Nine die in India after drinking sanitizer amid liquor lockdown

Agence France Presse 07/31/2020

Nine people have died in India from drinking alcohol-based hand sanitizer after liquor shops in their town were closed due to virus restrictions, police said Friday. The group lost consciousness after consuming a “high quantity” of hand…

Cebu City Police chief: Drinking in public is still not allowed

Immae Lachica 04/29/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines— While selling liquor here will now be allowed following the issuance of the latest executive order (EO) of Cebu City Mayor Edgardo Labella on Tuesday, April 28, 2020, the chief of the Cebu City…

ECQ guidelines that are still effective until May 15

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 04/28/2020

CBEU CITY, Philippines — The Enhanced Community Quarantine (ECQ) in Cebu City is extended until May 15, 2020, and Mayor Edgardo Labella officially signed the executive order for its extension on April 28, 2020. With this, all…

115 liquor ban violators nabbed in Lapu since start of ECQ — police

Alven Marie A. Timtim 04/26/2020

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Philippines — Police have arrested 115 persons, who are liquor ban violators, since the start of the enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) this April in Lapu-Lapu City. Police Colonel Clarito Baja, Lapu-Lapu City Police Office (LLCPO)…

Police find shabu, firearm from five persons arrested in drinking session

Norman V. Mendoza 04/22/2020

MANDAUE CITY, Cebu —Packets of suspected shabu and a revolver were among the items seized by police when they arrested five persons caught in a drinking session in Barangay Pagsabungan here past midnight on April 22, 2020.…

Liquor makers urge end to ban or ‘industry can’t survive’

Roy Stephen C. Canivel 04/19/2020

MANILA, Philippines — Saying their industry’s survival is at stake, local liquor companies are asking the government to lift or ease the restrictions on alcoholic beverages that were imposed in connection with the Luzon lockdown and allow…

CCPO chief orders probe on cops involved in Monares incident

Alven Marie A. Timtim 03/24/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu City Police Office (CCPO) Director, Police Colonel Hector Grijaldo Jr., has ordered policemen assigned in Station 2 to be investigated for their failure to blotter an incident on Sunday night involving a…

Probe on for barangay captain ‘resisting arrest and getting away with it’ 

Alven Marie A. Timtim 03/23/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Cebu City Police Office (CCPO) will investigate the incident — caught on camera and uploaded online — where a  barangay captain allegedly resisted arrest and apparently got away with it on Sunday…

Number of curfew violators in Cebu City down on second day

By: Immae Lachica 03/18/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines— From a chaotic first day, the second day of the implementation of curfew around the Cebu City was much smoother and slowly gaining the cooperation of the Cebuanos, the city’s chief of police said.…

Liquor ban imposed in Cebu City, too

Morexette Marie B. Erram 03/16/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Aside from implementing curfew and early closing hours for commercial establishments, and cancelling large events, the Cebu City Government is now imposing a total liquor ban.  Cebu City Mayor Edgardo Labella on March…

Eight emergency exits put up along Sinulog grand parade route

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 01/15/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu City Councilor David Tumulak urged motorists to stay updated on the road closures, rerouting, and other traffic concerns for the Sinulog grand parade on January 19, 2020. Tumulak said that as the…

Liquor ban in CdO for Feast of Black Nazarene 

Froilan Gallardo 01/07/2020

CAGAYAN DE ORO City, Misamis Oriental- A  liquor ban will be imposed here for the Feast of Black Nazarene on Wednesday, January 8, 2020. Cagayan de Oro City Mayor Oscar Moreno issued Executive Order no. 005 2020,…

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