Police recover SUV linked to hit-and-run that killed 2 in Mandaue

Emmariel Ares and Paul Lauro 10/08/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Authorities have recovered the vehicle of the driver involved in a hit-and-run incident that resulted in the death of two individuals riding a motorcycle on M.C. Briones St., Barangay Jagobiao, Mandaue City, Cebu,…

Cebu City: Man steals liniment oil, gets caught, lands in jail

Paul Lauro 10/03/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines — A man, who wanted to apply some medicine for his bum stomach, landed in jail after he was caught trying to shoplift bottles of liniment oil from a pharmacy in Capitol Site, Cebu…

Derrick Rose, 2011 NBA MVP, announces retirement

09/27/2024

Derrick Rose, the No. 1 overall pick in the 2008 NBA draft by his hometown Chicago Bulls and the league’s MVP in 2011, announced his retirement on Thursday, September 26, 2024. He was, and still is, the…

Tomas Osmeña vows to reveal more info on EJKs in next House hearing

Morexette Marie B. Erram 09/27/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Former Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña vowed to reveal more information about the extra-judicial killings (EJKs) here in the next House committee hearing. Osmeña made this statement on Thursday, September 26, after announcing…

Alcover questions Osmeña’s ‘moral ascendancy’ in House EJK probe

Pia Piquero 09/26/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Cebu City Councilor Pastor Alcover questioned the “moral ascendancy” of former mayor Tomas Osmeña following his invitation as a resource speaker at a House of Representatives committee hearing investigating extrajudicial killings (EJK). Alcover,…

Cebu City: Robber nabbed 2 hours after taking phone from student

Paul Lauro 09/23/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The armed man, who was caught on the closed circuit television (CCTV) camera, robbing a student in Barangay Tisa in Cebu City at past 3 a.m. on Sunday, September 22, was caught two…

Cebu accidents: Motorcycle slams into backhoe, SUV falls off ravine

Paul Lauro 09/23/2024

CEBU, Philippines — It was a deadly weekend for motorists in Cebu after two road accidents claimed the lives of three persons. The first one involved a motorcycle crashing into a parked backhoe, causing the death of…

Central Visayas surpasses 4.3 million registered voters ahead of deadline

Niña Mae C. Oliverio 09/22/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines — A few days before the end of voter registration on Sept. 30, the Commission on Elections (Comelec) continues to call for all unregistered voters to exercise their right to vote. As of Sept.…

Cebu City home invasion: 6 men stab, wound 2 brothers, steal cash

Paul Lauro 09/20/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines — TWO brothers were wounded after six men barged into their mother’s two-storey house, ransacked their belongings, took their mother’s money, stabbed the siblings and then left the victims’ house. This happened early this…

Rising waters, rising concerns: Cebu City’s ‘worsening’ flood crisis

Morexette Marie B. Erram 09/10/2024

  (This is the first part of a two-part special report about the flooding crisis in Cebu City, and how the ongoing climate change affects it.)  CEBU CITY, Philippines — In typical urban areas in the Philippines…

Quiboloy: How did he land on FBI’s most-wanted list?

Associiated Press 09/10/2024

MANILA, Philippines — In his heyday, Apollo Carreon Quiboloy was one of the most influential religious leaders and televangelists in the Philippines. Proclaiming himself as the “appointed son of God,” he also was a political kingmaker who…

Ahong denies Chinese national nabbed in Cebu Pogo hub worked for city hall

Emmariel Ares 09/06/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Lapu-Lapu City Mayor Junard “Ahong” Chan denied that one of the Chinese nationals caught inside a hotel recently uncovered as a Pogo hub was a city consultant. In a post on his social…

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