Used syringes washed ashore in Toledo City

Immae Lachica, Micah Sophia C. Marcellones 02/19/2021

  CEBU CITY, Philippines— Usually we see plastic wrappers among many other ocean wastes washed up ashore. Imagine the horror of a resident in Toledo City when she saw not just plastic wastes but used syringes on…

LOOK: The riverbank beauty of Hinulawan River, Toledo City

Immae Lachica 02/13/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines— This river in Toledo City first made headlines in 2019. It gained its popularity when people started enjoying and taking quick dips in it. Read more: New attraction in Toledo City: Pool-like river beneath New…

Toledo City, Cebu City under period of mourning for Sonny O

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 02/03/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Toledo City and Cebu City have been placed under a period of mourning for the death of esteemed politician John Henry “Sonny” Osmeña. Toledo City has announced a five-day mourning starting today, February…

Vehicular accident in Toledo City claims one life

Paul Lauro, Pegeen Maisie M. Sararaña 01/19/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines–A man died when the motorcycle he was driving crashed head on into a passenger bus along the highway in Barangay Sangi, Toledo City, Cebu on Tuesday dawn, January 19, 2021. Police from Toledo City…

Toledo City reports 25th COVID-19 death

Doris C. Bongcac 01/03/2021

MANDAUE CITY, Cebu – After four days of not recording new cases of the coronavirus disease, the Toledo City Health Department reported a new death and a new infection on the second day of 2021. The city’s…

Avoid Manipis Road due to rockfall motorists advised

Morexette Marie B. Erram, Paul Lauro 12/29/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Motorists are advised on Tuesday, December 29 to avoid passing through Manipis Road that connects the cities of Talisay and Toledo due to a minor rockfall. Talisay City Mayor Gerald Anthony ‘Samsam’ Gullas,…

Group to govt: Review management of natural resources amid collapse of Toledo City pit

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 12/29/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The collapse of an open mining pit in Toledo City, Cebu, should be a wake-up call for the government to manage Cebu’s natural resources better. The Sectoral Transparency Alliance for Natural Resource Governance…

Evacuation starts for residents near Toledo’s collapsed mining pit

Morexette Marie B. Erram 12/28/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines – The local government of Toledo has started the evacuation of families living near the collapsed portion of an open-mining pit of the Carmen Copper Corporation (CCC) in Barangay Biga. John Roseller Layan, information…

Relief packs worth P1.5M for landslide affected-families turned over to Toledo City gov’t

Morexette Marie B. Erram 12/26/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Department of Social Welfare and Development in Central Visayas (DSWD – 7) has turned over 700 relief packs to the local government of Toledo City on Friday, December 25. These are intended…

CHD’s Report: COVID-19 claims another life in Toledo City

Doris C. Bongcac 12/26/2020

MANDAUE CITY, Cebu – Toledo City in midwestern Cebu lost another resident to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) on Christmas Day. In its COVID-19 Case Situation Report No. 269, the City Health Department (CHD) identified the new…

Rescuers shift to search and retrieval for missing miners in collapsed Toledo pit

Morexette Marie B. Erram 12/25/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Disaster and rescue personnel in Toledo City on December 25, 2020, has shifted to search and retrieval operations for the six miners who remained missing after a landslide occurred in an open-mining site…

Toledo tragedy: Names of victims released

Futch Anthony Inso 12/23/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines—The Toledo Police Station has released the names of the victims of the landslide incident in a mining site of Carmen Copper Corp. (CCC) in Barangay Biga, Toledo City. Read: 3 dead, 7 missing in…

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