Cebu City gov’t starts clearing streets of wire mess

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 11/06/2018

  The Cebu City government’s program to get rid of dangling and “spaghetti” wires started today. First to be cleared were the wires along J. Panis Street in Barangay Apas. The move is in response to Mayor…

Osmeña wants to know if wire tappers are to blame

Futch Anthony Inso and Morexette Marie B. Erram 06/21/2018

AS DEPED LAUNCHES CCNSHS PROBE Shocked by the over half a million worth of unpaid electricity bills incurred by the Cebu City National Science High School (CCNSHS), the Department of Education in Central Visayas (DepEd–7) will be…

Motorcycle rider snagged by dangling wire, dead

Rene F. Alima 06/23/2017

A motorcycle rider died after his neck got snagged by a dangling telephone wire at Uldog Street, Barangay Poblacion, Talisay City at 7 p.m. last Thursday. Philip Carlo Lao was declared dead on arrival at the Talisay…

Faulty wiring causes fire in Alaska-Mambaling

Fe Marie Dumaboc 04/04/2017

A house was damaged by a fire in Barangay Alaska-Mambaling, Cebu City at 3:50 p.m. on Tuesday. No one was reported hurt by the fire, which was caused by a faulty electrical wiring, said Senior Fire Officer…

A thread-and-wire act

Gerard Pareja 03/14/2017

  THINK of Cat’s Cradle, a geometric quiz-cum-visual tease usually played by kids using a loop of string wrapped around and between the fingers to form complex patterns. Take it up a notch with multiple hands, say thousands…

Two more fires hit Cebu City and Mandaue

Dominic D. Yasay, Nestle L. Semilla 12/06/2016

A cellphone that was left plugged, purportedly overnight, sparked a blaze that burned four houses, one of them totally, in Bayabas Extension, Barangay Punta Princesa, Cebu City on Tuesday. Cebu City fire investigator SFO2 Roland delos Reyes…

MAN TRIPS WIRE, FALLS

Aileen Garcia-Yap, Apple Ta-as, Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 01/19/2016

Second electrocution at skywalk causes brownout at Fuente   All that Noli Laborte Sisiban wanted was to get the Sinulog tarpaulin that was hung on top of the skywalk near a hospital’s exit along Osmeña Boulevard. His…

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