Estero de Parian residents say relocation not enough, cry for financial aid, too

Rashe Zoe Sophia Piquero 10/12/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Families, living at the mouth of the Estero de Parian, who will be relocated to a safer and permanent resettlement area in Cebu City, are calling on the city government to give them…

Lapu-Lapu drug bust: ‘P5,000 delivery job’ lands 23-year-old woman in jail

Futch Anthony Inso 03/16/2023

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Philippines — A 23-year-old woman would have to spend a long time in jail for a “P5,000 delivery job” involving more than P14 million worth of illegal drugs. This was after she was caught with…

156 resident homeowners in Cebu City soon to be lot owners

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 12/09/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Over 150 residents of Barangays Hipodromo and Quiot Pardo received their Certificates of Lot Allocation (COLA) as part of the Division for the Welfare of the Urban Poor (DWUP) Solidarity Week. At least…

Tatay Semion, 73, ice candy vendor, looking for a safe place to stay

Immae Lachica 12/12/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines— A laundry shop owner in Cebu is calling for help. Not for their own welfare, but for someone else’s who needs more help. Debbie Wan Blancas, from Pardo Cebu, took to her Facebook account…

Another dawn fire hits village in Quiot, Cebu City 

Benjie B. Talisic 07/05/2019

Cebu City, Philippines—Four houses were burned in another dawn fire at the Mountain View Village in Barangay Quiot here on Friday, July 5, 2019. Senior Fire Officer Lemuel Vincent Alcoseba, the investigator in charge, said the damage…

Midnight fire razes 3 houses, bunkhouse, garage in Barangay Quiot

Benjie Talisic 06/13/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines—A midnight fire burned down three houses, a bunkhouse for workers and a garage for jeepneys and construction equipment in Sitio Bogo, Barangay Quiot on Thursday, June 13. Damage caused by the blaze was estimated…

Flood warning lifted in Cebu; Van skids in wet road, 2 hurt

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag, Nestle L. Semilla 12/20/2015

An L300 van skidded on the wet road during yesterday’s rains and hit a  parked multicab in  the upland barangay of Babag 2,  Cebu City. Two of the 18 van passengers were injured. They were taken to…

Truck driver shot dead by friend inside warehouse

Apple Ta-as 12/06/2015

A RUMOR about one man’s wife using illegal drugs led to the shooting yesterday of a 41-year-old truck driver inside the Gochan Delco warehouse in barangay Quiot Pardo, Cebu City. Richard Gallo died after he was shot…

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