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 per kilo or a reduction of about P7 per kilo compared to its cost in 2018 when the per kilo retail...
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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...
TUPAD workers receive 4.5-M in wages from DOLE
CLOSE to a thousand workers in Cebu lately received their wages under the Tulong Panghanapbuhayan sa ating Disadvantaged/Displaced Workers (TUPAD) of the Department of Labor and Employment (DO...
NZ, CCCI partner to empower solo mothers through technology
THE New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Cebu Chamber of Commerce and Industry joined hands in implementing information and communications technology (ICT) and life skills training f...
14 private schools in CV mull face-to-face graduation
THE Department of Education (DepEd) 7 revealed that a total of 14 private schools in Central Visayas sent requests to allow them to conduct faceto-face graduation ceremonies this June to mark t...
LTO 7 gets additional 2 New Registration Units, first in 8 years
AFTER 8 long years, Land Transportation Office (LTO) 7 under the leadership of Regional Director Victor Emmanuel Caindec has secured approval from LTO Central Office to open two additional Ne...
3 private groups to join SEC Cebu in CAMPAIGN Network launch today
THE Securities and Exchange Commission-Cebu Extension Office (SEC-CEO) has secured the commitment of three groups for the SEC Cebu CAMPAIGN Network.
Together with the other eight SEC e...
Marcos 2
The elite in the Philippines has never relinquished its hold on politico-economic power. After 50 years of American tutelage, the Filipino elite instituted a two-party system that regulated the...
BBM-Sara victory?
It will take a lot of convincing on the part of the Commission on Elections (COMELEC). The conduct of the counting left disbelieving a large segment of the population, including crucial busines...
Musk Pauses Twitter Deal
Elon Musk’s $44 billion acquisition of Twitter is on hold, according to the Tesla CEO and billionaire, due to the level of fake accounts. However, the details Musk is citing as the reason hav...
Marriages Over Troubled Waters
Success not only in a career is one of the major aspirations of many. A successful marriage can help promote peace, well-being, and the general experience of a flourishing life. As life becom...
The election tale
The people have spoken and it is time for us to move on and leave politics behind and work for the betterment of this country.
With Bongbong Marcos leading at 31,103,711 as against Len...
Messages from Bongbong
After the election last May 9, 2022, the office of President-elect Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. has sent me a series of press releases that I think are informative and the people can feel...
Inflation a ‘headache’ for next leader
THE incoming Philippine president will need to treat inflation as a top economic priority. The prolonged pandemic has widened income disparity in the Philippines and increased unemployment.
NFA cuts loss under Rice Tariffication Law
THE National Food Authority (NFA) decreased its net loss last year after redefining its functions under the Rice Tariffication Law (RTL), the Department of Finance (DoF) reported.
he NF...
Marcos asset sales this year to generate cash
THE Presidential Commission on Good Government (PCGG) during the first quarter of 2022 again failed to dispose of any assets related to alleged ill-gotten wealth of dictator Ferdinand Marcos an...
Duterte to Marcos admin transition begins
THE outgoing Duterte and incoming Marcos Jr. administrations have jump-started their transition talks. Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez III said on Tuesday, just a day after the presidential...
Investors may sour on future PPP projects in PHL
THE government faces another international arbitration claim, this time stemming from the delayed implementation of fare adjustments for the Light Rail Transit Line 1 (LRT-1).
Analysts...
MCWD turns to desalinated water to address supply shortage
The Metro Cebu Water District (MCWD) is considering the possibility of buying desalinated water to address the gap between its current supply and the actual demand of consumers in its franchis...
Vaccination resumes in Cebu City
ELECTIONS finally over, vaccination against COVID-19 has resumed in Cebu City Health Department in different vaccination sites. CHD officer-in-charge, Dr. Jeffrey Ibones, said they are resumi...
Candidates must help rid city of campaign posters
ALL candidates in the recently concluded National and Local Elections are urged to help rid the city of their campaign materials. Atty. Jigo Dacua, head of the Cebu City Department of Public...
PDP-BARUG TEAM RAMA PROCLAMATION
THE QUEEN CITY OF THE SOUTH The Commission on Election City Board of Canvassers proclaimed the winning candidates of the May 9, 2022 Elections for Cebu City at the Social Hall, Cebu City Hall.&nb...
