Shipping hit by less passengers, cargoes but higher fuel prices

AN OFFICIAL of Roble Shipping Corporation said that it is unfortunate that while there is less passengers and cargoes at this time of Covid-19 pandemic, fuel prices keep on increasing.

Duterte signs law mandating coop officers

REP. BENJAMIN Canama of Coop NATCCO Party-List is happy that President Rodrigo Duterte has signed into law RA 11535 last April 13, 2021 mandating all Local Government Units (LGUs) to appoint th...

VECO to renegotiate contracts with power suppliers

TO REDUCE power rates in Cebu, the Visayan Electric Co. (VECO) will be holding a Competitive Selection Process (CSP) for power supply agreements and renegotiate contracts with some of its pow...

Rama clarifies Carbon modernization issues

CEBU City Vice Mayor Michael “Mike” Rama has issued a public statement dated April 18, 2021 to clarify issues once again regarding the controversial Carbon Market modernization program.

Is he dumb or out of touch?

Did supporters of President Rodrigo Duterte find it dumb when he admitted the lack of vaccines in the Philippines? The president, during his talk to the nation on April 15, 2021, said the on...

Open the Economy or Vaccines?

Government officials talk about opening the economy like a magic pill to address the crisis our country faces. President Rodrigo Roa Duterte looked like he had no clue about the wisdom of easi...

Third Covid vaccine dose likely needed within a year

Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla said people will “likely” need a booster dose of a Covid-19 vaccine within 12 months of getting fully vaccinated. He said it is possible people will need to get vacci...

President Sergio Osmeña’s appointees in Samar (Part IV)

Don Sergio Suico Osmena Sr. was the only Cebuano who became the Liberator President and rebuilt the country by appointing officials to govern the local government units. He made the Provincia...

Second Bike Thru Experience

On April 17, 2021, the Sugbo Bike Lanes conducted another Bike Thru Experience with Councilors Jerry Guardo, the Chairman of the City Council’s Committee on Public Works, and Councilor Dondon Ho...

Between truth and lies: Infiltration and red-tagging

Tripartism and social dialogue are keys in maintaining industrial peace. Thus, the government through the Department of Labor and  Employment (DOLE) along with other national government...

US to extend more economic assistance to PH

AS THE US and the Philippines mark their 75 years of diplomatic relations, the US government pledged to continue extending economic assistance to the Philippines in the form of grants for infras...

EO 127 allows banks to set up own satellites

BANGKO Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) Governor Benjamin E. Diokno is proposing to allow banks to set up their own satellite broadband for its digital or branchless operations.

On March 10, P...

Phoenix offers affordable LPG canisters

INDEPENDENT player Phoenix Petroleum Philippines Inc. has offered more affordable liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) canisters for lower income consumers amid the lingering pandemic.

Phoenix...

Welcome the new MV Trans-Asia 21

MV Trans-Asia 21 (TA 21), the new vessel of Chelsea Logistics and Infrastructure Holdings Corp. has completed its sea trial in Fukuoka, Japan, marking the company’s new investment amid the coro...

Thin summer power supply forecasted

THE National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) warns of the impending thin power supply in the Luzon grid from April to August 2021.

This is due to multiple power plants on ext...

Basilica, image of Snr. Sto. Niño declared National Cultural Treasures

THE National Historical Commission of the Philippines (NHCP) 2021, led the ceremonial unveiling of the markers declaring the Basilica Minore del Sto. Niño de Cebu and the image of Snr. Sto. Ni...

Cebu City mulls possibility of C Peso cryptocurrency

CITY Mayor Edgardo Labella signed a Memorandum of Understanding with C Pass Inc. to conduct a feasibility study for the use of C Peso in the remittance and payment system for the public transa...

Mayor Ahong Chan recommends allowing entry of foreign tourists

LAPU-LAPU City Mayor Junard “Ahong” Chan will recommend to the Inter-Agency Task Force on the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATFMEID) to allow foreign tourists to enter the city to...

Bohol beneficiaries receive CLOAs from DAR

SIXTY-SIX agrarian reform beneficiaries finally received their certificates of land ownership award (CLOAs) on Friday, April 16 from Agrarian Reform Secretary John R. Castriciones.

The...

Smart gives free pocket wifi to students

SMART Communications, Inc. gave 300 pocket Wifi devices to high school and college students and youth organizations in Bohol province on Friday.

Maryknoll Daniel Romerde, customer deve...

New Tagbilaran City port terminal inaugurated

THE Department of Transportation (DOTr) inaugurated the passenger terminal at the Port of Tagbilaran on Wednesday, April 14.

DOTr said the building, which is within the Passenger Terminal...

Mass legal action against Facebook over data leak

FACEBOOK users whose data was compromised by a massive data leak are urged to take legal action against the tech giant.

About 530 million people had some personal information leaked, in...

Turkey to send a delegation to Egypt as it seeks to repair ties

TURKEY’S Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said it will send a delegation to Egypt led by its deputy foreign minister in early May, as Ankara ramps up a push to repair strained ties with Cairo...

Iran starts enriching uranium to 60% purity

THE International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), the U.N. nuclear watchdog, confirmed that Iran has started the process of enriching uranium to 60% fissile purity at an above-ground nuclear plant...

IRR ON SENIORS READY: QUIJANO

SECRETARY Franklin Quijano of the National Commission for Senior Citizens (NCSC) said the Implementing Rules and Regulation (IRR) of Republic Act (RA) 11350 creating his agency is already fini...

Meralco case affects Veco, customers

POWER Advocate Romeo “Butch” Junia said that a case against Manila Electric Company (MERALCO) that he is now intervening has profound effect on the Visayan Electric Company (VECO) and its cust...

Vermicomposting project gets DOLE’s support

THE Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) gave P500,000 in livelihood assistance to a group of farmers in Dumanjug, Cebu for vermicomposting or the use of earthworms to convert organic was...

AirAsia partners with HRRAC

AIRASIA Philippines has partnered with Cebu’s hotel and restaurant operators in an effort to help encourage tourism in the province, making it now the corporate airline partner of the Hotel Re...

Local economy collapses with millions jobless, micro firms bankrupt

BUSINESSMAN Rey E. Calooy of the Filipino Cebuano (FilCeb) Business Club said our local economy has collapsed sending millions of Filipinos jobless and micro firms bankrupt.

Calooy, an...

Lockdown in Metro Manila affects economy: Philip Tan

BUSINESSMAN Philip N. Tan said the country’s economy is affected by the continued lock down in Metro Manila considering that the bulk of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is there.

Tan, form...

Mandaue ready with community vaccination center

MANDAUE City is now ready to undertake community vaccinations for COVID-19 with the successful pilot testing of the first community vaccination center in Cebu held last April 8.

The pil...

Digong’s disappearance?

The bashing of Vice President Leni Robredo by the DDS cabal since 2016 turned out harsh, false, and unrelentless. Many analysts practically left Leni on the wayside. But Leni persisted with t...

What was Duterte hiding from?

After a disappearing act of two weeks, President Rodrigo Duterte returns angry at detained senator Leila de Lima for allegedly questioning his state of health. In a prerecorded briefing on the...

Cryptocurrency Market Surpasses $2 Trillion

The combined market cap of all cryptocurrencies hit $2 trillion for the first time Monday, making cryptocurrency approximately as valuable as Apple, the second-largest company in the world. D...