Tomas Osmeña: Cebu City Hall irregularities just the ‘tip of the iceberg’

Pia Piquero 07/08/2025

CEBU CITY, Philippines — “Just the tip of the iceberg.” This was how Vice Mayor Tomas Osmeña on Monday described the irregularities they uncovered at City Hall, saying that the alleged overpricing and other issues recently flagged…

‘Just call me Tommy’: Osmeña shuns titles, ego in Cebu City Hall

Pia Piquero 07/04/2025

CEBU CITY, Philippines — “Just call me Tommy.” That’s the new rule from Vice Mayor Tomas Osmeña, who made it clear in his return to public service that he is not interested in traditional political displays or…

Killing of taxi driver in Lapu-Lapu: Person of interest identified

Futch Anthony Inso 07/03/2025

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Cebu — A person of interest (POI) has been identified on the killing on Wednesday morning, July 2, 2025, of a 47-year-old taxi driver on a vacant lot in Barangay Mactan, Lapu-Lapu City. Police Lieutenant…

Habagat kills 1 in Cebu, heavy rains to persist

Morexette Marie B. Erram, Paul Lauro 06/09/2025

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Heavy rains brought by the southwest monsoon, locally known as habagat, claimed the life of a 75-year-old man in Cebu over the weekend. The victim, identified as Deonisio Bonghanoy Labitad, drowned after being…

Tabogon bridge gets a new look: From rope to road

CNU Main Intern April Shynn D. Abalo - CDN Digital 06/04/2025

CEBU CITY, Philippines – In Barangay Salag, Tabogon, Cebu, the Salag Hanging Bridge no longer sways with the wind as it once did. What was once a rope bridge made of wooden planks and thick cables has…

Harvard’s right to enroll foreign students revoked by US gov’t

Agence France Presse 05/23/2025

NEW YORK, United States — Donald Trump’s administration on Thursday revoked Harvard’s ability to enroll foreign nationals — more than a quarter of the student body — in a dramatic escalation of the US president’s fight against…

Pope paves way for ‘God’s architect’ Gaudi’s sainthood

Agence France Presse 04/15/2025

VATICAN CITY, Holy See — The Catholic Church has put Antoni Gaudi, the designer of Barcelona’s Sagrada Familia basilica nicknamed “God’s architect”, on the path to sainthood, the Vatican said on Monday. Pope Francis recognized the Catalan…

Cebu allies react to ex-President Duterte’s ICC arrest

Futch Anthony Inso, Mary Rose Sagarino 03/11/2025

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Several local officials and political allies have expressed disappointment over the arrest of former President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday, March 11. Some, like dismissed Mandaue City Mayor Jonas Cortes, lawyer Regal Oliva and…

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…

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