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...
IV of Spades is set to wrap up its nationwide Andalucia Tour with a major concert in Cebu City on July 18, marking both the tour’s finale and a milestone show for a soon-to-open venue. The Cebu leg will be staged at the SM Seaside Cebu Arena , where the band will perform as the second act to take...
CEBU CITY – Various groups cited the Bureau of Customs (BOC)-Port of Cebu for operational improvements and strengthened coordination with logistics stakeholders. The Visayas Unified Truckers Association (VUTAI) specifically cited District Collector Alexandra Yap-Lumontad “in recognition...
CEBU CITY – Authorities are investigating the deaths of two children in Cebu province. In Pinamungahan town, a 10-year-old boy, Nathan Arante Benigay, allegedly died from food poisoning. In an interview by local radio dyHP, the boy 's mother Mercy said that she and her husband agreed to eat...
SANYA, China — It’s only the opening of the 2026 Asian Beach Games at the Tianya Haijiao Ring Theater at the Yasha Park Phase 1 here on Wednesday, April 22, but the Philippine contingent is already looking forward to its turn to host the same event two years from now. Philippine Sports...
The Civil Aeronautics Board (CAB) increased the passenger fuel surcharge to a record level as global jet fuel prices continue to surge, a move that is set to make air travel more expensive for the remainder of the month. In an advisory dated April 13 but released on Wednesday, April 22, the CAB...
CLI Hotels and Resorts, the hospitality arm of Visayas-Mindanao (VisMin) developer Cebu Landmasters Inc. (CLI), has finally opened the long-delayed Radisson RED Cebu Mandaue, the first Radisson RED in the Philippines. In a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE) on Wednesday, April 22,...
CEBU CITY – The persistent haze that blanketed Metro Cebu in the past few days has started to thin. “We are seeing a significant improvement in the air quality across Metro Cebu,” the Environment Management Bureau (EMB) of the Department of Natural Resources-Central Visayas said in an...