Lanterns add color to a street scene in Mandaue City, but a fire over the weekend brought with it a safety reminder. (Sun.Star Cebu/Allan Cuizon)
MANILA -- President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo remains healthy but needs to trim down, her doctors said Sunday as the government moved to quash rumors the leader was suffering from a liver ailment.
CEBU CITY -- A robbery suspect was shot by an off-duty policeman shortly before noon Sunday, in what could pass for a textbook encounter of good versus evil.
SURIGAO CITY -- Surigao del Norte Governor Robert Lyndon Barbers said he may call an investigation into the worst sea tragedy that hit the province this year with the sinking of m/v Leonida II Saturday in the vicinity of the Bilisan point off Hinatuan island.