Postpone May 2022 elections: Espina

FORMER Cebu City Councilor Erik Espina said Congress has still time to postpone the May 2022 election for at least three years because of Corona Virus Disease (Covid-19) pandemic.

Espin...

Globe Business empowers SMEs

EVERY business that has survived and beaten the pandemic odds carries an inspiring story of creativity, grit, and resilience worthy of recognition.

By capturing and telling these stories...

Pacquiao’s gamble

Senator Manny Pacquiao could have left for the Errol Spence fight without answering the challenge hurled by President Rodrigo Duterte on corruption. But the Pacman would appear a wimp. Done...

Corruption

The current tiff between President Rodrigo Roa Duterte and Sen. Manny Pacquiao has pushed corruption as a major issue in the coming elections.

Pres. Duterte has not denied the existence...

Massive ransomware attack potentially hit 1,000 businesses

A ransomware attack on a US IT company potentially targeted 1,000 businesses, researchers said Saturday (Jul 3), with one of Sweden’s biggest supermarket chains revealing it had to temporaril...

Cebuano governors of Davao province

It was not only Antonio Minoza, the Municipal President of Argao, Cebu that migrated to Davao after having been appointed in 1917 as Deputy Governor of the Department of Mindanao and Sulu but m...

Manny Pacquiao for president?

“I’m a politician. All politicians are dreaming of a higher position,” quipped Manny Pacquiao.

A two-year break from boxing has left Philippine legend Manny Pacquiao “hungry” to get ba...

Urgent need for economic reform, protection of all workers (2)

PH maintains lower-middle-income status amid pandemic

THE Philippines remained a lower-middle-income economy after a coronavirus pandemic pulled the economy down last year, according to the World Bank.

The country’s gross national income (GNI...

Cooperatives to rebound from Covid pandemic

INDUSTRY stakeholders expressed optimism on the recovery of different cooperatives in the country that will help address unemployment and poverty amid the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) p...

K-12 graduates seen as vehicle for digitalization of rice farming

Diesel, gas prices up for 6th straight week; kerosene down

OIL firms have announced adjustments in diesel and gasoline prices, marking the sixth consecutive week of increases, and a reduction in kerosene prices effective Tuesday.

In separate st...

BIR collects nearly P1B from firms with Tax Code violations

THE Bureau of Internal Revenue announced on Monday its nearly P1-billion tax collection from commercial establishments found violating various provisions of the Tax Code during the first five m...

Department of Energy admits higher future rate hikes

THE Department of Energy (DOE) said the 20-day Malampaya preventive maintenance shutdown scheduled in October this year will spark higher rate hikes toward the close of the year.

Energy...

Government efforts to boost e-commerce in PH cited

AN EXECUTIVE of a logistics integrator has recognized the government’s efforts to boost digitalization of processes that spur businesses’ capacities and increase opportunities amidst the pandem...

Cebu City expects P3.2B IRA in 2022

CEBU City expects a larger internal revenue allotment (IRA) from the national government in 2022 as the Mandanas Ruling by the Supreme Court takes effect.

The Mandanas Ruling increases t...

Cebu City to open 7 more vax sites soon

CEBU City is anticipating more people to get themselves vaccinated against COVID-19. As a result, the city is set to open at least seven more vaccination centers soon.

Upland barangays now open to getting vaccinated

SINCE Cebu City conducted its vaccination against coronavirus disease 2019 in the city’s upland barangays, the acceptance of the residents of the vaccines has improved.

Cebu City’s Vacc...

LGU intervention in MCWD needed: Daluz

FORMER Cebu City Councilor Joey Daluz said that when he assumed as chairman of Metropolitan Cebu Water District (MCWD), he found out that there must be intervention by the Local Government U...

Court ditches plea for preliminary injunction vs Labella

A TRIAL court judge in Cebu City has denied the plea for the issuance of a preliminary injunction against the termination of former members of the board of the Metropolitan Cebu Water Distric...

Vendors return to sell on the sidewalks

MORE than 600 vendors were allowed to return to sell on Cebu City’s sidewalks after they were ordered to cease from selling in 2019 by the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) o...

Rep. Tutor calls on Congress to priotize transportation safety bill

BOHOL 3rd district Rep. Alexie Besas-Tutor has urged her colleagues at the House of Representatives to prioritize the passage of bills on transportation safety in the wake of crashes of PAF C-...

Guv presents Bohol situation to New York-based Fil-Am media

GOV. Arthur Yap presented on Wednesday, June 30, 2021, the situation of Bohol amid the Covid-19 pandemic in a virtual interaction with the Fil-Am Press Club of New York (FAPCN), according to a r...

SP okays BALA honoraria budget

VICE Gov. Rene Relampagos recognized the effort of the Barangay Livestock Aides (BALA) in ensuring food security in the province.

Thus, during the last regular session of the Sangguniang...

Yap meets Telco players to find solutions re slow internet

GOV. Arthur Yap on Monday, July 5, 2021, met with officials of telecommunication companies (Telco) to talk about how to improve the internet speed and connectivity in the province, according to...

U.S. economy adds 850,000 jobs last month

THE U.S. economy gained 850,000 jobs in June and the unemployment rate rose to 5.9 percent, from 5.8 percent, a sign that the recovery of the world’s largest economy is building momentum after...

US adds Turkey to list of countries implicated in use of child soldiers

THE United States on Thursday added Turkey to a list of countries that are implicated in the use of child soldiers over the past year, placing a NATO ally for the first time in such a list, i...

Jeff Bezos steps down as Amazon boss

IN 2004, Jeff Bezos and his technical adviser Colin Bryar drove together to the city of Tacoma, an hour south of Seattle in Washington State. At that time Amazon was a multi-billion dollar co...

Petrol hits highest price in nearly eight years

ESCALATING fuel bills, driven by the rising price of oil, means the cost of filling up a 55-litre family car has risen £10 since last November, according to a motoring organization.

Pe...

AFP HAILED FOR GIRL’S RESCUE

FORMER Department of National Defense Secretary Gilbert “Gibo” Teodoro has congratulated the Philippine Army for rescuing a 13-yearold girl from the terrorists who trained her as a suicide bo...

Private schools must get Special Permit for early opening of classes

THE Department of Education (DepEd) 7 said private schools and non-DepEd schools in the region must secure a special permit from DepEd 7 to be allowed to start their classes ahead of the genera...

LTO 7 provides clients free high-speed internet

THE Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) completed the installation of the free high-speed internet at the Land Transportation Office (LTO) 7 Malasakit Service Center...

5 Cebu biz firms awarded safety seal for protocol compliance

AT LEAST five business establishments were awarded the Safety Seal certification in separate ceremonies on Wednesday, June 23, 2021.

The safety seals were awarded to the Cebu Link Join...

Leni support group sets Cebu launch on July 2

THE organizing committee of the Cebu chapter of the LENI Tanging Pag-asa 2022 will officially launch this July 2 in Mandaue City.

The launch will happen in a vacant lot across the old ho...