Full completion of Cebu City connector roads and bridges by Jan. 15

CEBU City Councilor Jerry Guardo said that all the three connector roads and bridges from South Road Properties (SRP) to Barangays Mambaling, Basak-San Nicolas and Inayawan in Cebu City will...

Urban gardening as tourism attraction

THE Cebu City tourism office plans to showcase urban gardening as part of the city’s “experimental” approach to tourism this year. Councilor Jocelyn Pesquera, who heads the city tourism commiss...

Cebu City’s Champ eyes more partner hospitals

THE Cebu City Hospitalization and Medicine Program (Champ) is eyeing to tie up with more private hospitals to widen its health services for the public. Champ head Jojo Lingaolingao said they o...

Sinulog sa Kabataan stays in CCSC

ELMER ‘Jojo’ Labella, chairperson of the Sinulog Foundation Inc. (SFI) confirmed that the venue for the Sinulog sa Kabataan will be the CCSC. “By January 8, the Sinulog sa Kabataan will be at...

Hotels in Cebu ‘almost full’ with Sinulog now back

HOTELS and other accommodation establishments in Cebu City are starting to experience full occupancy once again now that the Sinulog Festival has resumed this year after a two-year break due t...

City to address ‘muddy condition’ of new Sinulog Grand Parade venue

THE Cebu City Government will ask its official contractor to make improvements at the site at the South Road Properties (SRP) to ensure that the viewing experience of spectators won’t be hampere...

WTE facility to be built in Brgy Guba

THE country’s first largescale waste-to-energy (WTE) facility will be built in the mountain barangay of Guba in Cebu City.

The seven-hectare property was chosen by the New Sky Energy Ph...

Retail sector optimistic amid rising inflation

CEBU, Philippines — Despite the continued threat of rising inflation, the retail industry is poised to see gains for 2023, owing to the further easing of restrictions, and the apparent revenge...

Chan to drainage contractor: Finish project or I’ll sue you

LAPU-Lapu City Mayor Junard “Ahong” Chan warned the contractor of the drainage project on Ibabao-Agus road that he would file a case against them. This is after the mayor has found out that t...

Capitol to grant financial subsidy to SFI, Cebu contingents

THE Cebu Provincial Government will be providing financial subsidies to local governments that will join in the Sinulog Festival. It would also grant P12 million in financial assistance to the...

Local farmers urged to plant more vegies

REGIONAL Executive Director Joel Elumba of the Department of Agriculture in Central Visayas (DA-7) has encouraged farmers to produce more vegetables since local supply, especially in Cebu City...

LCPO security measures all set for traslacion

POLICE Colonel Elmer Lim, chief of Lapu-Lapu City Police Office (LCPO) announced that they have started preparing the security measures to be implemented during the traslacion of the image of...

Cesafi Esports League resumes this weekend

THE Cebu Schools Athletic Foundation Inc. (Cesafi) ESports League (CEL) will resume this weekend, January 7-8, 2023, at the Cebu Institute of Technology-University (CIT-U) Wildcats Innolab.

James Go grabs P19.7 million PLDT shares

Bilyonaryo James Go joined the bargain hunting of PLDT Inc. (TEL) shares a week after its bombshell report on P48 billion overspending. The TEL director bought 15,000 shares at P1,3812 eac...

Gokongweis acquire additional 4.4% stake in BPI

Robinsons Retail Holdings Inc. (RRHI) will purchase additional shares in Ayala-led Bank of the Philippine Islands, increasing the Gokongwei Group’s interest in the lender to 10.4 percent.

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Pray for Resilience

It’s now 2023 and though I wish everyone a happy new year, I most especially wish that we all pray for resilience in the face of challenges heading our way.

The last three years were d...

UAE warns of New Year 2023 cyber-attack

The UAE Cybersecurity Council has warned public and private institutions, as well as individuals, of the risk of cyber-attacks, especially during the New Year celebrations and the holiday seas...

The “endo” issue and precarious work under BBM

Legal restrictions and violations of trade union rights, such as the right to organize and to bargain collectively are widespread. This affects trade unions’ ability to organize, to represent a...

Flotation of Bond for Medium Rise Building (MRB)

I met Mayor Mike Rama in our Barug Party gathering and he was very emphatic of the city’s desire to house more than twenty thousand structures that will be displaced by the implementation of th...

Have You Been Dancing As Fast As You Can?

If you are an animal, what would you be and why? Have you ever been asked this question in your lifetime? This is a question that is asked during job interviews, pageants, team building exercis...

Marcos suspends PhilHealth contribution hike

THE scheduled hike in Philippine Health Insurance Corp (PhilHealth) contribution will not push through this year, according to a memorandum released by Malacañang, citing an order by Presiden...

Inflation seen dropping in January

INFLATION will likely start to fall this month, with crude prices back to preRussia-Ukraine war, according to the latest issue of The Market Call. This bodes well for the local equities market...

Ph top 1000 corporations bounce back in 2021

THE Philippines’ top 1,000 corporations bounced back in 2021, with their combined gross revenues hitting P13.44 trillion as the economy slowly recovered from the coronavirus pandemic.

Strong peso softens rise in gov’t debt

THE strengthening of the peso against the US dollar in November helped soften the rise in government debt. Based on the Bireau of Treasury report on Tuesday, Jan. 3, the outstanding debt of...

Edu subsidy to 10,000 children of GSIS members

THE Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) said 10,000 children of members qualified for financial aid for academic year (AY) 2022 to 2023. The pension fund for civil servants said Thursda...

DSWD eyes resumption of cash aid to individuals in crisis

THE Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) on Tuesday said it may resume the distribution of aid under its Assistance to Individuals in Crisis Situations (AICS) program within two w...

SIM cards registered with PTEs hit 11.219M as of Jan. 2

OVER 11.219 million SIM cards have been registered as of January 2, 2023 — the sixth day of the effectivity of the implementing rules and regulations (IRR) of the SIM Card Registration Act, th...

Hayco eyes world record for largest gymnastics hoops workout

NEWLY-appointed PSC commissioner Edward Hayco is eyeing another Guinness World Record for Cebu. This time, he is setting his sights on a world record for having the Largest Gymnastics Hoops Wor...

Young Cebuano karter leaves to conquer Europe in 2023

CEBUANO international karting phenom William John Riley “The Will to Win” Go will return to Europe later this month to continue his flourishing young career in karting.

The 14-year-old...

MCWD seeks minimal water tariff adjustment to sustain operation

IN ORDER to sustain its operation, the Metropolitan Cebu Water District (MCWD) is seeking a minimal water tariff adjustment which is expected to be implemented on July 1, 2023. At present MCWD...

Canada bans most foreigners from buying homes

A BAN on foreigners buying residential property in Canada took effect on Sunday aiming to make more homes available to locals facing a housing crunch. Several exceptions in the act allow indiv...

China’s BRI greatly benefits Cambodia

CAMBODIAN Prime Minister Samdech Techo Hun Sen said here on Monday that the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) has provided a lot of tangible benefits to his country and other participating countr...

Croatia switches to euro

CROATIA rang in two historic changes with the new year, as the European Union’s (EU) youngest member joined both the EU’s border-free Schengen zone and the euro common currency, fulfilling lon...

SAPANG DALAGA LGU OBSTRUCTING GOV’T PROJECT

A CONTRACTOR is seeking the assistance of Senator Raffy Tulfo after he accused the Local Government Unit (LGU) of Sapang Dalaga, Misamis Occidental of disrupting the ongoing projects of the D...