Cebu tourism lost P25B in 2020

PROVINCIAL Board Member Glenn Soco said that for the first semester of 2020 alone, the hospitality and tourism industry in Cebu Province reported an estimated revenue of P25 Billion due to th...

GOCC spends P119.1B on pandemic cash aid

A TOTAL of P119.1 billion or three-fourths of the P157 billion in cash dividends remitted by government-owned and controlled corporations (GOCCs) in 2020 partly funded the government’s social am...

Civil Registration Month observed

THE Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) 7 celebrates its 31st Civil Registration Month (CRM) this February 2021.

Engr. Ariel E. Florendo, PSA 7 director, said the CRM theme this year...

CCMC inauguration

“An inauguration is a ceremony that formally marks the start of something. ... Inauguration can refer to a formal ceremony, such as one marking the start of a new term in office or the openin...

Make Cebuanos understand

Another spike in Covid-19 cases in Cebu City triggered Mayor Edgar Labella to increase the penalty for quarantine violators. For Labella, a fine of P500 or community service has not deterred ma...

Britain seeks Asia-Pacific free trade bloc membership

Britain will apply to join the Pacific free trade area, the Comprehensive and Progressive Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP), the UK said Saturday (Jan 30), under its post-Brexit plans. Britain...

Sergio Osmeña’s letter to Bohol Gov. Marapao and his appointees

President Osmeña is the only president who made Leyte as his office. This was after the Leyte Landings on October 20, 1944. Reproduced are excerpts of a letter from the president dated Decemb...

Res Ipsa Loquitor

The Hippocratic Oath mandates physicians to give priority to the health and welfare of their patients. If a doctor fails, he is made accountable for his acts. A mistake, through gross neglige...

Attracting foreign investments

While foreign direct investments (FDI) in Southeast Asia were reportedly contracted by 20% in the first half of 2020, FDI in the Philippines rose by 20% during the same period, mainly due to me...

Palace must expedite Bayanihan III passage

PRESIDENT Rodrigo R. Duterte must set the tone for his key allies in the Congress to focus the next package, which will likely be known as Bayanihan III following the naming conventions adopt...

Congress to ratify CREATE bicam report

THE Bicameral Conference Committee officially approved the proposed Corporate Recovery and Tax Incentives for Enterprises Act (CREATE).

Senate Majority Leader Juan Miguel F. Zubiri said th...

NEDA to brief Congress on urgency of passing reform bills

THE National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) said they will make their pitch to Congress on the urgency of passing economic reform bills before the legislature turns its attention to...

Malls go online as shoppers stay home

MALL operators and retailers are forced to speed up their digital transformation, even as they work closely together to offer personal shopper services, delivery and curbside pick-up for custo...

Peso remains stable among Asian currencies

DESPITE the rising risks in the global economy, heightened by the spread of COVID-19, the collapse of global markets, the extreme volatility in currencies and the downgrading of credit ratin...

DOLE issues over 1K Certificates of Unemployment

AS OF January 2021, the Department of Labor and Employment Central Visayas (DOLE-7) had issued more than 1,000 Certificates of Unemployment (COUs) to affected workers in the Province of Cebu...

LGUs can now avail of loans with Land Bank, DBP: Yap

BOHOL Governor Arthur “Art” Yap said Local Government Units (LGUs) can now secure loans with Land Bank of the Philippines (LBP) or Development Bank of the Philippines (DBP) for infrastructure...

P2B of Bohol budget to come from IRA: Relampagos

BOHOL Vice Governor Rene Relampagos said that of the P4.5 billion 2021 annual budget of the provincial government, P2 billion of it will come from the Internal Revenue Allotment (IRA).

R...

Thank Gov. Yap for effective anti-Covid response: Vice Gov

BOHOL Vice Governor Rene Lopez Relampagos said that the Boholanos must thank the energetic and innovative Bohol Governor Arthur Yap for preventing the spread of Corona Virus Disease (Covid-19), w...

