CEBU. A policeman controls access to the house of retired Army Col. Mariano Parco, which burned in a suspected case of arson in Barangay Banilad, Cebu City.  (Ruel Rosello)

CEBU. Authorities convinced a man to get down from an electric post in Mandaue City on Wednesday. (Gerome Dalipe of Sun.Star Cebu)

BACOLOD. Mayor Evelio Leonardia and Vice Mayor Thaddy Sayson with barangay chiefs and other city officials inspect the composting area of Bayawan City on Tuesday to learn about the city’s best practices in Solid Waste Management.

CEBU. Pupils of the Kabangkalan Elementary School and students of the Ireneo V. Diamante Memorial National High School in the mountain barangay of Kabangkalan, Tuburan welcome guests at the blessing and turnover of a new, two-classroom building. Principal Venus Gepatilan said the new structure “all started as a dream.” (Amper Campaña)

DAVAO. Davao City Vice Mayor Rodrigo Duterte listens intently to city police chief Senior Superintendent Ronald dela Rosa during the peace and order consultative meeting at the Grand Men Seng Hotel Monday afternoon following the resurgence of petty crimes in the city. (King Rodriguez)

ILOILO. Provincial Administrator Raul N. Banias speaks before the participants during the opening program Tuesday of a seminar-workshop for Hospital Management Office’s Hospital Operations Division and Technical Support and Services Division. (Contributed photo)

ILOILO. Provincial Administrator Raul Banias (right) turns over a check worth P580,000 donated by the Iloilo Provincial Government for the repair of multi-purpose building and construction of toilet and bath at the Girl Scouts of the Philippines Iloilo Council in Camp Pasica, Dingle, Iloilo. (Contributed photo)

CAGAYAN DE ORO. Mayor Vicente Emano confers with Engr. Mario Batar, City Assessor Atinodoro Asequia and some barangay officials as he checks out the map and development plans during his inspection of Isla de Oro. (Contributed photo)

CEBU. Senior science research specialist Abraham Lucero Jr. of the Mines and Geo-sciences Bureau measures the sinkhole that developed in a farm in Barangay Camboang, Dumanjug, Cebu two weeks after a 6.9 magnitude earthquake hit Cebu and Negros Oriental. (Arni Aclao)

DAVAO. Some of the 12 semifinalists of the Mutya ng Dabaw 2012 were at their smiling best as they were presented Monday at the City Hall. (King Rodriguez)

MANILA. Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile directs PSBank President Pascual Garcia III to bring documents the bank submitted to the Anti-Money Laundering Council in connection with Supreme Court Chief Justice Renato Corona’s bank accounts. (Alex Nuevaespana/Senate pool)

CEBU. Cebu Archbishop Emeritus Ricardo Cardinal Vidal, who poses in Rome with an image of Beato Pedro Calungsod, says he is “very grateful to the Lord for the great blessing he has bestowed on our people.” The road to Calungsod’s sainthood was first paved in 1986. (Contributed Foto/Fr. Mhar Balili)