SARAVAN CALLS ON SARA TO RUN
THE newly formed Partido Kalikasan Party-List has urged Davao City Mayor Sara “Inday” Duterte-Carpio to take up the mantle of continuing the “politics of hope and change” initiated by the Duterte administration nationwide.
Partido Kalikasan issued the call as it launched last Februar...
"The best for COVID19 prevention"
Vaccine is key to economic revival: CCCI
CEBU Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCCI) president Felix Taguiam said in a Mugstoria Ta program that the vaccination is crucial for the full recovery of the economy.
Mugstoria Ta is a...
DOLE urged to stop inspections of firms
FORMER Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) undersecretary Josephus Birondo Jimenez has requested the government to stop inspection of business establishments to revive the once strong e...
First book on “THE ANTI-TERRORISM LAW OF 2020” released
CEBUANO lawyer and veteran law enforcement instructor recewntly released the country’s first book on Republic Act 11479 or “The Anti-Terrorism Law of 2020.
Lawyer Clarence Paul V. Oaminal...
Calooy decries wrong decisions by politicians
THE Philippine economy suffered not only because of Corona Virus Disease (Covid-19) but also of wrong decisions by politicians in government.
Businessman Rey E. Calooy, president of the...
Hasten food production to survive Covid-19: DAR 7
DIRECTOR Salvador “Salva” Diputado of the Department of Agriculture (DA) 7 said that Secretary William Dar has ordered the acceleration of food production program so we can survive the damage...
Carbon vendors welcome Megawide: coop leader
COOP Leader Shirley Retuya Cardinez of CVCCO Multipurpose Cooperative said that most vendors inside and outside Carbon Public Market welcome the coming redevelopment of the area by Megawide...
Remembering Sonny O
John H. Osmeña got to live until 86 years old. I did not really know him personally. But I got acquainted with some people close to him. One of them was his only child, John-john. This column,...
Prioritize vaccination!
Felix Taguiam, the president of the Cebu Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCCI), said it well. Vaccination is crucial for the full recovery of the economy.
Even if businesses began to o...
Coca-Cola company trials first paper bottle
Coca-Cola is to test a paper bottle as part of a longer-term bid to eliminate plastic from its packaging entirely. The prototype is made by a Danish company from an extra-strong paper shell th...
President Sergio Osmena’s appointees in Leyte
Don Sergio Suico Osmena Sr., became the first and only Cebuano to become president on August 1, 1944, took his oath in the United States upon the death of President Quezon. He came to the Phil...
Impossible Crime
Is killing a dead person a crime?
In PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Plaintiff-Appellee, -versus – HESSON CALLAO Y MARCELINO and JUNELLO AMAD, Accused-Appellant. G.R. No. 228945, SECOND DIVIS...
Ratification of ILO Convention to deter Pinoys’ exploitation
It was 14 years or so ago, the International Labor Organization (ILO) was looking ways to promote decent work in the fishing industry through the implementation of a new labor instrument, the...
Gradual reopening of economy pushed
THE government will continue its efforts to safely further reopen the economy to mitigate hunger among Filipinos affected by the lockdowns due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Thus said So...
Correct prediction of PH -9.5% GDP for 2020
SIX of the 30 institutions polled by the Department of Finance (DOF) correctly predicted the contraction of the Philippines’ gross domestic product (GDP) by 9.5 percent in the pandemichit yea...
P5 maximum interbank ATM fees pushed
BAYAN Muna Rep. Carlos Zarate called on the House leadership to speed up the passage of a bill that would set interbank transactions in automated teller machines (ATM) at a maximum amount of...
MVIS no longer mandatory
DEPARTMENT of Transportation (DOTr) Secretary Arthur Tugade said PMVICs should lower their fees to P500 to P800, which are the rates being offered by Private Emission Testing Centers (PETCs).
69% of Pinoys believe worst of pandemic is over
SIXTY-nine percent of Filipinos believed that the worst is already behind them with regards to the Covid-19 pandemic, which infected a total of 543,282 people nationwide.
The Social Weat...
CCCI works to rebuild consumer confidence
THE Cebu Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCCI) works doubly hard to rebuild consumer confidence amid the economic slump due to the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) crisis.
Felix...
SEC warns vs unregistered cryptocurrency trading service
THE Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has warned the public against an unregistered “crowdfunding international platform” for cryptocurrency named BitAccelerate, BitAccelerateProject.com...
DOLE-7 holds Regional PESO Congress 2020
Department of Labor and Employment-Central Visayas (DOLE-7) Regional Director Salome O. Siaton thanks all the Public Employment Service Office (PESO) Managers in Central Visayas for their contribut...
