Nine NYD pilgrims say goodbye, give aid to foster families in Tejero

Zena V. Magto 04/28/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The nine National Youth Day pilgrims, who lost all their belongings to the April 26 fire in Barangay Tejero in Cebu City, returned to the barangay a few hours after the close of…

Cash aid promised to family of woman, who died in Tejero fire

Benjie B. Talisic and Zena V. Magto 04/28/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Barangay Tejero will give a financial assistance to the family of Lilian Intrampas, 66, whose charred remains were found inside the toilet of her house at 4:45 p.m. on April 27. Tejero Barangay…

Tejero chief calls for help as burnt body of woman found in razed house

Zena V. Magto 04/27/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — An appeal for help, a state of calamity declared, and a death confirmed. This is what happened at past 4 p.m. in Barangay Tejero, a day after a fire razed 149 houses in…

Charred body of an elderly woman found in comfort room of burnt home

Zena Magto and Benjie Talisic 04/27/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines – The charred body of an old woman, who was believed to have been trapped at the comfort room of her burnt home in Sitio Silangan 2, Barangay Tejero, Cebu City, was found by…

P1M lost, 981 individuals displaced as fire in Tejero destroys 149 houses

Zena V. Magto and Benjie B. Talisic 04/26/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Some 921 individuals or 220 families were displaced by a late afternoon fire that razed 149 houses in Sitio Silangan, Barangay Tejero in Cebu City on Friday, April 26. Wesley Yñigo, operations head…

Scenes from the ‘biggest fire’ to hit Cebu City this April

04/26/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — A fire hit Sitio Silangan, Barangay Tejero in the late afternoon of April 26. Senior Inspector Noel Ababon, Cebu City fire marshall, described the fire as the biggest fire that hit the city…

P1M lost as Tejero fire razes 80 houses, damages 10 others

Zena V. Magto and Benjie B. Talisic 04/26/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — A late afternoon fire razed 80 houses and damaged 10 others in Sitio Silangan, Barangay Tejero in Cebu City on Friday, April 26. Fire Senior Inspector Noel Ababon, Cebu City fire marshall, described…

Tejero bust yields P1.1M ‘shabu;’ two nabbed

Benjie Talisic 04/05/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — A 26-year-old man and his 23-year-old girlfriend were arrested after they were caught with P1.1 million worth of suspected shabu in an anti-illegal drugs operation in Back Blessed Sacrament, Barangay Tejero in Cebu…

New name in drug trade caught with P300K shabu in Labangon bust

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 02/16/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — It seems as if the cycle never ends in the drug trade as the police arrested another high-value target, who is also a new name in the police’s list of drug suspects in…

PROBE not slacking off, resumes sidewalk clearing operations in Cebu City

Immae Lachica 02/11/2019

Cebu City, Philippines – After a week of focusing on the demolition in Sitio Silangan 2 in barangy Tejero, the Prevention, Restoration, Order Beautification, and Enhancement (PROBE) Team of Cebu City has resumed its clearing operations on…

New drug personality nabbed in Tejero raid

Benjie Talisic 02/08/2019

A DRUG suspect, whom police identified as a new drug personality in Barangay Tejero, Cebu City, was arrested during a raid in his house in the barangay on February 8. Edwin Sanchez, 44, of Sitio Looban was…

Images: Tejero demolition continues

Benjie B. Talisic 02/06/2019

Cebu City Phillipines – Six teams composed of at least 90 personnel of the Cebu City Prevention, Restoration, Orderly, Beautification, and Enhancement (PROBE) resumed the demolition of structures along the sidewalk of Arellano Boulevard in Sitio Silangan,…

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