Cebu City to distribute P277M in cash aid
THE Cebu City Government is set to release a total of P277 million in financial assistance beginning Friday, May 13, 2022, four days after the national and local elections.
Mare Vae Rey...
Budlaan most outstanding lupon in Cebu City
THE Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) has named Barangay Budlaan as the barangay with the “Most Outstanding Lupong Tagapamayapa” among Cebu City’s 80 barangays.
The...
New city soon to rise within Mandaue City
MANDAUE City will soon transform into a world-class city in the future with the Global City Mandaue project, which is a master-planned reclamation with a land area spanning 101 hectares along t...
Mandaue City completes cash aid distribution to PWDs
AFTER the lifting of the election ban, the Mandaue City government has completed the distribution of financial assistance to 4,738 persons with disability (PWD) in the 27 barangays od the city...
MCIA notes 233% growth in foreign passengers for Q1 2022
THE Mactan-Cebu International Airport (MCIA), the country’s second-busiest gateway, has noted an improvement in passenger, air, and cargo traffic during the first quarter of 2022.
Based...
Turkey’s inflation jumps to 69.9%
TURKEY’S annual inflation jumped to a two-decade high of 69.97% in April, according to data on Thursday, fuelled by the Russia-Ukraine conflict and rising energy and commodity prices after last...
US FDA limits use of J&J Covid vaccine
THE United States said Thursday that only adults who “have personal concerns” about mRNA vaccines, access issues, or medical reasons for refusing them can now receive the Johnson & Johnso...
Japan to take time phasing out Russian oil imports
JAPAN will take time to phase out Russian oil imports after agreeing on a ban with other Group of Seven (G7) nations to counter Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said...
Worst energy-prices surge since ’73 alarms World Bank
GREATER regional cooperation and efforts to boost supply are needed to combat the worst surge in energy prices since the 1973 oil price spike, according to economists from the World Bank.
COMELEC-KBP SETS FORUM ‘22
THE Kapisanan ng mga Brodkasters ng Pilipinas (KBP) has agreed with the Commission on Election (COMELEC) to organize a nationwide radio and television forum to enable the presidential and vice...
Tabuelan ABC president charged for child abuse
THE mother of a minor has filed a complaint of child abuse at the Office of the Deputy Ombudsman for the Visayas and sought the preventive suspension of the ABC president of Tabuelan town who m...
VP Leni to empower ‘the last, the least, and the lost'
VICE President Leni Robredo says she will use her office’s experience with its flagship Angat Buhay program to help achieve her campaign promise of a better life for all Filipinos.
CLOSE to a thousand workers in Cebu lately received their wages under the Tulong Panghanapbuhay sa ating Disadvantaged/Displaced Workers (TUPAD) of the Department of Labor and Employment amoun...
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Tigers have striped skin not just striped fur.
Only one person in two billion will live to be 116 or older.
A typical bed usually houses over 6 billion dust mites.
The sentence: “The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog” uses every letter of the alphabet. Apples are more efficient at waking you up in the morning than caffeine.
Thirty-five percent of the people who use personal ads for dating are already married. It’s impossible to sneeze with your eyes open. Butterflies taste with their feet. Elephants are the only animals that can’t jump.
A snail can sleep for three years. The flea can jump 350 times its body length. It is physically impossible for pigs to look up at the sky. The king of hearts is the only king without a mustache.
Owls are the only birds who can see the color blue.
Los Angeles’s full name is “El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora la Reinade los Angeles de Porciuncula”
It is possible to lead a cow upstairs but not downstairs.
It is impossible to lick your elbow.
“Dreamt” is the only English word that ends in the letters “mt”.
The only 15 letter word that can be spelled without repeating a letter is uncopyrightable.
A duck’s quack doesn’t echo
The word “Checkmate” in chess comes from the Persian phrase “Shah Mat,” which means “the king is dead.”
A crocodile can’t stick its tongue out.
The dot over the letter ‘i’ is called a tittle.
A shrimp’s heart is in its head.
The longest recorded flight of a chicken is 13 seconds.
There was once an undersea post office in the Bahamas.
Walt Disney was afraid of mice.
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