Yap leadership prevents spread of Covid-19
BOHOL Governor Arthur Yap said that his leadership was able to prevent the spread of Covid-19 cases. Out of 1.5 million Boholano residents, only over 800 got Covid-19 as of December 2020.
Capitol to repair farm-to-market roads: Yap
THE Bohol Provincial Government will soon repair farm-to-market roads to uplift the living condition of the farmers since agriculture is still the backbone of the economy of the province.
LGUs can borrow from Land Bank, DBP for water projects
A PROGRAM of the Bohol Provincial Government grants Local Government Units (LGUs) the capability to borrow from Land Bank of the Philippines and Development Bank of the Philippines (DBP) to d...
Little evidence of Covid-19 transmission in physical schooling in the US
GOVERNMENT should take its cue from the findings of a United States study that showed “little evidence” that having physical schooling increased community transmission of the coronavirus.
Angara files bill for Magna Carta of the OSYs
THERE is a need to pay more attention to the situation of out of school youth (OSY), particularly at this time when their numbers are growing due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on edu...
US Senate acquits Donald Trump
THE US Senate has acquitted Donald Trump in a historic second impeachment trial. Not enough senators voted the former president guilty of inciting the deadly January 6 riot at the US Capitol. <...
Preserve post-Brexit trading rules between Great Britain and NI
PRESERVING post-Brexit trading rules for goods moving between Great Britain and Northern Ireland is “the only way” to avoid a hard border, warns the EU.
European Commission vice presi...
H-1B visa enrolment for 2022 starts on Mar 9
THE registration process for the H-1B visa application for the next fiscal year will begin on March 1 and successful applicants through a computerized draw of lots would be notified by March 31...
United Airlines eyes flying electric taxis
UNITED Airlines, one of the first major carriers to commit to the purchase of flying taxis, plans to buy 200 flying electric taxis that will fly passengers to the airport within the next five...
VENDORS SA CARBON DILI PAPAHAWAON
ANG tanang vendors sa Carbon Public Market lakip na sa mga naninda sa kadalanan palibot niini ipahiluna sa bagong merkado nga himuon sa Megawide Construction Corporation.
Gipasalig kini s...
Screening sa moabot sa pantalan gipahunong
GIPAHUNONG na sa kagamhanan sa Siyudad sa Sugbo ang screening procedure alang sa tanang moabot nga pasahero sa pantalan nga ang Cebu City maoy destinasyon.
Si Mary Knoll Lague, ang publi...
Transport sector wa nituman sa minimum health protocols
ANG wa pagtuman sa mga sakyanan pangpasahero sama sa jeepney, bus, ug taxi sa minimum health protocols nakahatag og kabalaka kang Cebu City Councilor James Cuenco.
Si Cuenco maoy chairp...
FEAR V. SLUMP, FOOD CRISIS
THE country is facing economic depression because of lockdowns imposed by the government to control sa Covid-19 pandemic, said Cebu business leaders.
The business leaders also expressed...
Rollout of COVID-19 vaccines in CV this February: DOH
THE Philippine government is set to rollout the COVID-19 vaccines in the latter part of February, said Department of Health (DOH) Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire.
In a press release...
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The 1939 novel Gadsby is the longest book ever published that doesn’t contain the letter ‘e.’
The first item sold on eBay was a broken laser pointer
Santa Claus was given an official pilot’s license in 1927
A Brazilian man was killed in bed when a cow fell through the roof and landed on him
Agyrophobia is the belief that crossing a street will harm you in some way
Jackie Chan broke twelve concrete blocks with his hand, while keeping the egg he was holding intact.
Before alarm clocks were affordable, there were professional “Knocker Uppers” to wake people up for work.
In the 18th Century, Napoleon and Benjamin Franklin were both defeated at chess by a machine called the Mechanical Turk.
Japanese people use more paper for manga than toilet roll? Most modern Japanese toilets feature bidet washing facilities rather than toilet paper.
Kakorrhaphiophobia is the Fear of failure.
Chrometophobia is the Fear of money.
The symbol on the “pound” key (#) is called an octothorpe.
The longest one-syllable word in the English language is “screeched.”
In ancient Egypt, priests plucked every hair from their bodies, including their eyebrows and eyelashes.
“Go,” is the shortest complete sentence in the English language.
TYPEWRITER is the longest word that can be made using the letters only on one row of the keyboard.
An ostrich’s eye is bigger than its brain.
All polar bears are left handed.
The electric chair was invented by a dentist.
No word in the English language rhymes with “MONTH.”
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