No hike in reimbursement for communication

CITING limited funding and a lack of legal basis, the Department of Education (DepEd) said it could not heed requests to increase the amount allocated for personnel as reimbursement for their...

BOC donates gadgets to DepEd

THE Bureau of Customs (BOC) donated gadgets to the Department of Education (DepEd) on January 29, 2021for use in the online learning program.

The turn-over was conducted at the Bureau of...

West condemns Myanmar coup

THE United Nations led condemnation of Myanmar’s military on Monday after it seized power, calling for the release of elected leaders, including Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi

U.N. Secret...

Saudi human rights under new spotlight in Biden era

THE Trump administration, according to President Biden’s campaign team, “wrote Saudi Arabia a blank cheque.” It accused it of turning a blind eye to human rights abuses and prolonging a disastr...

Facebook suspends Israeli PM Netanyahu-linked chatbot

FACEBOOK has deleted a post by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and suspended a chatbot linked to his account for violating the company’s privacy policy.

Visitors to the PM’s FB...

BAN SA FACE-TO-FACE NGA KAMPANYA SA ELEKSIYON

ANG Commission on Elections (Comelec) nagplano nga idili o i-ban ang faceto-face nga pangampanya alang sa umaabot nga bugnong lugaynon sa Mayo 2022 nunot sa padayong hulga sa Covid-19.

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DMDP giawhag pagpahigayon og virtual job fairs

ANG Department of Manpower Development and Placement (DMDP) giawhag sa usa ka konsehal sa Siyudad sa Sugbo sa pagpahigayon og virtual job fairs alang sa mga molupyo.

Sa usa ka resolusyo...

Virtual nga kasaulogan sa ika- 84 nga Charter Day

ANG Siyudad sa Sugbo magpahigayon gihapon og mga kalihukan atol sa ika-84 nga kasumaran sa Charter Day apan pagahimuon sa virtual nga paagi.

Ang ika-84 nga Charter Day sa Siyudad sa Sug...

Minimum height pagka pulis gi us-usan

ADUNA nay paglaom kadoing gusto magpulis apan kulang sa height. Dili na babag ang suliran sa gitas-on sa tinguha nga mahimong magbalantay sa balaod.

Gipasar na sa House of Representati...

Liquor ban sa Siyudad sa Sugbo

GIDILI na ang pag serve og ilimnong makahubog sa mga pangpublikong lugar sa tibuok Siyudad sa Sugbo.

Si Mayor Edgar Labella niluwat sa Executive Order No. 117nga nagmando sa liquor ban s...

STOP TO WATER SCHEME SOUGHT

DOZENS of people from Tuburan, Cebu held a lighting rally in front of the Hall of Justice in Toledo City last January 22, 2021 in support of the petition by the Local Government Unit (LGU) to r...

Oslob Council authorizes mayor to receive DOH donation

THE Municipal Council of Oslob, Cebu has passed Resolution No. 123 authorizing Mayor Jose C. Tumulak, Jr. to enter and sign the Deed of Donation with Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) on behalf of...

Poro okays P2.2M supplemental budget

THE Municipal Council of Poro, Cebu has passed Appropriation Ordinance No. 06-S-2020 enacted under Resolution No. 276-S-2020 approving Supplemental Budget No. 06-S-2020 in the amount of P2,25...

Samboan Council passes budget

THE Samboan Cebu Municipal Council has passed an appropriation ordinance enacted under Resolution No. 2020-112 providing appropriations for General Fund in the amount of P1,163,000.00 and for...

LTO 7 asks motorcycle owners: Claim plates now

DIRECTOR Victor Emmanuel Caindec of the Land Transportation Office (LTO) 7 has urged motorcycle owners in Central Visayas who registered their motorcycles from February to April of 2018 to cla...

LTO 7 partners with truck drivers in Cebu for road safety

LAND Transportation Office (LTO) 7 has partnered with the Visayas Unified Truckers Association Inc., (VUTAI) to address the issues faced by truck drivers in Metro Cebu.

The public-private...