Sinulog sa Carmen : 150,000 spectators showed up to watch event

Pegeen Maisie Sararana 01/23/2023

 CEBU CITY, Philippines — Authorities said around 150,000 spectators watched the 50th Sinulog sa Carmen on Sunday, Jan. 22.  Despite this, Police Lieutenant Colonel Mark Gifter Sucalit, deputy director for operations of the Cebu Police Provincial Office…

Alcantara: Man, who robbed gasoline station on Christmas Day, nabbed

Pegeen Maisie Sararana 12/26/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Police in Alcantara town in southern Cebu arrested the suspect in the robbery of a gasoline station in the town’s Barangay Poblacion on Christmas Day, Dec. 25, 2022. Police identified the suspect as…

Lapu-Lapu mayor to Oponganons: Let lights of city’s Christmas tree be a beacon of hope

Futch Anthony Inso 12/09/2022

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Philippines — Let the lights of Lapu-Lapu City’s 30-foot Christmas tree be a beacon of hope for everyone, especially the Oponganons, who sees it. Lapu-Lapu City Mayor Junard “Ahong” Chan said this during the recent…

Cordova: Demolition of floating, fixed cottages continues

Futch Anthony Inso 11/04/2022

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Philippines — The Municipality of Cordova has continued the demolition of fixed and floating cottages in the coastal waters in Barangays Catarman and Poblacion. This was confirmed by Police Major Michael Gingoyon, chief of the…

Daanbantayan accident: 2 men hurt after ‘drunk’ tricycle driver crashes into them from behind

Paul Lauro 10/15/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The man, who sideswiped two young men with his tricycle along the national highway in Barangay Poblacion, Daanbantayan town in the afternoon of Oct. 14, was believed to be drunk or under the…

Danao cops turn to CCTVs to help identify robbers who shot, wounded store owner

Paul Lauro, Pegeen Maisie Sararana 08/16/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Danao City Police hope that they can find footage from security cameras that may help them identify the two armed men, who robbed, shot, and wounded a store owner and fled with her…

CPGC seeks cancellation of ECC application for Lapu power plant project

Futch Anthony Inso 08/07/2022

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Philippines – A company that is planning to built a liquefied natural gas (LNG) power plant in Barangays Poblacion and Looc in Lapu-Lapu City has requested for the cancellation of its application for an Environment…

Lapu-Lapu drug bust: P102M shabu seized; 2 men nabbed

Pegeen Maisie M. Sararaña 06/25/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — A former dance instructor and his cohort were caught with 15 kilos of suspected shabu during a buy-bust operation on Saturday, June 25, 2022 in Barangay Poblacion in Lapu-Lapu City. Police Colonel Arnel…

Is relative to blame for siblings’ drowning in Sibonga? Police want to know

Jewil Anne M. Tabiolo 03/15/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Police want to know if a relative’s spouse is liable for the death of two siblings who drowned after their privately-owned pump boat capsized on Monday afternoon, March 14, 2022, in Poblacion, Sibonga…

In Photos: Daanbantayan officials order preemptive evac of over 100 families from Brgy Poblacion

Doris C. Bongcac 02/21/2021

MANDAUE CITY, Cebu – Occupants of at least 120 households in Daanbantayan town in northern Cebu were asked to vacate their homes on Saturday, February 20, and relocate to the Daanbantayan National High School to ensure their…

Drugs eyed in brutal killing of Carcar resident

Alven Marie A. Timtim and Paul Lauro 11/02/2020

SANTA CATALINA, NEGROS ORIENTAL, Philippines — Was the brutal killing of a Barangay Valladolid, Carcar City resident, who was shot and hacked dead on Sunday morning, November 1, 2020, a drug-related crime? This is one of the…

Naga City records 2 new COVID-19 cases on Aug. 22

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 08/22/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Naga City in the southern part of Metro Cebu recorded two additional cases of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) on August 22, 2020. In a statement, Mayor Kristine Chiong revealed that two new…

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