodrigo Duterte. The suspect was…

One of eight workers died after wall collapse

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 10/15/2016

ONE of nine construction workers who were injured when a wall collapsed at the Citi Hardware Warehouse in Barangay Cotcot, Liloan town died at 4 pm Friday. PO3 Jason Gayo of the Liloan police precinct said Lazaro…

Nine hurt as wall collapses

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 10/14/2016

Nine construction workers were hurt when a wall collapsed at a construction site in Lilo-an, northern Cebu yesterday afternoon following incessant rains. PO3 Neil Ryan Talle, desk officer of the Lilo-an Police Station, said that investigation was…

2 workers fall from Capitol church ceiling

Apple Ta-as and Ador Vincent S. Mayol 11/20/2015

Two construction workers were injured after they fell  from a 40-foot high scaffolding used in the construction of the extension of the Our Lady of Sacred Heart Parish church on Escario St. in Barangay Camputhaw, Cebu City…

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