Meralco case affects Veco, customers

POWER Advocate Romeo “Butch” Junia said that a case against Manila Electric Company (MERALCO) that he is now intervening has profound effect on the Visayan Electric Company (VECO) and its cust...

Vermicomposting project gets DOLE’s support

THE Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) gave P500,000 in livelihood assistance to a group of farmers in Dumanjug, Cebu for vermicomposting or the use of earthworms to convert organic was...

AirAsia partners with HRRAC

AIRASIA Philippines has partnered with Cebu’s hotel and restaurant operators in an effort to help encourage tourism in the province, making it now the corporate airline partner of the Hotel Re...

Local economy collapses with millions jobless, micro firms bankrupt

BUSINESSMAN Rey E. Calooy of the Filipino Cebuano (FilCeb) Business Club said our local economy has collapsed sending millions of Filipinos jobless and micro firms bankrupt.

Calooy, an...

Lockdown in Metro Manila affects economy: Philip Tan

BUSINESSMAN Philip N. Tan said the country’s economy is affected by the continued lock down in Metro Manila considering that the bulk of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is there.

Tan, form...

Mandaue ready with community vaccination center

MANDAUE City is now ready to undertake community vaccinations for COVID-19 with the successful pilot testing of the first community vaccination center in Cebu held last April 8.

The pil...

Digong’s disappearance?

The bashing of Vice President Leni Robredo by the DDS cabal since 2016 turned out harsh, false, and unrelentless. Many analysts practically left Leni on the wayside. But Leni persisted with t...

What was Duterte hiding from?

After a disappearing act of two weeks, President Rodrigo Duterte returns angry at detained senator Leila de Lima for allegedly questioning his state of health. In a prerecorded briefing on the...

Cryptocurrency Market Surpasses $2 Trillion

The combined market cap of all cryptocurrencies hit $2 trillion for the first time Monday, making cryptocurrency approximately as valuable as Apple, the second-largest company in the world. D...

President Sergio Osmeña’s appointees in Samar (Part III)

Don Sergio Suico Osmeña Sr., the only Cebuano who became President became the Liberator President and rebuilt the country by appointing officials to govern the local government units. He made the...

Cebu City Political Landscape

The political kettle in the city is currently steaming amid the covid 19 pandemic. The landscape is shaping as parties veer near the filing of Certificate of Candidacy in October. Political c...

ALU’s founding inscribed issue on social justice

Exactly 67 years ago this week, the courage and wisdom of some forty-two Cebu port workers on April 17, 1954 organized a labor union to champion the waterfront workers achieved social justice...

Lower credit card interest rate for entire 2021

THE Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) extended the two-percent per month or 24 percent per year ceiling on interest rate or finance charge on unpaid outstanding credit card balance of credit c...

CA affirms revocation of Kapa’s SEC registration

THE Court of Appeals (CA) has upheld the decision of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to revoke the corporate registration of a company that was found to have defrauded thousands o...

DOE urged to probe simultaneous forced outages of power plants

THE simultaneous forced outages of the generating facilities have triggered spikes in electricity rates burdening the consumers.

This is referred to as ‘bad summer habits’ of power pla...

Another gasoline, kerosene price rollback

THE cost of gasoline and kerosene prices is expected to roll back next week.

Oil companies calculated that the price of gasoline products will likely be reduced by P0.30 to P0.35 per li...

Cut agricultural insurance tax

AN INTERNATIONAL research organization expressed its support for the reduction of taxes imposed on agricultural insurance to accelerate farm activity.

Agri-finance expert and Ramon Mag...

Papal Nuncio to celebrate Pontifical Mass in Cebu on April 14

THE Archdiocese of Cebu confirmed that Papal Nuncio to the Philippines Archbishop Charles Brown will be in Cebu to attend the ceremonial reenactment of the first baptism in Cebu this Wednesd...

Liquor ban helps decrease COVID cases in Cebu City

“SUSTAINING our liquor ban greatly helped in enforcing our health standards and in the decline of positive cases here in Cebu City.”

Thus said Police Lt. Col. Wilbert Parilla, deputy di...

Media workers included in COVID-19 vax B priority group

THE Department of Health (DOH) announced that COVID-19 vaccination B priority group includes media workers.

“Media would be part of the B classification already, together with the othe...

Duterte declares April 14 special non-working holiday

MALACAÑANG has issued Presidential Proclamation No. 1130 declaring April 14, 2021 a Special Non-Working Day in Cebu City as it celebrates the 500th year of Christianity.

Executive Secret...

Cebu biz community supports national vax program

CEBU business community’s strong support to the national vaccination program is commendable as some hospitals and establishments have offered to be venues for mass vaccination.

Edmun L...

Cebu City supports teacher broadcasters

THE Department of Education (DepEd) Cebu City Division thanked the Cebu City Government for its support to teacher broadcasters in their Radio Based Instructions (RBI) training.

On orde...

DOLE to turnover P11M livelihood materials in Bohol

THE Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) will turnover to more than 800 informal sector workers in Bohol P11-million worth of livelihood jigs, tools and materials before the end of April...

Bohol vaccine consumption at 98.8%

BOHOL’S consumption rate for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine as of April 5, 2021, is at 98.8 percent, the highest in the region at that time.

It is an excellent proof that m...

P30M Prov’l Fire Office soon to rise in Cortes

THE Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) is excited that its P30 million Office of the Provincial Fire Marshal will soon be constructed in Cortes.

The BFP is also funding the P19, 470 m...

US to act as a global head

US President Joe Biden believes it is in the world’s best interest for the US to act as a global leader.

“What he sees time and again is that ... when we’re not leading,” then another...

US to restore $235m aid to Palestinians

US PRESIDENT Joe Biden’s administration plans to restore $235m (£171m) of aid to Palestinians, that was cut by Donald Trump.

Two-thirds will go to the UN Relief and Works Agency for P...

Alibaba fined $2.75 billion for anti-monopoly violations in China

AN ANTI-monopoly probe in China found that Alibaba Group Holding Ltd had violated the government’s anti-monopoly law, slapping a record 18 billion yuan ($2.75 billion) fine on the e-commerce...

ERC HEARS DEAL ON ISLAND POWER

THE Bantayan Island Power Supply Agreement under Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) Case No. 2020-032 is now in the final stages of the hearings.

Power Advocate Romeo “Butch” Junia sa...

Coalition holds Black Saturday protest

THE Power for People (P4P) Coalition-Cebu held a protest last April 3, 2021, which was Black Saturday, to condemn the continuous use of coal and expensive electricity rates in Cebu, which dri...

SEC-Cebu warns vs BitExpress bitcoin trading

THE Securities and Exchange Commission-Cebu Extension Office warns the public against investing their hard-earned money with bitcoin trading company BitExpress and engaging with Melvin John Ball...

Infected with Covid-19

The itch in the throat and dry cough would not stop early that morning. I felt a dull headache. But I was never sure because I had no fever. I was able to bring my check to the bank for enc...

OPEC+ to Ease Restrictions on Oil Production in May

Major oil producers unexpectedly stepped up their oil production for the next three months by 2 million barrels per day, or about 2% of global consumption, despite the threat of a new wave of c...