South Korean court issues warrant for man who opened Asiana plane door mid-air -Yonhap

Reuters 05/28/2023

SEOUL — A South Korean court issued an arrest warrant on Sunday for a passenger who opened an Asiana Airlines plane door minutes before it landed in Daegu, South Korea, Yonhap News Agency reported. The man, in…

Balance is the key

Ivan A. Panistante - @inquirerdotnet 09/26/2022

Just keep your balance! These words of my cousin who taught me how to drive a motorcycle echo in my mind. Learning to drive entails more than just maneuvering your motorcycle, accelerating, braking, and applying the throttle.…

AKG-7, CCPO investigating use of ‘recycled’ photos of kidnapping on social media

Pegeeen Maisie Sararaña 08/23/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Authorities here clarified that there were no verified kidnapping and attempted kidnapping  in the Visayas, particularly in Cebu City, to date. Police Lieutenant Zosimo Ravanes Jr., deputy officer of the Anti-Kidnapping Group Visayas…

DOH-7 reminds public to practice prudence in sharing COVID-19 info from social media

Morexette Marie B. Erram 04/03/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines – The Department of Health in Central Visayas (DOH – 7) has once again reminded the public to observe prudence on sharing unverified claims about the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) on social media. “In…

DOH-7: Not all hospital deaths are due to COVID-19

Rosalie Abatayo 03/24/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The continuing increase of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) cases in the country does not necessarily mean that all deaths reported in hospitals are caused by the viral infection, said Dr. Jaime Bernadas, director…

Armed Forces to public: ‘No need to panic, but stay vigilant’

Nestle L. Semilla 08/17/2018

The arrest of a suspected Abu Sayyaf member in Carcar City on Thursday (August 16) should not be a cause for panic. Instead, Col. Medel Aguilar of the Armed Forces of the Philippines Central Command (CentComm) is…

No need to panic over vintage bomb

Nestle L. Semilla 12/19/2017

CEBU City Mayor Tomas Osmeña allayed fears of locators and workers at the Cebu IT Park amid reports of a vintage bomb recovered at a construction site in the area. “I would like to strongly emphasize that…

Greece: Quake kills 2, sends island tourists into panic

AP 07/21/2017

ATHENS, Greece — A powerful earthquake sent a building crashing down on tourists at a bar on the Greek holiday island of Kos and struck panic on the nearby shores of Turkey early Friday, killing two people…

DOH: Panic, hysteria still grip earthquake victims

Futch Anthony Inso, Nestle L. Semilla 07/12/2017

LEYTE QUAKE A week after a 6.5-magnitude earthquake jolted the province of Leyte last Thursday, doctors and other medical practitioners from Cebu continue to care for the needs of the victims. This as several Leyte residents continued…

Man caught carrying marijuana at airport

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 11/24/2016

A 33-year-old man was detained for possessing 2.4 grams of crushed, dried marijuana leaves inside his luggage at the Mactan Cebu International Airport (MCIA) on Wednesday. Personnel of the Office for Transportation Security (OTS) of the MCIA…

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