Rescuers survive
A MOTORIZED banca crammed with passengers and relief goods got stalled in Tañon Strait yesterday afternoon after violent waves broke one of its outriggers.
About 80 passengers were rescued, including volunteers from the Philippine Red Cross, on their way to the quake-stricken La Libertad...
2 ‘drug pushers’ arrested in separate operations
A SUSPECTED drug courier was arrested at a checkpoint in Barangay Canduman in Mandaue City yesterday, while a man, who is allegedly in the watch list of drug pushers, fell during a buy-bust operation in Barangay Umapad the previous day.
In Barangay Canduman, a 34-year-old man was...
10 classrooms at MCCNHS unsafe
CLOSE to 300 students from a public high school have been forced to hold their classes at the school lobby and gym, after it was found out that 10 of their classrooms have been damaged by the 6.9 magnitude earthquake that hit Cebu and the other parts of Central Visayas last Monday.
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Buildings built after 2005 'can withstand' magnitude 8 quakes
THE Cebu City Office of the Building Official (OBO) admitted that some buildings in the city are vulnerable to strong earthquakes.
Acting Building Official Josefa Ylanan pointed out that even in Japan, where advance technology is used in construction projects, some buildings are still not...
House disaster body tackles quake
FOLLOWING the earthquake that hit Cebu and Negros Oriental last Monday, congressional officials are urging disaster risk reduction agencies to work better to prevent misinformation.
The House committee on national defense conducted a hearing on disaster risk management yesterday to...
Obenza to leave LCPO post; Lawas to take over as OIC
THE Lapu-Lapu City Police Office (LCPO) will soon have a new police director, after it was confirmed that Senior Supt. Anthony Obenza, who currently holds the top police position in the city, will be transferred to a new post.
In an interview with reporters yesterday, Mayor Paz Radaza...
Quake sparks panic, traffic
A MAGNITUDE 6.9 earthquake, the strongest recorded in Central Visayas in 90 years, struck Tayasan in Negros Oriental at 11:49 a.m. yesterday.
No major damage and no deaths were reported in Cebu Province. But the official report listed at least seven killed—two of them girls under 12 years...
Cop who shot drinking buddy faces raps
CRIMINAL and administrative charges will be filed against a policeman who shot dead his drinking buddy and wounded a four-year-old boy in Mandaue City last Sunday.
Charges of murder, reckless imprudence resulting to physical injuries and grave misconduct will be filed against PO2 Rosendo...
Police nabbed for pal’s death
CEBU CITY -- After being called worthless, an off-duty policeman shot and killed his drinking buddy and injured a four-year-old boy in Mandaue City Sunday afternoon.
Police Officer 2 Rosendo Cabrera, 48, was arrested by operatives of the Basak Police Station after he attempted to evade...
Lapu-Lapu City surpasses tax collection target
THE Lapu-Lapu City Government exceeded its annual business and real property tax targets in 2011, with a total collection of P1 billion, an official announced yesterday.
In an interview with Sun.Star Cebu, Lapu-Lapu City Treasurer Elenita Catagcatag said they were able to surpass their...
Female worker, 33, shot dead in a robbery
A 33-YEAR-OLD worker of a cooperative was shot and killed in Mandaue City after she refused to give her bag to two motorcycle-riding robbers.
The victim identified as Grace Caminade died from a gunshot wound in the right arm that went through her breast.
The incident was...
Group, Swat shut down Internet cafe, billiard hall
AN Internet café and a billiard hall in Lapu-Lapu City were ordered closed yesterday for failing to secure business permits and for admitting high school students during school hours.
Members of Lapu-Lapu City’s Advocacy for Responsible Enterprise (Care) and operatives of the city’s...
Mandaue, Lapu officers apprehend 500 jeepneys, arrest 30 dispatchers
SOME 30 dispatchers were apprehended by policemen in the Cities of Mandaue and Lapu-Lapu for violating anti-dispatching ordinances.
Traffic officers in Mandaue City also apprehended close to 400 public utility vehicles for allegedly stopping for passengers in illegal “terminals” manned by...
