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HEROISM. Angyl Faith Ababat is seen in this cropped video footage applying pressure to the wound at the neck of fruit vendor Bernadita Zamora on Jan. 30, 2023. Mayor Michael Rama on Tuesday (Feb. 7) said Ababat and her classmate Kristianne Joice Noelle Ona will receive the "Mayor's Award" during the Cebu City Charter Day celebration on Feb. 24, to recognize their courage in helping save a life. (Photo courtesy of the University of Cebu) CEBU CITY - After being awarded by the local police, the two nursing students here who rushed to the aid of a wounded woman will receive the "Mayor's Awards" during the Cebu City Charter celebration on Feb. 24, Mayor Michael Rama said on Tuesday. Rama said Angyl Faith Ababat and Kristianne Joice Noelle Ona, sophomores in the College of Nursing at the University of Cebu, will be recognized for their "courage" shown despite the danger of also getting injured. Netizens hailed Ababat and Ona's act of applying first ....
EXPLAINER: Councilor de los Santos changes word punish to charge in proposed grant of contempt power to City Council. But ordinance seeks to punish disobedience to Sanggunian subpoenas, which Supreme Court ruling says local legislatures cannot do. ....
EXPLAINER: Proposal in Cebu City Council seeks to grant itself power to investigate, subpoena persons and documents, punish with contempt. Councilor Mary Ann de los Santos filed ordinance; laws committee chief Rey Gealon backs it. Problem: Is it within Sanggunian’s powers? ....
Cebu City Police Office deputy director for operations Lt. Col. Wilbert Parilla. (File photo) CEBU CITY - As the lifting of the curfew for adults allows bars to operate until the wee hours of the morning, the Cebu City Police Office (CCPO) will increase visibility and monitoring in entertainment establishments here against the proliferation of illegal drugs. Lt. Col. Wilbert Parilla, CCPO deputy director for operations, said in a presser, to maintain the gains in the fight against illegal drugs which resulted in the decrease of supply, they will subject resto-bars under close monitoring to prevent them from being a possible spot for distribution. "Based on our observation, if most of the bars are open, the expectation there is the demand of illegal drugs will increase. Once the demand becomes high, probably there will also be supply issue and the price will also rise," Parilla said in mixed Cebuano and English. The CCPO headquarters, he said, is intensifying its monitoring an ....