AT least 61 persons yesterday vowed to cooperate with the government and stop using or peddling illegal drugs. Operatives of the Carbon Police Station in Cebu City yesterday conducted an Oplan Tukhang in Barangay Ermita in an…
MORE than 50 suspected drug users and pushers surrendered to the Cebu City Police Office at barangay Ermita Friday morning. These users and pushers were made to sign documents provided by the city police as manifestation of…
ELEVEN youths in Barangay Ermita have acquired skills to fight fires and conduct rescue operations in this densely populated area of Cebu City. The youths volunteered to undergo basic firefighting and first aid and rescue operations training…
ABOUT 100 people were on hand to pay their respects to John Jason Montes who was finally laid to rest at the Calamba Public Cemetery Tuesday afternoon. Before attending the Requiem Mass at the parish church, the…
A child describes the police operation in Banacon as a scene from the movies It was like a scene straight out of an action movie with a bloody ending, and a 10-year-old girl who witnessed it and…
ERMITA barangay captain Felicisimo “Imok” Rupinta yesterday vowed to help the family of John Jason Montes avail of burial assistance from the Cebu City government. Rupinta told Cebu Daily News that the barangay does not have a…
ACTING Cebu City Mayor Margot Osmeña yesterday issued a memorandum ordering the suspension of all pending demolitions targeting vendors and informal settlers occupying city-owned properties until June 30. The suspension will not apply if there is an…
The National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) arrested 29 persons in a drug raid in barangay Ermita, Cebu City yesterday afternoon. The agents got 121 small sachets they suspect to contain shabu from the suspects valued at P24,200.…
Thursday night’s heavy downpour that resulted in massive flooding and traffic jams in Metro Cebu should be taken as a challenge for officials to solve a lingering urban problem. Several business leaders yesterday called on government to…
A total of 13 barangay employees, mostly tanods or village watchmen, of barangay Ermita in Cebu City face removal from their jobs for using illegal drugs. “The 13 employees admitted to using illegal drugs including 11 tanods,…
THE Visayan Electric Company (Veco) has invested P140 million on a facility that gives them better contingency during calamities. The Don Gil Garcia substation (DGG) is the first switching station of Veco which gives them the capability…
Residents of houses hit by last week’s fire in sitio Warwick, in barangay Ermita in Cebu City won’t be allowed to rebuild their houses in the area. Cebu City Mayor Michael Rama said he plans to “restore”…
