LTFRB: P5K fine vs motorcycle ride-hailing drivers who cancel bookings

Pia Piquero 12/18/2025

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) may soon impose a P5K fine on motorcycle ride-hailing drivers who cancel or drop confirmed bookings. This enforcement aims to address what the LTFRB considers…

SC lowers penalty for father-killer from Zamboanga

Jane Bautista 07/08/2025

MANILA, Philippines — The Supreme Court has affirmed the conviction of a man for parricide but reduced his penalty after finding that his sudden outburst of uncontrolled emotions, triggered by years of abuse from his father, qualifies…

Tougher penalties proposed vs ‘Peeping Tom’

Jeanette Andrade 08/05/2024

MANILA, Philippines — A party list lawmaker is proposing tougher penalties against photo and video voyeurs, or peeping toms, raising the maximum jail term to 12 years and fine to P1 million. In House Bill No 10589,…

Gwen wants to increase fines for violators of sand and gravel code

Kim Ablaña 03/09/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Cebu Governor Gwendolyn Garcia wants higher penalties against violators of the province’s sand and gravel policies in a proposed revenue code. Garcia proposed changes in the Provincial Revenue Code which aims at imposing stricter…

Tulfo’s bill seeks to impose stricter penalties for drunk drivers

Charie Abarca 02/14/2024

MANILA, Philippines — A bill seeking to impose stricter penalties for drunk drivers, including a fine of up to P1,000,000, has been filed by Senator Raffy Tulfo. At present, the current law penalizes drunk drivers who caused…

Chan to Brgy. Bankal officials: Collect garbage or pay fines

Futch Anthony Inso 08/02/2023

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Cebu – Lapu-Lapu City Mayor Junard “Ahong” Chan warned officials of Barangay Bankal that they will be held liable for the uncollected garbage in their area. Chan issued the warning after he received several complaints…

Alen Stajcic rues penalty in Philippine loss to Switzerland in Women’s World Cup debut

Jonas Terrado 07/22/2023

Coach Alen Stajcic lamented the ill-timed moment where the Philippines conceded a penalty through VAR that broke the ice in the eventual 2-0 loss to Switzerland at the start of the country’s maiden Fifa Women’s World Cup…

TEAM simplifies process for redemption of impounded vehicles

Mary Rose Sagarino 05/31/2023

MANDAUE CITY, Cebu – A good news for owners of vehicles that were impounded for traffic violations made while in Mandaue City. The Traffic Enforcement Agency of Mandaue (TEAM) has decided to simplify the process and do…

Solons OK with stiffer child abuse penalties; lukewarm on jailing parents

Gabriel Pabico Lalu 05/15/2023

MANILA, Philippines — While there was unanimous support for the amendment of current laws to ensure stiffer penalty for child abuse, lawmakers and resource persons issued concerns with proposals to provide prison terms as penalties for parents…

Quarantine violators decreasing, says CCPO

Pegeen Maisie M. Sararaña 08/15/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Police Lieutenant Colonel Wilbert Parilla, deputy director for operations of the Cebu City Police Office (CCPO), said they observed a decrease in quarantine violators here. Although he doesn’t have figures to prove show, Parilla…

Capitol to give face masks to public

Morexette Marie B. Erram 04/20/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Cebu Governor Gwendolyn Garcia on Monday, April 19, 2021, defended her plans to do away with penalties for individuals caught not wearing face masks. With this, Garcia announced that the Capitol will be…

Chan: Parents of kids caught roaming outside of residence will be penalized

Futch Anthony Inso 02/03/2021

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Philippines- Lapu-Lapu City Mayor Junard “Ahong” Chan warned parents here that they will be penalized if their children will be caught roaming outside their residence. Chan said this after the Department of Health (DOH)-7 reported…

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