Labella: Sinulog a peaceful and orderly success

Morexette Marie B. Erram 01/20/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Cebu City Mayor Edgardo Labella declared that the Sinulog Festival 2020 which was witnessed by at least 2 million people on Sunday, January 19, was a peaceful and orderly success. “The Sinulog Grand…

Peaceful, cooperative crowd all throughout Pasigarbo show 

Alven Marie A. Timtim 08/26/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines—The Pasigarbo sa Sugbo 2019 was generally peaceful with a  cooperative crowd during the street dance performance and ritual showdown held at Cebu City Sports Center (CCSC) on Sunday, August 25, 2019. Police Colonel Roderick…

Petalcorin: Several factors, not threats, led to drop in Cebu City voter turnout in May 13 polls

Delta Dyrecka Letigio and Benjie Talisic 06/04/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Commission on Elections in Central Visayas (Comelec-7) reported an 81 percent voter turnout in the May 13, 2019 midterm elections. Lawyer Veronico Petalcorin, Comelec- 7 director, made his report during the critiquing…

Abrugena reports peaceful celebration of Semana Santa 2019

Morexette Marie B. Erram 04/20/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Despite the ambush of a policemen and his sister in Samboan town, the Holy Week celebration in Cebu province remained “generally peaceful.” Police Colonel Manuel Abrugena, director of the Cebu Provincial Police Office…

First day of local campaign: ‘Generally peaceful’ in Central Visayas – Sinas

Benjie B. Talisic 03/29/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — It has been generally peaceful. This has been the assessment of Brigadier General Debold Sinas, Police Regional Office in Central Visayas director, about the first day of the election campaign period for local…

Cebu City candidates sign peace covenant for secure and fair elections

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 02/18/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines – The candidates of Cebu City for this year’s May midterm elections set aside their political rivalries and signed a peace covenant for a fair and peaceful elections at the Cebu City Police Office…

Police: Walk with Jesus procession generally peaceful

Delta Dyrecka 01/10/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines —The Walk with Jesus on dawn of Thursday, January 10, which opened the 2019 Sinulog celebrations was generally peaceful, the police said. This was the assessment of the Cebu City Police Office (CCPO) following…

AFP confident martial law will be extended in Mindanao

Inquirer.net 12/10/2018

The Armed Forces of the Philippines expressed confidence on Sunday that it could convince Congress to approve a one-year extension of martial law in Mindanao. Noting a 38-percent downtrend in crime in the region, the AFP maintained…

Palma trusts PNP and AFP to keep elections peaceful

Delta Dyrecka Letigio, Nestle Semilla 12/08/2018

CEBU Archbishop Jose Palma has placed his full trust in the Philippine National Police (PNP) and Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) to keep Cebu and Central Visayas safe and peaceful in the coming May 2019 elections.…

6 killed in ‘peaceful and orderly’ Undas

Jessa Mae Sotto, Morexette Marie Erram, Nestle L. Semilla, Rene F. Alima 11/02/2018

Six persons were killed in different parts of Cebu during the All Saints’ and All Souls’ Days celebration which the police described as generally peaceful and orderly. The shooting and stabbing incidents however, were not related to…

Observance of ‘kalag-kalag’ orderly, peaceful

Futch Anthony Inso, Gerard Vincent Francisco, Jessa Mae O. Sotto, Morexette Marie B. Erram, Nestle L. Semilla 11/01/2018

No major incidents occured during the observance of All Saints’ Day yesterday, in Cebu City, Mandaue City and Lapu-Lapu City. “Generally peaceful naman walang insidente o nangyari na kailangan tinutukan o binigyan pansin,” said Cebu City Police…

CPPO: Peaceful observance of All Saints’ Day

Delta Dyrecka C. Letigio 11/01/2018

The Cebu Provincial Police Office (CPPO) said that the Province of Cebu celebrated the All Saints’ Day peacefully except for minor violators in the cemeteries.  Police Supt. Janette Rafter, CPPO information officer, said that there had been…

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