Trapped by COVID-19 quarantine: 700 foreigners, including 500 in Boracay, sent home

Nestor P. Burgos Jr. 03/26/2020

ILOILO CITY—Nearly 700 foreign tourists, including 500 in Boracay, trapped by COVID-19 travel restrictions in Western Visayas had been extracted and flown to Manila and Cebu to return to their countries. From March 19 and 23, the…

Teams sent to assess Lagtang erosion

Rosalie O. Abatayo and Zena V. Magto 10/23/2018

Teams from the Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (PDRRMO) and the Provincial Environment and Natural Resources (PENRO) have been deployed to assess the reported soil erosion in Sitio Taguib in Barangay Lagtang, Talisay City. Julius…

Police say texts sent to captain meant to extort money

Norman Mendoza 05/22/2018

  Chief Supt. Mark Gifter Sucalit, City Intelligence Branch (CIB) chief of the Lapu-Lapu City Police Office (LCPO), said that they are now conducting an investigation to identify the person who threatens to kill Pajo Barangay Captain…

DRUG TRADE IN CPDRC?

Ador Vincent Mayol, Morexette Erram 06/22/2017

Police uncover  from an ex-cop-turned-prisoner records that cash from  P40,000 to P70,000  is sent daily to a cash remittance outlet Do illegal drug operations thrive inside the Cebu Provincial Detention and Rehabilitation Center (CPDRC)? Investigators are looking…

Father was sent by heaven

Cris Evert Lato-Ruffolo 06/16/2017

I met Jeff as he was coming down from Mt. Olympus. He carried this strict, confident, in-control persona fresh from his back-to-back success in handling the international media affairs of the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympic Games and…

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