Target 2M spectators for Sinulog Festival 2023

CEBU City Councilor Phillip Zafra is expecting at least a two-million crowd to witness the Sinulog Grand Parade 2023 at the South Road Properties (SRP) on Sunday, January 15. Zafra, chairman...

Intensified Cebu City tourism campaign in 2023

THE Cebu City Tourism Office is proposing a budget of P34.9 million for its operations next year, an increase from the P16.8 million allocation for 2022, according to a report.

Tourism...

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LIFESTYLE CHECK FOR CH WORKERS SOON

Cebu City Mayor Michael Rama is pursuing a lifestyle check among City Hall On several occasions in the past the mayor had been asking in pas...

Tax increase approved in principle

THE Cebu City Council has approved in principle the proposed increase in real property taxes to ensure the city government has enough money to fund Mayor Michael Rama’s P50-billion annual budg...

Surprise drug test for Cebu City Market employees

A TOTAL of 252 personnel from 10 public markets in Cebu City were subjected to a surprise drug test on Tuesday morning, December 13, 2022. Wynne Cenas, Cebu City Market Administrator, said th...

Lusaran water treatment facility now fully operational

CEBU’S water supply problem is expected to lessen, following the full operation of the JE Hydro and Bio-Energy Corporation’s Lusaran water treatment facility at Sitio Proper, Lusaran, Cebu City....

Carcar names street after Fr. ‘Paking’ Silva

THE Carcar City Government named a street after the late Rev. Fr. Francisco “Paking” Garces Silva who had served as general manager of Cebu Electric Cooperative (Cebeco).

The street nam...

DA-7 holds Kadiwa sa Pasko at Mandaue

THE Department of Agriculture in Central Visayas office in Barangay Maguikay, Mandaue City, held an event called “Kadiwa sa Pasko” on Monday, Dec. 12, selling NFA rice at P25 a kilo as well a...

Quincentennial marker on Ponson Island in Pilar town

A HISTORICAL marker provided by the National Historical Commission of the Philippines (NHCP) has been installed on Ponson Island in Pilar town. It is located at the border of Barangays Lower P...

MCWD union elects new president

THE Metropolitan Cebu Water District (MCWD) Employees Union (MEU) elected Sammy Suson as the new president. The MEU has 510 members who are regular employees of MCWD but only 470 employees voted...

LLC Lone District Rep invites Turkish tourists to visit Cebu

LAPU-LAPU City Lone District Representative Cindi King-Chan has invited Turkish tourists to visit Cebu, particularly the city, being a tropical island paradise. Chan was one of the Philippine...

Lighting Christmas trees of hope

VARIOUS local government units in Cebu have already started to light Christmas trees and other decorations in their town plazas to mark the start of their Yuletide Season’s celebration. In Mingla...

In Cordova senior citizens not enrolled in the DSWD pension program, to receive P500 monthly aid

SENIOR Citizens in Cordova town, who were not enrolled in the Social Pension program of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), will now receive a P500 monthly financial assista...

Lopez firm buys unit of US healthcare provider

LOPEZ-LED First Philippine Holdings Corp. (FPH) has signed an agreement to acquire the local subsidiary of Medical Services of America, Inc. (MSA) as part of its expansion plans in the heal...

Nustar hotel resort site of 1st Louis Vuitton store outside Metro Manila

Billionaire Bernard Arnault, owner of the world’s largest luxury fashion group LVMH, is considering putting up a Louis Vuitton store outside Metro Manila. One of the spots being eyed is the N...

Defending the MIF

All along I was convinced that President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos will come out of his shell and put a stop on all talks, debates, taking sides and challenging the validity of the Maharlik...

Amazon Spanish on-site solar energy installation

Amazon unveiled in Dos Hermanas (Seville) its largest on-site solar energy installation in Europe. The fulfilment centre in southwest Spain has been fitted with more than 13,300 solar panels wit...

Additional tax for unproductive lands

Cebu Board Member Glenn Anthony Soco representing the 6th District and Mandaue City said that the Cebu Provincial Board is the one approving all ordinances and resolutions of component cities...

The clearing of the rivers

Dozens of makeshift structures encroaching on the three-meter easement along the Kinalumsan, Guadalupe and Lahug River in the Cebu City has been cleared by the City Government in an efforts t...

There Is No Shame in Needing Help

The main source of stress is fear and the best way to manage stress is through humility. What is your greatest fear? The fear of not being enough, not keeping up with expectations set by self...

Ex-cabinet execs join call to dump Maharlika Fund

FORMER Cabinet officials have backed opposers of the proposed Maharlika Wealth Fund (MWF) on grounds of its “lack of principles of prudential regulation and risk management, conflict-of-interes...

Govt execs warned vs accepting Xmas gifts

CIVIL Service Commission (CSC) Chairperson Karlo B. Nograles urged executives and public servants to not take tokens to avoid risk. “If there is a client or applicant, supplier or contractor, or...

PH asks Brazil to cut tariffs on coco products

Department of Agriculture (DA) said its high-ranking officials met with Brazilian diplomats to discuss agricultural cooperation between the Philippines and Brazil.

The discussions include...

Maharlika is sovereign debt, not wealth, fund

RETIRED Supreme Court Associate Justice Antonio Carpio on Monday called the proposed Maharlika Investment Fund a sovereign debt fund. The Philippines has been running huge budget deficits “fo...

Biz groups pitch bill criminalizing B2B bribery

BUSINESS organizations have proposed a measure to Congress which aims to criminalize bribery in the private sector. “It’s not yet a bill but we passed it to our potential champions in Congress...

RITM functions feared might be ‘chop-chopped’

THE Research Institute of Tropical Medicine (RITM) will be dissolved once the bill creating the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is finally passed into law, according to Senator...

Watsons launches Buy now pay later scheme

Drugstore chain Watsons and lending app Atome have partnered to offer a buy now pay later scheme for health and beauty products. Watsons customers can now tap Atome for “flexible deferred payment...

Up to 24 ‘gives’: GCash new buy now, pay later feature

GCash has launched a new “buy now, pay later” feature that allows Filipinos to pay for big-ticket items with a payment term of up to 24 “gives” or installments.

The new feature called GGi...

Meta Philippines highlights local businesses amid holiday shopping rush

Meta Philippines is helping businesses connect with consumers during the holiday season with its “Love Local” campaign, its country director John Rubio said on Wednesday.

At least 75 percen...

Dutch use bitcoin mining to grow tulips

TULIPS and bitcoin have both been associated with financial bubbles in their time, but in a giant greenhouse near Amsterdam the Dutch are trying to make them work together. Engineer Bert de G...

Ethiopia staggers from inflation

AFTER a decade of dynamic growth during the 2010s, Africa’s second most populous country has suffered multiple shocks, including the Covid-19 pandemic, a record drought, a two-year war in its...

Kazakhstan to restrain cryptocurrency mining

KAZAKHSTAN, one of the world’s leading locations for cryptocurrency mining, has moved to reel in the power-hungry industry that has often burdened the ageing energy grid of the Central Asian c...

LIBERALIZED TRADE OF RICE CUTS PRICE

THE Department of Finance (DOF) said the passage and implementation of the Rice Tariffication Law (RTL) in 2019 has slashed prices of the country’s staple food to the current average of P39 pe...

Veco, workers’ union sign 5-year CBA

THE management of Cebu’s biggest power distributor, Visayan Electric Co. (Veco), and its employees’ union have signed a 5-year collective bargaining agreement (CBA), marking a milestone for the...