Cebu Daily Newscast: Fuel prices increased by up to P1.40 per liter effective May 16

05/16/2023

Listen to Cebu Daily Newscast and get the latest stories in and around Cebu. Here’s what you need to know on Tuesday, May 16. Fuel prices increased by up to P1.40 per liter effective May 16 The…

Steelman dies after falling from side of Cebu-Cordova bridge post

Pegeen Maisie M. Sararaña 08/27/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — A steel man, who was working around 70 meters up at the side of one of the posts of the Cebu-Cordova bridge, died after he fell when the plank he was stepping on…

Worker injured after backhoe fell into a 60-foot cliff in Cebu City barangay

Paul Lauro, Pegeen Maisie Sararana 08/21/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — A construction worker was injured after he was pinned down from a fallen backhoe, that he was operating in a quarry site, in Upper Tac-an, Barangay Budlaan, Cebu City, past 2 p.m. on…

Contractualization as an election issue

Artemio V. Panganiban - @inquirerdotnet 03/27/2022

During the electoral debates, some candidates called for the abolition of “endo-contractualization” (also known as “5-5-5”), the scheme of hiring workers for only five months and replacing them with another batch also for five months to evade…

Health worker with address in Tangke is Talisay’s new COVID-19 patient

Morexette Marie B. Erram 05/25/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — A health care worker, who is residing in Sitio Tunga, Barangay Tangke, is Talisay City’s newest coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) patient, the mayor has announced on Monday, May 25. Mayor Gerald Anthony “Samsam”…

Hospital employee nabbed with shabu in Mandaue

Norman V. Mendoza 05/02/2020

MANDAUE CITY, Cebu, Philippines — A government hospital’s frontliner, one of its admitting personnel, has been arrested after he was caught with suspected shabu during a buy-bust operation on May 2, 2020, in Barangay Jagobiao, Mandaue City.…

Gunman kills worker outside home in Lapu

Norman V. Mendoza 04/06/2020

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Cebu, Philippines — A worker at the Mactan Export Processing Zone (MEPZ) was shot dead by an unidentified gunman at past 2 p.m. today, April 6, 2020 outside his house in Sitio Masulog, Barangay Suba-Basbas,…

BREAKING: Filipina domestic worker in Dubai dead from coronavirus – Bello

Gabriel Pabico Lalu 02/06/2020

MANILA, Philippines – A female household worker who recently died in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, has tested positive for coronavirus, Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III confirmed Thursday. According to Bello, a previous report on the still-unidentified overseas…

Construction worker shoots elder brother in Cordova town

Benjie Talisic 06/14/2019

CEBU CITY,  Philippines — A case of parricide will be filed on Monday, June 17, against a 42-year-old construction worker who shot dead his 55-year-old brother after an argument last June 13 in their house in Sitio…

Construction worker turned drug courier nabbed with P2.7M shabu in Hipodromo bust

Benjie Talisic 05/04/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — A former construction worker, who shifted work allegedly as a drug courier, was arrested in an anti-illegal drug operation on Friday afternoon (May 3) in Sitio Riverside, Barangay Hipodromo, Cebu City. Jhon Ariel…

Construction worker from Pasil identified as victim in Lapu-Lapu bridge shooting attack

Benjie B. Talisic 03/01/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The victim in the second shooting incident in Lapu-Lapu City on Friday, March 1, survived the attack and has been identified as construction worker, Mikael Fernandez. Senior Master Sergeant Dennis Singson of the…

Garma meets with BPO worker to verify IT Park rob claims

Delta Dyrecka C. Letigio 01/05/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The public should be cautious in spreading information especially “baseless information” online. Senior Superintendent Royina Garma, Cebu City Police Office (CCPO) director, made this call on Saturday, January 5, after she met with…

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