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…

LOOK: Scenes from Ermita fire 

Morexette Erram, Tonee Despojo 02/05/2019

Cebu City, Philippines – A fire broke out in Sitio Bato, Barangay Ermita here on Tuesday noon.  The fire has been raised to third alarm at 1:30 p.m. and to Task Force Alpha at 1:40 p.m. Here…

Intensive police patrols in Ermita, Pasil

Nestle L. Semilla 10/30/2018

THE CEBU City Police Office (CCPO) will flood Barangays Ermita and Pasil which they consider as drug infested with policemen to patrol the streets and curb criminality. “We have mobilized more policemen para lang sa dalawang barangay…

Cops to patrol Ermita and Pasil in Cebu City for 24 hours

Nestle L. Semilla 10/30/2018

In the hope of getting rid of illegal activities, the Cebu City Police Office (CCPO) will deploy more policemen in areas that are heavily infested with drugs. Senior Supt. Royina Garma, director of CCPO, said their first…

Bato, Ermita fire now under control

Benjie B. Talisic 10/19/2018

The fire which was reported in Sitio Bato, Barangay Ermita was already placed under control. Chief Insp. Noel Nelson Ababon, Cebu City fire marshall, said that the fire damaged the third floor of the house owned by…

Street in Ermita renamed after late Cebuano governor

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 10/13/2018

  After 40 years since the ordinance was passed, Progreso Street in Barangay Ermita, Cebu City has finally been renamed to Jose S. Leyson Street in honor of the late Cebuano governor who was killed during the…

Man arrested in Ermita drug bust

Benjie Talisic 10/11/2018

Fiel Secretaria, 19, tried to continue the illegal drugs business of his uncle, slain drug lord Rowen “Yawa” Secretaria. But Fiel was collared by personnel of the Drug Enforcement Unit (DEU) of the Pardo Police Station in…

Neighbor puts out Ermita fire

Benjie B. Talisic 10/07/2018

The fire that affected a residence in Sitio Ermita Proper, Barangay Ermita, Cebu City at past 11 p.m. was extinguished in four minutes, thanks to a quick thinking neighbor who rushed in with a fire extinguisher. Fire…

Ermita employees fear loss of jobs

Morexette Eram, USJ-R Intern 07/27/2018

EMPLOYEES of the Ermita barangay hall are scheduled to collect their pay for the second half of the month on July 30. But they expressed concern on the security of their tenure following the suspension of seven…

DILG assist in Ermita

Morexette B. Erram 07/23/2018

WITH only two barangay officials left in Ermita, Cebu City, the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) Cebu City office recommended that no ordinance will be passed for one year. “We told them to send a…

Osmeña suspends allowance of Ermita tanods

Morexette Marie B. Erram 07/23/2018

While Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña will be providing assistance to the two lone officials running Barangay Ermita, Cebu City, he announced the suspension of allowances of the village tanods. “I will support them. Because I really…

Suspended Ermita village officials file motion before Court of Appeals

Rosalie O. Abatayo 07/22/2018

THE camp of suspended Ermita barangay officials refuse to wait for a year in order to re-assume their posts. Suspended Barangay Captain Mark Rizaldy Miral said he and the other six councilors, who were slapped with a…

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