Cebu City warehouse fire: P6M worth of properties destroyed

Emmariel Ares and Paul Lauro 08/29/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines — A warehouse in Brgy. Ermita, Cebu City that was used to store products such as sacks of flour and bottles of ketchup was engulfed in flames on early Thursday morning, August 29. The…

Ermita fire victims need hygiene kits, other assistance

Wenilyn Sabalo 04/06/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu City Department of Social Welfare and Services (DSWS) head Dr. Ester Concha advises those who plan to donate relief packs and other assistance to the victims of a huge fire that hit…

Taxi passenger shot dead in Quiot; cops turn to CCTVs to identify, catch killer

Pegeen Maisie M. Sararaña 03/03/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Police are hoping that footage from security cameras may give them a lead on the killer of a taxi passenger, who was shot dead this afternoon, March 3, in Barangay Quiot, Cebu City.…

2 days before New Year, fire official reminds public anew to shun firecrackers

Pegeen Maisie M. Sararaña 12/30/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Two days before the New Year rolls in, a fire official reminds the public anew to not use firecrackers in welcoming the event to avoid untoward incidents from happening. Senior Fire Officer (SFO3)…

Woman from Ermita nabbed in Talisay City with P578K worth of ‘shabu’

Pegeeen Maisie Sararaña 11/27/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — A woman, who was sent to deliver suspected shabu to a buyer in Barangay Tabunok in Talisay City, landed in jail after she was arrested by the police, Saturday night, Nov. 26. Suspect…

Police trying to unmask, catch teeners, who robbed commuter in Kamagayan

Pegeeen Maisie Sararaña 10/07/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu City police have identified a group of teenagers as responsible for the alleged robbery incident that happened in Barangay Kamagayan, Cebu City, on Thursday night, Oct. 6, 2022. Police Colonel Ireneo Dalogdog,…

Cebu City to distribute cash aid to fire victims in Punta, Quiot on Saturday

Morexette Marie B. Erram 07/15/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Cebu City government plans to start distributing financial assistance to the residents displaced by the recent fires in at least three barangays here. Dr. Ester Concha, head of the Department of Social…

Suspected female pickpockets from Cebu City nabbed in Talisay City

Pegeen Maisie M. Sararaña 05/01/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Immediate reporting of a pickpocketing incident to the police has led to the arrest in Talisay City on Saturday night, April 30, 2022, of two suspected female pickpockets from Cebu City Police Lieutenant…

Margot O: Improve lives of informal settlers because they deserve it, not for ‘pretty’ view

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 04/30/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu City mayoral candidate, former Councilor Margot Osmeña, of the Bando Osmeña Pundok Kauswagan (BOPK), said that improving the lives of informal settlers should be a priority for the city government because they…

Rama orders immediate release of aid for fire victims

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 03/07/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu City Mayor Michael Rama has ordered the Department of Social Welfare and Services (DSWS) to release immediately the aid for fire victims.  Three separate fires occurred over the weekend from March 5…

Fire hits store in Ermita in Cebu City; 1 injured

Delta Dyrecka Letigio, Paul Lauro 03/05/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — One individual was confirmed to be injured in a fire that hit a store in Barangay Ermita, Cebu City on Saturday afternoon March 5, 2022. Fire Officer 3 (FO3) Fulbert Navarro said that…

Ermita’s Sitio Bato residents assured of relocation

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 03/05/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The over 2,000 families in Sitio Bato, Barangay Ermita, Cebu City that will be affected in the controversial Carbon Market Modernization Project are assured of proper relocation. Engineer Dante Arcilla, head of the…

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