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(Eagle News)–The Daanbantayan, Cebu mayor has tested positive for COVID-19. Mayor Sun Shimura made the announcement in the official Facebook page of the municipality on Sunday night. According to Shimura, the results were based on a swab test he took on June 21, three days after he had a fever and a cough. Earlier, he underwent rapid testing but tested negative for the same so he continued to attend meetings. The mayor is the second local […]
(Eagle News) – The Philippine Red Cross (PRC) is set to open another bio-molecular laboratory, this time in Cebu City, which is currently still under the stricter protocols of Enhanced Community Quarantine (ECQ) that will build testing capacity in the Central Visayas region, even as it announced plans to open 19 more laboratiories nationwide for COVID-19 testing, PRC had already opened two testing centers in its national headquarters in Mandaluyong City that are both equipped […]
(Eagle News)–Cebu ports remain in operation but have stepped up measures against the novel coronavirus, authorities said. In a statement, the Cebu Port Authority said all terminals in Cebu it directly administers are implementing control measures. These include body temperature checks through a non-contact thermometer, provision of soaps and alcohol-based hand sanitizers and the putting up of temporary isolation rooms and holding areas. “Though we are on business-as-usual in our port operations, CPA is also […]
(Eagle News) — The chief of the municipal police station of Argao, Cebu has been arrested for letting two female inmates sleep in his quarters. Police Major Ildefonso Vinalon Miranda Jr., 46, was also reportedly sleeping in one bed with the younger female inmate, while the older female inmate acted as their helper, based on the surveillance done by the Philippine National Police’s Integrated Monitoring and Enforcement Group (PNP-IMEG). Miranda was found sleeping together with […]
MANILA, Philippines (AFP) — Philippine authorities rescued dozens of people on Thursday after a ferry sank in rough seas, but search teams were still working to confirm all aboard were accounted for, the coast guard said. Rescuers plucked 59 people from waters off the central island of Cebu, while another three swam to shore after the vessel took on water and capsized. The manifest showed 60 crew and passengers aboard, the coast guard said, […]
(Eagle News) – The Department of Agriculture urged the Bohol and Cebu local governments to reconsider their decision to impose a total ban on all hogs and processed pork products from Luzon where some areas have tested positive for African Swine Fever (ASF). Agriculture secretary William Dar particularly asked Cebu governor Gwendolyn Garcia and Bohol governor Arthur Yap to “soften their hearts and allow the transport and trade of ASF-free hogs, pork, pork products […]
(Eagle News)–Two of the suspects in the killing of Bien Unido, Bohol Mayor Gisela Bendong-Boniel in 2017 have been arrested. The police said Lobo Boniel and Allan Delos Reyes Jr. were nabbed on Thursday in the house of Police Patrolman Nico Ababon, Boniel’s cousin-in-law, in Lapu Lapu, Cebu following a tip. Boniel is the cousin of former Bohol Provincial Board member Niño Rey Boniel, husband of the victim, the alleged mastermind. A .45 calibre pistol, […]
(Eagle News)– The man behind the killing of Christine Silawan has surrendered. Philippine National Police chief Oscar Albayalde said the 43-year-old man identified as Renato Bayuban Llenes alias “Renren” went to the Cebu police on April 9 and confessed to the killing of the Cebu student on March 11. The police chief said the suspect admitted to murdering the girl with a scissor. Silawan’s body was found in a vacant lot in Lapu-Lapu City. Authorities […]
(Eagle News) — The 17-year-old suspect in the killing of Christine Silawan is back in Department of Social Welfare and Development custody. This was after President Rodrigo Duterte ordered the boy’s “re-arrest” following his release by a prosecutor who had ruled the police failed to justify a warrantless arrest. Under the Rules of Court, a warrantless arrest is valid under three circumstances: when, in the presence of the policeman, the person to be arrested has […]
(Eagle News) – The Cebu provincial government declared a state of calamity for the whole province because of the severe dry spell affecting farms and aqua farms, and causing a sharp decrease in water supply in several towns. The provincial government passed a resolution for the declaration of a state of calamity during the afternoon session of the Provincial Board. With the declaration, the provincial government can now spend P22 million of its quick response […]
(Eagle News) — The primary suspect in the gruesome killing of 15-year old Cebu teenager Christine Lee Silawan is now in police custody. The suspect, Jonas Bueno, was arrested by policemen in Davao City. Before this, police tracker teams have been scouring Sogod town in Cebu where informants say Bueno was last seen as of 6 p.m. of March 12. Bueno, along with brothers Junry and Jovy, had been also involved in the brutal killing […]
(Eagle News) — Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra has ordered the National Bureau of Investigation to probe the killing of 16-year-old Christine Silawan. Guevarra gave the order in Department Order No. 117 dated March 15. In ordering the NBI to also conduct a case build-up, Guevarra cited Republic Act No. 10867 or the NBI Reorganization and Modernization Act, which gives him the authority to do the same “when public interest so requires.” “Further, (NBI) Director (Dante) […]
