Although the police are currently busy ensuring a peaceful and orderly holidays, the Cebu City Police Office (CCPO) has began mapping out security plans for the annual Sinulog Festival that will take place on the third Sunday of...

The Police Regional Office (PRO) 7 has urged the public to avoid using firecrackers and instead stick to traditional ways of noisemaking, like tororot (horns), in welcoming the New Year to avoid injuries.     PRO 7 Director Ronald Roderos said most...

CEBU CITY – The Police Regional Office (PRO) 7 yesterday revealed that the number of crimes that took place from Christmas Eve up to press time yesterday decreased by 60 percent as Cebuanos and the rest of the residents in Central Visayas celebrated...

CEBU CITY – People lining up for more than six hours just to get a boat ticket on their way to their provinces. Buses jam-packed with passengers eager to reach their hometowns. The exodus to the provinces for the Christmas holidays has begun Tuesday...

The Cebu City Government lauded the efforts of the International Police – Incident Response Team (Interpol-IRT) in the proper identification of hundreds of bodies recovered following the onslaught of Typhoon Frank. Acting Mayor Michael Rama said the...

A Christmas party for retired policemen turned bloody when a freak accident inside the Police Regional Office (PRO) 7 headquarters killed a retired police officer.     Retired Senior Police Officer 4 Dino Lapinid died on the way to the hospital...

Acting Mayor Michael Rama has ordered policemen in the city to immediately dispose of firecrackers they will be confiscating from illegal vendors to avoid public doubt that the police will recycle the contraband.     Rama said seized firecrackers...

CARMEN, Cebu – The Philippine Deposits Insurance Corporation (PDIC) yesterday took over the Rural Bank of Carmen (RBC), the latest rural bank in Cebu that has been placed under the receivership of the PDIC. Lawyer Inocencio dela Cerna, spokesperson...

The retail industry in downtown Cebu is set to become more vibrant with the opening of another mall recently providing affordable consumer products to the mainstream market.     The mall, dubbled 138 Ye San Fa Mall, which formerly occupied the...

CEBU CITY – Architecture graduates in the country are now beginning to capitalize on the dynamic outsourcing and offshoring industry, an industry expert said.     United Architects of the Philippines (UAP) regional district C-1 Director Alan...