Mabolo, Talamban, 6 other barangays to be given patrol cars

Margarette Managaytay 09/02/2016

Barangays Mabolo and Talamban are among the eight barangays among the 80 barangays in Cebu City to be given patrol cars anytime today. There would be no official turnover of the vehicles but all the respective barangay…

Davide concerned over Tom’s stance on Ciudad

Nestle L. Semilla 08/31/2016

Cebu Gov. Hilario Davide III voiced concern over reports that Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña will persuade him to drop the Ciudad project in Barangay Apas. The governor said he only knew about it when asked by…

2 nabbed after yielding guns, drugs

Dominic Yasay 08/24/2016

TWO motorcycle-riding men were arrested at 7:55 a.m. yesterday for allegedly bringing firearms and drug paraphernalia. Cebu City traffic enforcer Perelyn Dosdos said she flagged down Jerry Gamboa at corner Osmeña Boulevard and Escario Street in Cebu…

Ice truck falls on its side

Michaela Jaycel L. Dolores 08/17/2016

A delivery truck containing ice fell on its side along Gov. M. Cuenco Ave., Cebu City at 2 pm, Wednesday afternoon. Cebu City Traffic Office said there were no other vehicles involved. No one was harmed and…

One lucky lola, a multi-millionaire

Carmel Loise Matus 08/02/2016

THE lotto winner from Cebu is a woman in her mid-60s, who went to the Philippine Charity and Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) in Cebu to verify if the ticket she was holding contained the winning lotto numbers. Glenn…

Abandoned baby boy found beneath tree

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 08/01/2016

POLICE found a newborn baby boy beneath a tree in Barangay Bacayan, Cebu City at 1 p.m. Monday. PO1 Alcindor Suico of the Talamban police precinct said they received a phone call from one of the barangay…

A ‘DEATH SQUAD’ SURFACES

Ador Vincent S. Mayol, Nestle L. Semilla, Rene F. Alima 07/30/2016

Is a death squad similar to that in Davao City operating in Cebu City? A carpenter was strumming his guitar while drinking with his two friends at a store in Barangay Talamban, Cebu City, before 1 a.m.…

100 drug personalities surrender in Talamban

07/08/2016

As the drive to eradicate drugs in the community, more drug personalities surrendered to the authorities in Cebu City Friday morning. As of 11 in the morning, at least 100 drug users and pushers voluntarily surrendered to police…

Two areas in Talamban still submerged in flood

Doris C. Bongcac, Jose Santino S. Bunachita, Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 07/03/2016

Heavy rains that slammed Metro Cebu on Friday night have left at least 250 people still stranded in their homes in Barangay Talamban, Cebu City, two days after several areas were inundated by rising flood waters. On…

Despite the traffic

Madrileña de la Cerna 07/02/2016

I learned to take a taxi frequently in 1995 when we moved to Villa del Rio in Bacayan, Talamban. At that time very few taxis reached our place because it was sparsely populated then. It was considered…

Local skateboard enthusiasts clamor for public skatepark

06/22/2016

A signature campaign calling for the Cebu City government to build a public skatepark highlighted the Cebu leg of Go Skate Day (GSD) 2016 yesterday. At least 1,000 skateboard enthusiasts gathered yesterday at SM City Cebu parking…

Patriotism and the student paper

Radel Paredes 04/23/2016

As I write this, I look forward to Saturday, the day before this column appears. By then I shall have met with the current members of the Today’s Carolinian, the official student publication of the University of…

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