Nothing has changed in the political bids of presidential aspirant former Senator Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. and Davao City re-electionist Mayor Sara Duterte in the wake of the many speculations that pervaded the political atmosphere following their Cebu encounter on Saturday, Oct. 23....
After 37 years of service, a senior officer of the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) credited for reforms in the agency bowed out of the uniformed service. PCG Rear Admiral Jose William U. Isaga was honored in a retirement ceremony held on Monday in Cebu. During his stint at the District Central Visayas...
'People's campaign': Robredo supporters set up online donation portal rained pink in the provinces of Bicol, Cebu, Laguna, and Rizal this week as supporters of Vice President Leni Robredo organized parades, caravans, and motorcades that emboldened the vice president enough to describe her...
Operatives of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) in Central Visayas seized P6.8 million worth of shabu following the arrest of a drug pusher on Sunday, Oct. 17, in a buy-bust operation in Cebu City. PDEA spokesperson Derrick Arnold Carreon identified the suspect as Nestor Rosal, 59 who...
Efforts in domestic tourism are being strengthened. All that’s left is your support Travel not to escape life, but for life not to escape us. We live in troubled times, but that’s all the more reason for us to find or make our own happiness. Being “out there,” visiting places we’ve only...
The Department of Science and Technology (DOST)-VII through the Provincial Science and Technology (PSTC) Cebu and the municipality of Alegria signed a memorandum of agreement (MOA) to strengthen the implementation of enhanced bamboo processing technology initiatives in the area. Bamboo culms...
bicol1 Cebu Pacific (CEB) started domestic operations at the new Bicol International Airport (BIA) on Friday, Oct. 8, 2021, a day after the gateway's inauguration. BIA, which has a capacity of two million passengers per year, replaced the existing Legazpi Domestic Airport. CEB has been mounting...
945845_1_1104-world-globalnewsblog-ammunition_standard Six domestic destinations -Cebu, Pagadian, Negros Occidental, Guimaras, Tacloban and Butuan, - no longer require RT-PCR or Antigen tests for travelers. However, travelers bound for Cebu Province must present a medical certificate stating that...
The Philippine Reclamation Authority has issued a final Notice to Proceed for a 100-hectare reclamation project where Cebu Landmasters Inc. (CLI) plans to develop a P20 billion business park. In a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange, CLI said the reclamation project is being proposed by the...
Cebu-Cordova Link Expressway (3) The Cebu Link Joint Venture (CLJV), a consortium consisting of ACCIONA, First Balfour, and DMCI, joined both sides of the 390-meter central span of the Cebu-Cordova Link Expressway cable-stayed bridge in a P20-billion ($400 million) undertaking. The project, awarded...
A suspected drug pusher in the government's watchlist was arrested on Tuesday, Oct. 5, in Cebu City through the Facebook complaint platform of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA). A brainchild of PDEA Director General Wilkins Villanueva, “Isumbong mo kay Wilkins’’ is an online...
Major business groups in the country believe there is a need to restrict the activities of unvaccinated persons for the common good. “We do believe that the state and the private sector should be able to restrict the activities of unvaccinated persons for the common good,” said the 12 big...
