Labella promises allocation for construction of new Carbon Police Station in 2020 budget

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 07/31/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — An allocation for the planned construction of the new Carbon Police Station will already be included in Cebu City’s 2020 budget. Mayor Edgardo Labella made the announcement during a meeting with Police Colonel…

Ex-convict nabbed with P2.7M shabu in Ermita drug bust

Benjie B. Talisic 05/10/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — A former convict, who served a year in jail for drugs, is going back to prison this time for a longer period of time. This after Froilan Kabalican, 22, was caught with P2.7…

Pregnant woman from Bato, Ermita jailed for possession of shabu

Benjie B. Talisic 04/21/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines- A woman, who is nine months pregnant, was arrested in a buy-bust operation near her residence in Sitio Bato, Barangay Ermita, Cebu City at dawn today, April 21. Marfflyn “Chikoy” Batoto, 18, is now…

Ermita Reading Center: Helping children find books to love 

Cris Evert Lato-Ruffolo 03/30/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — It does not look like the ideal location for a library. But Barangay Ermita, an urban barangay in Cebu City, is home to a reading center that serves the children and youth of…

Ermita barangay chief seeks City Council’s help to hasten reblocking of fire-hit sitios

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 03/26/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The barangay chief of Ermita in Cebu City is asking the City Council to hasten the reblocking of the three sitios burned in a massive fire on February 5. In a letter dated…

State of Calamity declared in four barangays in Cebu City

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 02/08/2019

  CEBU CITY, Philippines—The Cebu City Council has declared a state of calamity in the six fire-stricken sitios in four barangays here. In a special session on Monday, February 8, 2019, the city council declared state of…

Cebu City Council to hold special session for calamity aid of fire-stricken barangays

Rosalie O. Abatayo 02/07/2019

  CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Cebu City Council will hold a special session on Friday, February 8, to tackle the aid for the fire victims in Barangay Pardo and Barangay Ermita. Vice Mayor Edgar Labella, who…

Ermita officials to seek DILG advice on release of calamity fund

Rosalie Abatayo 02/06/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — With only two officials left in Barangay Ermita, acting Barangay Captain Efe Rupinta raised concerns on how to release the quick response funds for the over 2,000 individuals who were affected in Tuesday’s…

In photos: A day after the Ermita fire

Benjie Talisic, Tonee Despojo 02/06/2019

  Cebu City, Philippines – Some of the victims of the fire in Barangay Ermita have taken shelter at the unfinished second unit building of the Carbon Public Market in Sitio Bato, located just meters from the…

DSWS: Ermita fire destroys at least 131 houses, displaces 1,500 residents

Benjie B. Talisic, Morexette Marie B. Erram 02/05/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines – The fire that gutted a densely populated area in Barangay Ermita, Cebu City Tuesday afternoon, February 5, displaced at least 1,500 individuals. In a text message sent to Cebu Daily News Digital, Flora Bartolome,…

Why firefighters took two hours to put out Ermita fire

and Morexette Marie B. Erram, Benjie Talisic, Paul Lauro 02/05/2019

 CEBU CITY, Philippines — Narrow roads, and lack of water made it difficult for firefighters to put out the fire that engulfed three sitios in Barangay Ermita, Tuesday afternoon. Fire Senior Superintendent Gilbert Dolot, director of the…

More images from the Ermita fire in Cebu City

Benjie Talisic 02/05/2019

CEBU CITY – The fire that hit the densely populated Barangay Ermita in Cebu City  razed at least a hundred houses in three sitios of the coastal village on Tuesday afternoon, February 5, 2019. READ: Fire razes at…

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