CEBU CITY – One of the biggest real estate industry groups in the country welcomed the government’s decision to shelve a proposed increase in capital gains, donor’s, and estate taxes, following stronger-than-expected government revenues in the first quarter of this year. REAL estate industry...
Cebu Gov. Gwen Garcia acknowledged her suspension on Tuesday in a social media post. GOV. Garcia (FB) “The Office of the Ombudsman has placed me under preventive suspension,” Garcia said. “I respect the processes of the law, but I must respectfully disagree with both the basis and the...
Ombudsman Samuel R. Martires has ordered the six-month preventive suspension of Cebu Gov. Gwendolyn F. Garcia over the issuance of a quarry permit in a protected areas in 2024. In an order, Martires said Garcia's preventive suspension is immediately executory and the suspension cannot be...
The Philippines reported a robust 5.6 percent gross domestic product (GDP) growth in 2024—the highest in the ASEAN region. From 2021 to 2023, the country also allocated the highest national budgets among ASEAN nations (surpassing even Singapore) and tied for second with Malaysia in 2025, just...
CEBU CITY – Charges were filed against two vloggers who pulled off stunts for their social media content but caused public inconvenience and threatened public safety in Cebu province. The Highway Patrol Group-Central Visayas (HPG-7) filed charges for alarm and scandal and unjust vexation...
CEBU CITY – Packs of illegal drugs worth close to P2 million and firearms were seized in separate police operations in Cebu City and Bohol province on Tuesday, April 22. The bulk of the seized suspected shabu was recovered from an ex-convict who was arrested by operatives of the Mabolo Police...
Makati City Mayor Abby Binay (Mark Balmores/ MANILA BULLETIN) Alyansa para sa Bagong Pilipinas senatorial candidate Makati City Mayor Abby Binay has received reassurance of support from the vote-rich province of Cebu less than three...
CEBU CITY – Illegal drugs worth P77.5 million were seized in the first 100 days of Cebu City Police Office (CCPO) chief Police Col. Enrico Figueroa. Dismantling criminal activities in the city per instruction of Police Brig. Gen. Redrico Maranan, chief of the Police Regional Office-Central...
With nearly 90 percent units sold, One Manresa Place signals high investor confidence in Cebu Landmaster’s Manresa Town in CDO. In its latest Investors and Analysts briefing, leading developer Cebu Landmasters, Inc. (CLI) reported a 2024 consolidated revenue of P19.5 billion, a 4 percent growth...
CEBU CITY – A 16-year-old Grade 11 student drowned while he and his classmates were swimming in a beach resort in Barangay Tuyom, Carcar City, Cebu on Monday, April 21. Police Lt. Col. Ruel Burlat, chief of the Carcar City police station, said Mark was with a group of students who decided to...
CEBU CITY – Cebu Archbishop Jose Palma urged the Catholic faithful to stand united and pray for the peaceful repose of Pope Francis. Palma also urged the faithful to remember Pope Francis in their prayers and Eucharistic celebrations and the Lord may welcome him into the joy of His kingdom....
CEBU CITY – A beach outing turned tragic when a motor banca capsized, killing two of four passengers in Badian, Cebu, on Black Saturday`. RESCUERS apply first aid to a passenger of a motor banca that sank off Badian town, Cebu province on Saturday, April 19. (Contributed photo) The...