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CEBU CITY – This city has recorded an alarming number of dengue cases in the first five months of the year with 422, way higher than the 13 recorded in the same period last year, city health officials said on Thursday (May 19). Dr. Jeffrey Ibones, chief of the City Health Department (CHD), also sai
File photo CEBU CITY - A drug suspect who was a subject of a "validation operation" by the Cebu City Drug Enforcement Unit (DEU) was killed and some PHP3.4 million worth of illegal drugs were found in his possession in Barangay Tisa here Wednesday night. Maj. Jonathan Bethoven Taneo, Cebu City police's DEU head, said authorities are now validating the true identity of the suspect who was only known by his nickname "Ralph", aged between 25 to 30, and resident of Sitio Huya (sub-village) of the said barangay. Taneo told reporters they received a report from a concerned citizen about a man allegedly selling drugs at Sitio Sidlakan. They responded to the area at past 10 p.m. to validate the alleged illegal activities in the area. The suspect, who was alone when the police arrived, allegedly pulled out his gun prompting the operatives to fire at him. The suspect died on the spot. The police recovered from the suspect's possession more than half a kilo of white su
AID DISTRIBUTION. A city government personnel gives a pack of rice to a Typhoon Odette victim in an undisclosed area in Cebu City on Tuesday (March 1, 2022). The Cebu City government started a house-to-house distribution of its PHP5,000 cash aid on Wednesday. (Photo courtesy of Cebu City PIO) CEBU CITY - The city government here on Wednesday started the house-to-house distribution of its PHP5,000 cash assistance to families whose houses were destroyed when Typhoon Odette ravaged Cebu in December last year, Mayor Michael Rama said. Rama said instead of handing out the aid at the Cebu City Hall, they opted for the house-to-house scheme to gather more information on the other needs of the victims more than two months after the typhoon destroyed thousands of houses and establishments. Portia Basmayor, head of the city's Department of Social Welfare and Services (DSWS), said they want to know the concerns people have besides the cash assistance for families. "For example, after our