To restore 100% pre-COVID systemwide capacity in March Cebu Pacific (CEB), the Philippines’ leading carrier, is firmly in place for full recovery in 2023 and expects to restore 100% of its pre-COVID network and capacity in March, aided by its unbeatable seat sales, widest domestic network, and...
After the pandemic wrought havoc in the global travel industry for the past three years, Cebu Pacific (CEB) is restoring 100 percent of its pre-COVID network and capacity by March and expects full recovery this 2023. "We're back," Candice Iyog, CEB Chief Marketing and Customer Experience Officer...
Another one to add to your travel bucket list For most domestic tourists, the Badian canyon experience on the eastern side of the island of Cebu will be something of an unknown quantity. It's a tourist destination that, ironically, a good number of foreign adventure tourists will already have...
GARCIA (FB) CEBU CITY – The Sinulog sa Carmen in Carmen town, northern Cebu should not be treated as a competition of the Sinulog Festival here. Gov. Gwen Garcia pointed this out amid insinuations that the Sinulog sa Carmen is being pitted against the Sinulog Festival. Garcia also clarified that...
THE venue for the ‘Sinulog sa Carmen’ on Sunday, Jan. 22, in Carmen town, northern Cebu. (Photo from the Municipality of Carmen Facebook page) CEBU CITY – The Cebu Provincial Police Office (CPPO) said that security measures are in place for the “Sinulog sa Carmen” on Sunday, Jan. 22, in...
CEBU CITY -- Another installment of Suroy-Suroy Sugbo, the flagship tourism program of Cebu province, rolled off on Tuesday, Jan. 18. A total of 15 towns and one city in the northern part of the province will be featured in the activity dubbed as ‘Northern Escapade.’ The ‘Northern Escapade’...
State-owned Korea Electric Power Corporation (KEPCO) is divesting its thermal assets in the Philippines, primarily its equity in a power generation facility in Cebu province. KEPCO will also be selling its interest in its partnership with SPC Power Corporation. The South Korean firm announced that...
German Ambassador to the Philippines Anke Reiffenstuel urged authorities to “fully investigate” the abduction of two Cebu-based activists, who resurfaced a week after they were taken on Jan. 10. German Ambassador to the Philippines Anke Reiffenstuel (Photo from German Embassy in Manila via...
RESCUERS help bring New Zealander Ronald Anthony Daryl Sharp to safer grounds after he crashed while paragliding in Oslob town, southern Cebu on Sunday, Jan. 15. (Photo from Oslob Police Station) CEBU CITY – A 72-year-old New Zealander was injured in a paragliding accident in Oslob town,...
CEBU CITY – The Sinulog Festival returned with a bang on Sunday, Jan. 15, as authorities declared its staging a big success despite some jittery moments days before the actual event. THE Omega de Salonera Surigao del Norte performs during the Grand Parade of the Sinulog Festival 2023 on Sunday,...
Over 100 emergency medical services personnel were deployed by the Philippine Red Cross (PRC) to assist the attendees of the Sinulog Festival 2023 in Cebu City. Courtesy of Philippine Red Cross Seventy-five on-foot patrols, 15 first aid stations with welfare desks, and four ambulances from PRC were...
CEBU CITY -- After a two-year hiatus, the Sinulog Festival is officially back on Sunday, Jan. 15. Thousands of Cebuanos, foreign and out-of-town visitors are expected to flock to the ‘Queen City of the South’ as the Sinulog returns after it was cancelled in 2021 and 2022 due to the Covid-19...
