CEBU CITY – People of a barangay in Minglanilla, Cebu scored an important victory in their fight against a company they blamed for ground cracks in their area. The Regional Trial Court (RTC) Branch 76 in Naga City, Cebu has issued an ex-parte Temporary Environmental Protection Order (TEPO)...
CEBU CITY – Strict austerity measures will be enforced when the Philippines hosts the 48th Association of Southeast Asian Nations Summit and related meetings from May 6 to 8 in Lapu-Lapu City, Cebu. Maria Hellen de La Vega, director-general of the ASEAN National Organizing Council (NOC), said the...
CEBU CITY – Normal working schedules are back at the Cebu Provincial Capitol after Gov. Pamela Baricuatro issued an executive order (EO) lifting the four-day work week starting Monday, May 4. Baricuatro issued an EO last March imposing a compressed working schedule as part of the austerity...
CEBU CITY – A province-wide gun ban will be enforced as part of the strict security measures that will be enforced for the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Leaders’ Summit on May 7 and 8 in Lapu-Lapu City. The total gun ban will be in effect in the cities of...
CEBU CITY – An inmate was beaten up before he was found dead inside his cell at the Cebu City Jail in Barangay Kalunasan here. Dr. Rene Cam, medico legal officer of the National Bureau of Investigation-Central Visayas (NBI), said rape suspect Fernando Prajes bore severe injuries in the...
CEBU CITY – The Philippine Heart Association (PHA) Council on Heart Failure intensified its call to build a more accessible and responsive network of HF care around the country. The call was made during the Cebu leg of the PHA Heart Failure Caravan: An Educational Tour on Thursday, April 30, at...
CEBU CITY – While they are affected by rising fuel costs, workers of Oriental Port and Allied Services Corp. (Opascor) marked Labor Day with a festive celebration on Friday, May 1. Members of the Opascor Workers’ Union (OWU) and the Opascor Supervisory, Technical, and Responsible Alliance Union...
SANYA, China — From China’s southernmost haven to the Philippines’ Queen City of the South. There are still a few days left before the 6th Asian Beach Games come to a close here but the excitement for the next one is already palpable, especially for the Philippine delegation. That, after...
Cebu Pacific, the Philippines’ leading carrier, remains confident of being able to cruise through current turbulence in the fuel market caused by the Iran war, although it is concerned about the impact of a prolonged conflict during the low season. In an interview on the sidelines of the...
CEBU CITY – To address growing demand, a leading renewable energy (RE) provider is expanding their footprint in Cebu. Officials of First Gen Corp. said they are ramping up their electricity supply business and clean energy solutions in the province where they currently serve 79 customers,...
CEBU CITY – The Bureau of Customs (BOC)-Port of Cebu exceeded its target collection for March. The port said it collected a total of P4,342,166,104.52, surpassing the P4,320,972,985.51 target by P21,193,119.01. The collection performance marked a significant 14.94 percent year-on-year increase,...
CEBU CITY – A Coast Guard personnel was caught inside a suspected drug den raided by agents of the Philippine Drug Agency-Central Visayas (PDEA-7) in Barangay Mambaling here. The PDEA-7 said Neil, a 27-year-old apprentice seaman of the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG), was one of the two men...
