Drug suspects were fire victims

Chito O. Aragon 06/11/2014

The mother and daughter who were arrested for claiming a package containing P8 million worth of shabu from a courier company Monday afternoon were among those who lost their homes in a fire that hit barangay Lorega,…

Lorega fire victims to still get free food

Doris C. Bongcac 03/25/2014

The Cebu City government will continue giving packed meals to fire victims in barangay Lorega until they are relocated, Cebu City Mayor Michael Rama said yesterday. In yesterday’s press conference, Rama said it would be unsafe for…

Rama wants dead out of Lorega graveyard

Bencyrus Ellorin 03/23/2014

The Lorega fire tragedy adds  a new twist as Cebu City Mayor Michael Rama intends to clear the old cemetery and use it as a resettlement site for thousands of residents displaced by the March 18 fire.…

Lorega in state of calamity

Chito O. Aragon, Doris C. Bongcac, Edison Delos Angeles, Jose Santino S. Bunachita 03/20/2014

The Cebu City Council yesterday passed a resolution declaring barangay Lorega under state of calamity after a 10-hour fire rendered over 7,000 people homeless last Tuesday. At least five people were injured. Authorities estimate the damage to…

Busy day for firemen: 700 houses in 7 sitios wiped out

Chito O. Aragon, Norman V. Mendoza 03/19/2014

At least 700  houses in seven sitios of barangay Lorega, Cebu City were destroyed by a fire that broke out at 4:55 p.m. yesterday. Smoke from the fire which some witnesses described as an “inferno” after it…

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