Barangay chiefs in Lapu want DPWH officials investigate
BARANGAY officials in Lapu-Lapu City are urging the anti-graft office to not only investigate local officials, but also National Government officials in the lamppost controversy.
The Lapu-Lapu City Association of Barangay Councils (ABC), led by Pajo Barangay Captain Leo Mercado, adopted a...
Peace council forms task force to defuse bombs
A BOMB disposal task force was formed yesterday by the Cebu City Peace and Order Council along with the Cebu City Police Office and the Armed Forces of the Philippines.
The Bureau of Fire Protection and the Emergency Rescue Unit Foundation will be among the support groups of the task...
‘Flash’ fields wardens in market
TO KEEP the city’s new public market clean, the Mandaue City Government has fielded eco-wardens to check that market vendors and consumers properly dispose of their garbage.
Placido “Flash” Jerusalem of the Mandaue City Solid Waste Management Team told reporters the eco-wardens are tasked...
3 female workers robbed by 3 men on motorbike
THREE women were robbed of their cash and valuables by three men on board a motorcycle on A.S. Fortuna St., Barangay Banilad, Mandaue City last Friday midnight.
The victims identified as Sugar Labiaga, 28; Christine May Labiaga, 20; and Samantha Jane Dapal, 27; who all work for a Japanese...
Comelec en banc junks poll case vs lawmaker
THE Commission on Elections (Comelec) has dismissed the post-electoral protest filed by Lapu-Lapu congressional aspirant Joselito “Lito” Ruiz against Lapu-Lapu City Rep. Arturo Radaza for lack of merit.
In a decision dated Jan. 4, 2012, the Comelec en banc, headed by Chairman Sixto...
Cops look for one jewelry finder
POLICE will start their search for one of the three scavengers who reportedly found jewelry in the Umapad dumpsite in Mandaue City two weeks ago.
This, after one of the three scavengers, Eda Montecalvo, failed to appear when she, Rodrigo Corta and Antonio Quizon were asked to come to the...
Lapu closes 6 Internet cafes
SIX Internet cafes in Lapu-Lapu City were ordered closed after violating various city ordinances, particularly the one that prohibits minors from playing video games during school hours.
The Lapu-Lapu City Government ordered the suspension of their business permits from December 2011 to...
2 ‘treasure hunters’ nabbed in Lapu-Lapu
TWO men were arrested last Tuesday for allegedly treasure-hunting in a vacant lot in Sitio Iba, Barangay Basak, Lapu-Lapu City.
The suspects, identified as Lapu-Lapu Hemongala, 61, who lives in Sitio Iba, and Leopoldo Bonghanoy, 40, of Barangay Suba-Basbas, claimed that they initiated the...
Police to ask 3 scavengers if ‘more jewelry’ was found
MANDAUE City police officials will be inviting again the three scavengers who found jewelry in the city’s dumpsite two weeks ago.
As suspicions that more jewelry may have been found in the Umapad dumpsite linger, Insp. Ramil Morpus of the Mandaue City Police Office (MCPO) Theft and...
Biz group says truck ban bad for economy
THE first day of the implementation of the 60-day truck ban in Mandaue City yesterday was considered successful by traffic authorities.
But Mandaue’s business sector thinks that the truck ban may not be good for business for the city, especially at night.
Traffic official amenable to opening bridge to PUJs
A MANDAUE City traffic official welcomed Provincial Board (PB) Member Arleigh Sitoy’s proposal to open the Cansaga Bay Bridge to public utility jeepneys (PUJs).
However, PUJ drivers, especially those plying northern towns, may not share the sentiment of Traffic Enforcement Agency of...
Young suggests reopening of landfill, amid barangays’ complaints
CEBU City Acting Mayor Joy Augustus Young has suggested to reopen the Inayawan Sanitary Landfill.
He received complaints from the barangays who dump their garbage in a dumpsite in Consolacion town following the closure of the Inayawan sanitary landfill last December 10.
