C. Padilla, Cebu City fire destroys house, damages another

Benjie Talisic 04/05/2017

  A fire of still undetermined origin destroyed a house and damaged another in C. Padilla Street, Barangay Duljo-Fatima, Cebu City on Wednesday evening. The Cebu City Fire department received the fire alarm at 8:27 p.m. and…

Mall construction halted after crane collapse

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 02/23/2017

Work on the two-story mall along Natalio Bacalso Avenue in Cebu City was halted yesterday on orders of the Office of the Building Official (Obo) a day after a crane collapsed on four houses and injured a…

Dumanjug mayor told to ‘be his own man’

Izobelle T. Pulgo 02/19/2017

DUMANJUG Vice Mayor Rene Asentista said he will continue with building farm-to-market roads and a water supply system for the town after he assumed the mayoral post from Efren Gica last Wednesday. Asentista disclosed this as former…

Blazers rout Cavs

01/12/2017

PORTLAND, Oregon- CJ McCollum had 27 points and the Trail Blazers shook of fatigue caused by weather-related travel delays to beat the defending NBA champion Cleveland Cavaliers, 102-86, on Wednesday (Thursday Philippine time). Allen Crabbe added 24…

Israel Cabinet minister calls Kerry speech ‘pathetic’

12/29/2016

Jerusalem — A senior member of Israel’s nationalist government on Wednesday called US Secretary of State John Kerry’s planned Mideast policy speech a “pathetic move,” further heightening tensions between the two close allies as the Obama administration…

Woman caught in crossfire, wounded

Rene F. Alima 12/08/2016

A 40-year-old woman was injured after being caught in a crossfire during a shootout between two drug suspects and Talisay City policemen around 8 p.m. last Wednesday in Sitio Rattan, Barangay Tangke, Talisay City. Maria Theresa Mabala,…

Regulating habal-habal

Editorial 12/08/2016

Lest habal-habal (motorcycle-for-hire) operators rejoice prematurely, last Wednesday’s hearing at the Cebu City Council is only a step in the very long journey towards regulating their operations in the city. Not a few city councilors were supportive…

Missing boy found dead in Budlaan

Dominic D. Yasay 11/24/2016

AN eight-year-old boy was found dead along Tac-an Road in Barangay Budlaan, Cebu City past 6 a.m. yesterday. Luigi Olivar, who had been missing since Wednesday afternoon, was identified by his mother Loida. Bruises were seen on…

Happy kikay Halloween

Mia B. Zamora 10/26/2016

AH… the familiar sight of plastic jack o’lanterns, rubber ghoul masks, black cloaks and the Grim Reaper. Halloween is definitely coming for us in a few days, and that can only mean one thing: an excuse to…

Retired Cebuana professor killed in motorcycle accident in Brazil

Juli Ann M. Sibi 12/20/2015

A retired Cebuana professor known for her advocacy in gender rights died in a motorcycle accident while on vacation in Brazil last Wednesday. Portia Doroy Dacalos was riding  a motorcycle driven by Oliver Mann, the 43-year-old son…

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