Aquino orders probe into capsizing of ferry

07/03/2015

President Benigno Aquino III has ordered a “thorough investigation” into the capsizing of a motorized banca off Ormoc City on Thursday, which killed at least 38 passengers. READ: 36 dead, 20 missing as banca capsizes off Ormoc…

36 dead, 20 missing as banca capsizes off Ormoc City waters

Edison Delos Angeles, Jhunnex Napallacan 07/02/2015

SUDDEN TRAGEDY Municipal Councilor Augusto Zurita of Poro Islands, Camotes Cebu never expected to see firsthand a motor banca capsize just 100 meters away from the Ormoc City  port, where he and several others stood. As of…

36 dead, several injured as banca capsizes off Ormoc City

Marian Z. Codilla, Melissa Q. Cabahug 07/02/2015

On our way to Ormoc City for Business Presentation!!! Pero ito ang nakita namin!!!! A boat from Ormoc to Camotes Island… Posted by Maimai Montajes on Wednesday, July 1, 2015 At least 36 persons died and several others…

Man with ‘shabu’ arrested

Jhunnex Napallacan 06/06/2015

A 35-YEAR-OLD man was caught carrying a pack of suspected shabu weighing close to 100 grams as he tried to board a vessel bound for Ormoc City at Pier 1, Cebu City early morning yesterday. Edgar Ybañez…

USC TOPS CYBL HOOP

Jonas N. Panerio 06/02/2015

THE UNIVERSITY of San Carlos (USC) dominated the M. Lhuillier-Cebu Youth Basketball League Vis-Min Goodwill Games 2015 as it came away with the under-12 and under-15 titles over the weekend at the Sacred Heart School-Ateneo de Cebu…

‘Yolanda’ village for 200 families in Ormoc

03/31/2015

SM Foundation broke ground for another SM Cares Village in Ormoc City last March 18. The two-hectare land donated by Ormoc City Mayor Edward Codilla in barangay Barrio Catmon, barangay Concepcion, Ormoc will soon be home to…

2 Yolanda-stricken cities to adopt Cebu’s anti-child sex tourism ordinance

Victor Anthony V. Silva 11/28/2014

Two cities that were hit the hardest by supertyphoon Yolanda will be using as reference the proposed Anti-Child Sex Tourism ordinance of the Cebu provincial government to combat human trafficking in their areas. Romina Sta. Clara, project…

Sugbu Tri Series to stage final race in Dalaguete; heavy 2015 sked bared

Dale G. Rosal 11/20/2014

  The  three-part Sugbu Triathlon Tri Team Series will conclude on Feb. 7 next year in Dalaguete town, south Cebu. The final leg will feature some of Cebu’s best triathletes including Parklane Tri Team’s Kristianne Lim and…

Mild quake hits cities of Cebu, Mandaue, Lapu-Lapu

11/10/2014

An earthquake was felt in Cebu at 9:28 a.m. Monday. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said the 3.7 magnitude earthquake was tectonic in origin. The depth of the earthquake is two kilometers and is…

Go ahead, donate

Ricky Poca 11/12/2013

Think Bits Last week’s typhoon Yolanda resulted in so much damage and casualties in the cities of Tacloban, Palo and Ormoc of Leyte and the northern towns of Cebu. It was reported that northern Cebu towns of…

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