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Annabelle lists family home as address but stays in condo
Based on forms she filled out in the Commission on Elections (Comelec), talent manager and congressional candidate Annabelle Rama identified Rahman Street in barangay Zapatera, Cebu City as her home. But don’t expect her to open the door when visitors come to call. Her brother, Basak barangay captain George Rama said she doesn’t like to […]
42 homes burned down in afternoon fire
October 17, 2012
At least 42 houses were burned in an afternoon fire in Cebu City. The fire started at 12:51 p.m. in a residential area in barangay Day-as (not T. Padilla as earlier reported) and spread out to three sitios. Barangay captain Rey Ellery Cañada said they will later declare their barangay under a state of calamity. […]
Cebu inmates back on track, next show slated on Oct. 20
October 16, 2012
Following the success of its “Oppa Gangnam Style” performance last Sept. 29, Cebu province’s famed dancing inmates are scheduled to present again on Saturday, Oct. 20. The monthly public “open house” shows of the inmates in the quadrangale of the Cebu Provincial Detention and Rehabilitation Center every third Saturday have been revived, said Capitol consultant […]
Capitol starts demolition of new illegal structures in Apas
September 5, 2012
THE Cebu provincial government started tearing down newly built illegal structures in the province-owned lots in Apas, Cebu City. Three structures were demolished by the Cebu Provincial Real Properties Protection Task Force. Ten more will soon be cleared, said Ramil Ayuman, Apas barangay captain. He said there wasn’t any resistance or commotion, only queries. “A […]
Fires raze school, homes hours apart
August 4, 2012
Three fires, two of which damaged eight classrooms and 94 houses, occurred less than 24 hours in Cebu City late Thursday evening and yesterday morning. Two of the three fires occurred four hours apart. The third fire occurred in barangay Mambaling and caused minimal damage, Cebu City Fire Marshall Aderson Comar said yesterday. The first […]
Balamban fire razes 3 houses, resto and bakery
July 27, 2012
More than P1.3-million worth of properties were razed by fire at 2:48 a.m Friday in Buanoy, Balamban. F01 Ramel Tapia of the Balamban Fire Station, said the fire burned down a restaurant, bakery, and three houses, all located across Gate 1 of the Tsuneishi Heavy Industries. The fire originated at the abandoned old house owned […]
City lawyers can help Apas residents in demolition case–mayor
April 24, 2012
IF NEED be, Cebu City Hall will employ a battery of lawyers to represent the Apas residents whose homes face demolition after a court upheld the ruling issued by the Court of Appeals against them. Cebu City Mayor Michael Rama said this as he disclosed that he wrote the CA (Court of Appeals) to seek […]
Tipolo blaze victims get aid
April 18, 2012
SOME of the 48 families displaced by Tuesday’s fire in sitio Basubas, barangay Tipolo in Mandaue City were visited by social workers in a tent mounted near the area. Fire victims looked for a temporary place to stay and cleared the rubble hoping to rebuild on the site of their razed homes. No illnesses […]
Burned:14 houses in Mandaue city, 4.8 hectares in Buhisan forest
April 18, 2012
A mid-afternoon fire destroyed 14 houses in an interior neighborhood of barangay Tipolo, Mandaue City yesterday. No one was injured. Minutes after the fire in sitio Basubas was tapped at 3:33 p.m., a grass fire sent firefighters rushing to a field a kilometer away at the Mandaue City Sports and Cultural Complex. Urban and […]
November 5, 2012
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