Mandaue fire leaves 450 families homeless on first day of 2017

Edison Delos Angeles 01/01/2017

CEBU CITY—It was a heartbreaking New Year for at least 450 families who were left homeless after fire hit two densely populated villages in Mandaue City, Cebu past midnight on Sunday. Lighted firecrackers might have triggered the…

Cracker prices up; fruits no change

Nestle L. Semilla 12/30/2016

Prices of some types of firecrackers at the firecracker zone at the South Road Properties (SRP) slightly increased as the vendors expect a surge of customers today while prices of fruits sold in Colon St., Cebu City,…

Cops on vacation recalled for New Year’s eve duties

Norman V. Mendoza 12/28/2016

POLICE on vacation will be required to spend a day of their vacation on duty at a police station on New Year’s eve as the police are on heightened alert. Senior Supt. Lyndon Lawas, Police Regional Office…

A night of revelry and dancing at Golden Prince

PR 12/27/2016

RING in the New Year with a night of revelry and dancing as Golden Prince Hotel and Suites’ Bulawan Küche and D’ Prince Hall will be transformed into a dance floor and chill-out lounge. Enjoy appetizers and…

Welcome 2017 at Marco Polo Plaza

PR 12/27/2016

Be part of the grandest New Year’s celebration in Cebu City as Marco Polo Plaza welcomes 2017 with all of the lights! Treat yourself to a night of great food and live entertainment as you welcome 2017…

Merry holiday celebrations at BE Resort, Mactan

PR 12/20/2016

IN this season of thanksgiving, get your family out of the hustle and bustle of the city and take a food trip to the beach. Fancy dishes that came from land? Or craving something that came from…

‘Stop wars, indifference’

01/03/2016

VATICAN CITY — Wishing for a year better than 2015, Pope Francis on Friday called for an end to the “arrogance of the powerful” that relegates the weak to the outskirts of society, and to the “false…

Fire hits 2 warehouses; dead man found

Apple Ta-as, Jhunnex Napallacan 01/03/2016

The charred body of a still-unidentified man was found in one of two warehouses  gutted by fire in San Roque, Cebu City yesterday afternoon. The body was pinned by a burned motorcycle, one of at least 70…

School, 2 houses burn on New Year’s Eve, Jan. 1

Apple Ta-as 01/03/2016

TWO houses in Cebu City were   destroyed by fire on New Year’s Eve. On Jan. 1, three empty classrooms burned down in Luyan Elementary School in San Remigio town, north Cebu. Faulty electrical wiring was believed to…

Three Cebu City residents hit by stray bullets on New Year’s Eve

Apple Ta-as 01/01/2016

At least three Cebu City residents were hit by stray bullets during the New Year’s Eve celebration. Jovelyn Pucot of sitio Kamansi in the mountain barangay of Mabini sustained a gunshot wound on her neck. Pucot was…

For an injury-free New Year

01/05/2015

The Department of Health (DOH) reported a decline in the number of firecracker related injuries in Central Visayas from 79 in 2013 to 74 as 2014 drew to a close, but don’t tell that to firecracker injury…

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