Police reminds public to be vigilant, secure homes

Nestle L. Semilla 12/23/2017

  DO not leave the house unguarded and save numbers of police stations this holiday season. The Police Regional Office in Central Visayas (PRO-7) gave these reminders as the region celebrates Christmas. Senior Supt. Renato Dugan, PRO-7…

Securing your homes for the holidays and beyond

Nestle L. Semilla 11/25/2017

Be vigilant. Or better yet, be paranoid and install double locks at home. Such was the advice given by the Cebu City Police Office (CCPO) as the holiday season begins to unfold. According to CCPO director Senior…

Nov. 30 deadline to demolish homes

Norman V. Mendoza 11/13/2017

Settlers at the shorelines of Barangay Poblacion, Lapu-Lapu City, won’t celebrate Christmas nor the New Year in their homes which are scheduled for demolition next month. The Lapu-Lapu City Legal Office gave the settlers until the end…

Choosing to be happy: An embalmer’s story

Benjie Talisic 11/11/2017

In this day and age when true happiness is hard to find, a man has found joy and fulfillment in life working in a job that many others would frown upon. Hermes Sanchez, 48, finds joy in…

13 homes razed; 200 people displaced

Benjie B. Talisic, Morexette B. Erram 10/07/2017

QUIOT FIRE At least 100 families or 200 individuals were displaced after an early afternoon fire razed 13 houses and gutted six other homes. Senior Fire Officer Ariel Balajadia, fire investigator of the Cebu City Bureau of…

BRGY ERMITA MARKS ‘DRUG-FREE’ HOMES

Ador Vincent S. Mayol, Morexette B. Erram 10/05/2017

REVERSE LABELING Instead of humiliating drug users and pushers, officials of Barangay Ermita in Cebu City, tagged by the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency in Central Visayas (PDEA-7) as one of the drug hot spots in the city,…

Mahiga Creek settlers lose homes to demolition

Miguel Ernest Ermac 10/03/2017

About 28 houses located within the three-meter easement of Mahiga Creek at Sitio Mahayag, Barangay Subangdaku in Mandaue City were demolished yesterday morning, leaving settlers with few options at relocation. The demolition carried out by Mandaue City…

Mandaue folk relocated

Norman V. Mendoza 10/01/2017

Instead of rebuilding their homes, about 17 households that were displaced by last Friday afternoon’s landslide in Barangay Cabancalan, Mandaue City, were transferred to a shelter at a compound owned by their employer. About 60 people packed…

City Hall: Families can rebuild homes

Benjie B. Talisic, Jose Santino S. Bunachita, USJ-R Intern Rosalie Abatayo 09/19/2017

The 104 families who were displaced by the fire that hit Sitios Sto. Niño and Missionary in Barangay Suba, Cebu City, at past 7 p.m. last Monday will be allowed to return to their respective lots. Meriam…

Harvey’s devastation

Ricky Poca 09/04/2017

I AM amazed at the images I saw in CNN of the devastation caused by Hurricane Harvey that hit the US state of Texas with thousands of homes inundated by floodwater and thousands of people stranded in…

7th Primary Home Run fires off

Glendale G. Rosal 07/01/2017

THE seventh edition of the Primary Home Run fires off today, starting and ending at the Cebu Business Park. A total of 1,500 runners signed up for the event with the bulk of the participants competing in…

One hurt, 150 families lose homes to dawn fire

Norman V. Mendoza 06/12/2017

A woman was severely burned while 150 families were displaced by a fire that razed 50 houses in Sitio Lower Malibu A at Barangay Subangdaku, Mandaue City, at past 4 a.m. yesterday. Candida Tuston, a food vendor,…

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