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CEBU CITY— The Cebu Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCCI) with its newly-elected president Charles Kenneth Co hopes for a more competitive Cebu and is very optimistic that the business community here can recover well from all the challenges and adversities that negatively affected the economic performance of the business sector during the pandemic, typhoon Odette and now with the escalating oil prices in the global market due to the Ukraine-Russia conflict.

MANDAUE CITY — Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO) Secretary Martin Andanar led the groundbreaking for the P300 million Visayas Media Hub (VMH) on Thursday, Feb. 24 in Barangay Subangdaku, Mandaue City.

SAN FRANCISCO, Camotes Island — The San Francisco Hospitality Association (SFHA) in Camotes Island is now massively preparing for the expected influx of visitors, tourists and guests as 80 percent of the town’s hotels/resorts, homestays, restaurants and beaches are now opened since September 2021.

CEBU CITY – The completion of the 8.5-kilometer Cebu-Cordova Link Expressway (CCLEX) project is nearing its homestretch.

TAGBILARAN CITY – A foam party fashion show held in a resort in Panglao, Bohol early this month was condemned by the public and the Church for indecent exposure and breaching health protocols amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

LAPULAPU CITY – The Mactan-Cebu International Airport (MCIA) has received accreditation from the Airports Council International-Airport Health Accreditation (ACI-AHA) in recognition of the health and safety measures implemented in its Terminals 1 and 2.

The Department of Agriculture-Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (DA-BFAR-7) has set aside over P79.1 million for livelihood projects and activities that were implemented under the Special Area for Agricultural Development (SAAD) program over the last three consecutive years that benefitted over 2,000 fisherfolks and 157 fishermen’s organizations in Central Visayas.

BOHOL— The province of Bohol has imposed an absolute ban on the entry of live pigs, pork and processed-products from nearby Leyte and Southern Leyte due to the reported outbreak of African swine fever (ASF) in the area.

BOHOL – Even Governor Arthur Yap couldn’t believe his eyes when a well-built, 71-year-old fisherman was introduced to him as a Boholano boxer, who represented the Philippines in the 1968 Mexico Olympics.

Presidential Assistant for the Visayas Secretary Michael Dino has called on Filipinos to fight COVID-19 just like how Lapu-Lapu fought for freedom and independence in the Battle of Mactan and make this an inspiration to defeat the virus once and for all.

CEBU CITY – Presidential Communications Operations Office Secretary Martin Andanar welcomed the passage of the Media Workers Welfare Bill on third and final reading at the House of Representatives, a step closer to realizing a law that provides protection and additional benefits for members of the media.

CEBU CITY – The Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB-7)-Central Visayas inaugurated its new building on Gen. Echavez St., Barangay Lorega San Miguel, here, last Wednesday.

CEBU CITY – The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR)-Central Visayas (Region 7) apprehended a commercial fishing boat operator with eight crew members from Victorias City, Negros Occidental for encroaching in the municipal waters off Madridejos, Bantayan Island, Cebu last Jan. 17.

CEBU CITY – At least two million Filipinos from this city, and other major cities in the country, will be vaccinated against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) by April.

The Department of Agriculture (DA-7)-Central Visayas distributed cash and food subsidy vouchers to 9,492 qualified marginal farmers in the region amounting to P47,460,000 at P5,000 each farmer for the first release for 2021 as part of the government’s assistance during this pandemic time.

Cebu City, through an executive memorandum from mayor Edgar Labella, encouraged the public to start 2021 right by planting varieties of ornamentals, forest and fruit trees, herbal plants, others at backyards and spaces around the house as the City Agriculture Department (CAD) offers free seedlings and planting materials.

The Department of Education-Tanjay City Division tapped the San Julio Agrarian Reform Beneficiary Cooperative (ARBC), a farmer cooperative in Tanjay City, Negros Oriental engaged in dairy carabao milk production and processing as its partner in the school-base milk feeding program and is expected to supply milk packs intended for the schoolchildren of Tanjay City.

CEBU CITY – The Department of Agriculture in Central Visayas (DA-7) called for heightened public vigilance and more stringent border measures in all ports in the region following the official declaration of African swine fever (ASF) infestation in Region 8, the first case of ASF in the Visayas.