Oil giant Shell to take $5bn hit by leaving Russia

Oil giant Shell has confirmed it will take a hit of up to $5bn (£3.8bn) from offloading its Russian assets as part of plans to withdraw from the country. The firm has pledged to no longer buy o...

Pain Changes Us

It has been raining the past days. Gloomy weather dampens the mood especially with news of flooding and landslide that had taken lives of people. It seemed not so long ago when we were ravaged...

Bail as a Matter of Right

Jurisprudence has recognized that the right to bail is cognate to the fundamental right to be presumed innocent. Bail is the security given for the release of a person in custody of the law. It...

Mike versus Margot

If we talk about the election period in Cebu City, political observers said the close fight for the mayorship is between incumbent Cebu City Mayor Michael “Mike” Rama and former Cebu City Coun...

DepEd receives $1M worth of IT equipment from ADB

THE Asian Development Bank on Tuesday said it turned over worth $1 million worth of tablets, solar-powered transistor radios, and other information technology equipment to the Department of Ed...

Gibo Teodoro bats for more PPP projects

FORMER Defense Secretary and senatorial bet Gilbert “Gibo” Teodoro hopes to revitalize the public-private partnership (PPP) program to continue building critical infrastructures across the cou...

DTI issues rules on energy consuming products

THE Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), through the Bureau of Philippine Standards (BPS), has issued a department order that provides the new technical regulation prescribing the mandatory...

Some nonprofit hospitals, schools to pay 25% income tax

PRIVATE schools and nonprofit hospitals may have to pay the 25% regular corporate income tax if their gross income from unrelated business activities exceeds 50% of the total income, the Bure...

Moody’s has stable outlook on PH, 14 banking systems

MOODY’S Investors Service announced on Monday that it has maintained a stable outlook on the majority of Asia Pacific (APAC) banking systems, including the Philippines.

In a release, th...

MCWD celebrates World Water Day with Barangay Looc kids

TO PROMOTE awareness on sanitation and clean environment, the Metropolitan Cebu Water District (MCWD) held a handwashing activity in Barangay Looc, Mandaue City on March 22 as part of the celebra...

Don’t buy Korean branded luncheon meat sold online

THE Cebu City Department of Veterinary Medicine and Fisheries (DVMF) is warning the public against buying a Korean brand of luncheon meat commonly called “Korean Spam” being sold online.

Gasolina Mo, Sagot Ko

THE Cebu City Government started distributing fuel discount cards to public utility vehicle (PUV) drivers on Friday, April 8, 2022. Around 30,000 PUV drivers have received their discount card...

Construction of church in protected area okayed

THE Cebu City Council has allowed the Iglesia Filipina Independiente to construct the Saint Anthony De Padua Church in Purok 2, Barangay Cambinocot.

Iglesia Filipina Independiente appli...

City intensifies vigilance this Holy Week

CEBU City is on heightened alert status starting Monday, for the observance of the Holy Week. Police Lt. Colonel Janett Rafter, operation branch chief of CCPO, said the 11 police stations in the ci...

Tagbilaran bishop urges voters not to sell their votes

TAGBILARAN Bishop Alberto Uy on Sunday, April 10, reminded the faithful not to accept money from election candidates.

“The Holy Week is a good time to make a promise that in the coming...

Corella: Top 1 Most Competitive Municipality in Bohol

THE Municipality of Corella was named by theDepartment of Trade and Industry (DTI)Top 1 Most Competitive Municipality in the entire Province of Bohol for the year 2021 under the 5th to 6th Class...

Sanggunian okays use of idle lands

THE Sangguniang Panlalawigan of Bohol (SP) has approved an ordinance that seeks to maximize the use of idle private and government-owned lands in the province for agri-fishery production.

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Russia will ‘go to court’ if declared in default

Elon Musk no longer joining Twitter board

ELON Musk is no longer joining the board of Twitter, the CEO of the social media company said late Sunday, in a reversal less than a week after announcing the Tesla chief would be appointed....

Australia to hold election on May 21

AUSTRALIAN Prime Minister Scott Morrison has called a federal election for 21 May. Mr. Morrison announced the date after talks with the Governor-General in the capital, Canberra.

“It’...

UK economic growth slows, manufacturing declines

BRITAIN’S economic growth slowed in February amid declines in the production of cars, computers, and chemicals. Gross domestic product increased just 0.1% from a month earlier, down from the...

LEADERS LEAVING DIGONG FOR LENI

A PROMINENT law professor said that President Rodrigo Duterte is now a lameduck chief executive of the Philippines and is now being abandoned by prominent leaders and society leaders to support...

Focus on food production: businessman

BUSINESS Leader Rey E. Calooy said that it is now time for local and national governments to focus on improving food production or even modernizing the agricultural sector so the country will su...

Operation Tulong of MBC a success: Padin

THE relief, feeding, and medical mission in Cebu by radio stations DZRH and DYRC of the Manila Broadcasting Company (MBC) was a big success, according to DYRC Station Manager Jovelyn Satinitig...

Metro-Cebu Public Savings Bank closed down

THE Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) has closed Metro-Cebu Public Savings Bank and placed it under the receivership of Philippine Deposit Insurance Corp. (PDIC).

The PDIC said in a w...

Contractor asks: Declare failure of CCMC bidding

A CONTRACTOR has asked the Cebu City Bids and Awards Committee to reverse the decision and declare as a failure the recent bidding of phase 4 of the Cebu City Medical Center (CCMC) for the la...

Soco proposes cap on loan interest rates

CEBU 6th District Board Member Glenn Anthony Soco has filed a proposed ordinance giving a cap on interest rates of loans under the Fair Lending Act of 2022.

The proposal if passed, wi...

Money circulating due to election campaign: Tan

BUSINESS Leader Philip N. Tan said that despite the health crisis and the devastation of Super Typhoon Odette, money is still circulating because of the campaign expenses of politicians for the...

Toxic

The toxicity of the social media discourse in 2016 by supporters of then Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte did not abate after the campaign. President Duterte fanned his supporters with his un...

Interesting Holy Week

Surveys influence. For instance, many supporters of former senator Ferdinand ‘Bongbong’ Marcos, the survey leader for several months now, believe he is already the winner. Election results othe...

Ukraine war to halve global trade growth

WTO boss Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala said that the Ukraine war has led the World Trade Organization (WTO) to cut its global trade growth forecast for this year. The previous 4.7% growth forecast has...

What Does A Woman Want?

Sigmund Freud said that for years he was able to answer a myriad of questions but one question had eluded him an answer. What does a woman want?

When I was young, I have always wondere...

Short List for Senators

Great Senators are the treasure of a country. They amaze the people with their great minds steering the policy of the nation. I can only recall with awe how the senators of this country the lik...

64 running for 12 Senate seats

The Commission on Election (COMELEC) said that there are 64 persons who are running for senator and only 12 of them are to be elected for the next half of the total Senate seats.

Unfort...