Missing Korean diver Heo Seung Yung was found dead on the shores of a coastal village in San Francisco, Camotes Islands at 5 a.m. on Wednesday. Heo, who was 43, reportedly took off his diving gear to swim to shore and ask for help after being at sea with Baek Seung Kyoon and Kim Eun for more than 24 hours.
“Niingon to ang babaye nga kadtong hayag pa naglutaw-lutaw sila, daan na niingon si Yung nga di na niya kaya (Eun said when the three of them were still floating in the sea the previous day, Yun already told them that he didn’t think he would make it).” — San Francisco Information Officer Gagal Maningo told Sun.Star Cebu.
The three divers went missing Sunday afternoon while diving off Punta Engaño in Lapu-Lapu City in bad weather and rough seas.
“No one should be allowed to dive in that weather. The mere fact that they rented out diving equipment dili na mao (was wrong).” — Lapu-Lapu City Mayor Paz Radaza, according to Sun.Star Cebu.
READ MORE:
- Sun.Star Cebu: Third Korean diver found dead
- The Freeman: Missing Korean found dead
- Cebu Daily News: One of three Korean divers found dead in Camotes
Utility post falls, kills boy in Tinago
A utility post on McArthur Blvd. in Barangay Tinago, Cebu City toppled over Tuesday night, pinning 13-year-old Ralph Bureros, who died when the chair he was sitting on gave way and its leg pierced his body.
Bureros was eating barbecue with his friends, Desiree Ambros and Dorine Estologa, when a truck passed by and reportedly dragged dangling wires, toppling the post. Ambros and Estologa were injured.
Shortly before the incident, a motorcycle driver was reported to have been choked by a dangling wire on the same road. Tinago Barangay Chief Joel Garganera called up the Visayan Electric Company to have their linesmen fix the dangling wires. But the linesmen told them the wires were that of PLDT and refused to fix them. Minutes after they left, the accident happened.
“My tanods asked them to fix the wires anyway to prevent another accident. They refused because the wires were not Veco’s.” — Tinago Barangay Chief Joel Garganera, according to Sun.Star Cebu.
This just happened caught in our cctv, the kid was injured,still in the hospital and we don't know his condition.Edit: the kid was announced DOA by the doctor.
Posted by Lorrine Baylon-Villafuerte on Tuesday, July 7, 2015
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- Sun.Star Cebu: Teen killed by post, chair leg
- Cebu Daily News: Boy died, girl injured in electric post collapse
- The Freeman: Boy, 13, dead; girl hospitalized after post fell on them
DPWH, road work contractors asked to help ease traffic
Contractor Pericles Dakay, who sits as vice chair of the Mactan-Cebu Bridge Management Board (MCBMB), asked the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) to help ease traffic congestion in road concreting and repairs in Mandaue City.
Dakay, chief executive officer of Dakay Construction, asked DPWH and road contractors to:
- not use adjacent roads as staging areas for heavy equipment, which he said was the case on A.S Fortuna
- not do pre-casting of road materials on the road where they will be installed
- do concrete casting in factories or vacant lots and not on the road
- use high-strength and rapid curing cement to allow them to open roads to traffic after just 4 days
During the meeting, officials also learned that only 21 of the 40 security cameras at the 2 Mandaue-Mactan bridges are working.
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- Sun.Star Cebu: Help ease traffic, DPWH told
- The Freeman: 21 CCTV cameras on bridges need repair
Archdiocese speaks out against ‘sexually suggestive’ Vice Ganda billboards
Archdiocese of Cebu spokesperson Msgr. Joseph Tan yesterday asked advertisers to be circumspect about the materials they are putting up, saying these are public and can be seen by anyone, even the children.
Tan issued the statement after the recent order by the Cebu City Hall to remove billboards promoting an upcoming concert by Vice Ganda that was deemed by officials as “sexually suggestive.”
“I hope they know how to respect (people). There are minors who see what they post, and children’s understanding isn’t that mature yet. The public has to be respected.” — Archdiocese of Cebu spokesperson Msgr. Joseph Tan, as quoted by Cebu Daily News
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- Cebu Daily News: Archdiocese speaks out against explicit billboards
