Shooting at Trump rally is being investigated as assassination attempt

Associated Press 07/14/2024

BUTLER, Pa. (AP) — Donald Trump appeared to be the target of an assassination attempt as he spoke during a rally in Pennsylvania on Saturday, two law enforcement officials said. The former president, his ear covered in…

Mandaue City collects 700 kilograms of “dead” wires

Mary Rose Sagarino 11/16/2022

MANDAUE CITY, Philippines — About 700 kilograms of “dead” wires were collected from the wire clearing and bundling operation of Mandaue City and telecommunication companies. Engineer Marivic Cabigas, head of the Department of General Services (DGS) on…

Rama to telcos: Clear spaghetti wires before Charter Day

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 01/22/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu City Mayor Michael Rama has instructed telecommunication companies (telcos) to clear the wires damaged by Typhoon Odette and organize spaghetti wires that have caused problems in the city’s posts. In a meeting…

City starts untangling Apas spaghetti wires

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 11/06/2018

UNSIGHTLY spaghetti wires in Cebu City’s barangays are smoothing out as the city government began the clearing operations at J. Panis street at Barangay Apas on Tuesday (November 6). Councilor Jerry Guardo, deputy mayor for the city’s…

Untangling those spaghetti wires

Editorial 09/10/2018

A proposed ordinance to set a single post for various utility companies may not solve the perennial problem of spaghetti wires and collapsing posts that pose a safety threat to passersby. But it is a viable albeit…

Guardo wants to eradicate wooden posts, dangling wires

USJ-R Intern 09/05/2018

THE unsightly “spaghetti wires” and the hazardous wooden utility posts will soon be a thing of the past. That is, if an ordinance regulating the installation of utility posts and wires will get the nod of the…

Osmeña wants overhead utility wires color-coded

Inna Gian Mejia 07/11/2017

Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña wants utility companies in the city to change all their wires particularly to address the dangling overhead wires that could cause accidents. In a press conference, Osmeña said he wants the wires…

Dangling wires in Talisay kill motorcycle rider

Rene F. Alima 06/23/2017

A 20-YEAR-OLD MOTORCYCLE rider died after a dangling telephone wire caught him in the neck at Uldog St. in Barangay Poblacion, Talisay City, at past 7 p.m. on Thursday. Philip Carlo Lao of Barangay Poblacion was rushed…

Container van causes brownout in Imus after hitting overhead wires

Nestle L. Semilla 12/03/2016

A 40-footer container van plowed electrical lines along New Imus Road at noontime yesterday, causing power interruption in the area. The truck owned by GDR Trucking and driven by Alan de Paz dragged the primary line hanging…

Spaghetti wires no more

06/05/2016

Utility firm workers removing the tangled cables along D. Jakosalem Street, at the side of Cebu City Hall, shows headway in the campaign against spaghetti wires.…

Concealing wires

04/18/2016

Personnel of a utility firm are busy concealing their wires at the corner of D. Jakosalem and Legaspi Streets in downtown Cebu City. Would they help protect passersby from dangling spaghetti wires? (CDN PHOTO/ CHRISTIAN MANINGO)…

2 boys hurt after trying to steal electric wires

Apple Ta-as 01/14/2016

Two teenage boys were hurt after they touched a live wire while trying to steal electric wires hanging near the Osmeña Boulevard exit gate of the Vicente Sotto Memorial Medical Center (VSMMC) in Cebu City past 9…

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