CEBU CITY – Eleven Koreans were rescued from a boat that stalled off Moalboal town, southern Cebu at past noon Thursday, November 16. A MOTORIZED banca is towed to safer grounds after it stalled off Moalboal town, southern Cebu on Thursday afternoon, November 16. (Calvin D. Cordova)...
The Court of Tax Appeals (CTA) has dismissed the petition filed by Mactan Electric Company, Inc. (MECO) which challenged the P2.8 million real property taxes assessed by the municipality of Cordova in Cebu for taxable years 1992 to 2011. In 2012, MECO filed with the Cebu City regional trial court...
CEBU CITY – Authorities have started mapping out security preparations for next year’s Fiesta Señor, the religious aspect of the Sinulog Festival. CHURCH leaders and officials from various law enforcement agencies discuss preparations for Fiesta Señor in 2024. (Calvin D. Cordova) The...
CEBU CITY – Police will leave no stone unturned to ensure the arrest of the two drug suspects who killed a policeman in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Kinasang-an here on Wednesday, November 15. BACULI Police Brig. Gen. Anthony Aberin, Police Regional Office in Central Visayas (PRO-7) chief,...
CEBU CITY – A 31-year-old call center agent died while five others were injured when the modern public utility jeepney they were riding overturned on a highway in Barangay Basak, Mandaue City, Cebu on Tuesday night, November 14. Initial investigation showed that the fatality was a resident...
CEBU CITY – A policeman was killed when a drug suspect who he tried to arrest fought back during a buy-bust operation in Barangay Kinasang-an here past midnight Wednesday, November 15. Police Staff Sgt. Ryan Languido Baculi, an operative of the Regional Drug Enforcement Unit, succumbed to...
Among its improved forecasts for 2024, Cebu Pacific (CEB) said it is preparing its operations to accommodate its plans to increase the size of its fleet by next year. Seat capacity is expected to grow from five to eight percent next year from the 2023 levels, with CEB accepting the delivery...
Leading VisMin developer Cebu Landmasters Inc. (CLI) of the Soberano family posted a 28 percent growth in consolidated net income for the first nine months of the year to P3 billion from the P2.4 billion recorded in the same period last year. In a media and analysts briefing, CLI said its...
CEBU CITY – A 39-year-old widower was fatally shot in front of his son in Barangay Tabon, Dalaguete town, southern Cebu on Monday night, November 13. Benvinido Ambrad Entice succumbed to a bullet wound in the head. Police said personal grudges could be the motive of the crime. Operations to...
CEBU CITY – The city government showed its readiness in case a weather disturbance affects the city in the coming days. Amid forecasts of a possible typhoon that may affect the island of Cebu within the week, this city on Tuesday, November 14, gathered its emergency response personnel and...
JG Summit Holdings Inc. (JGS), the flagship of the Gokongwei Group and one of the country’s leading conglomerates, reported that its core profits flew 129 percent to P14.9 billion for the first nine months of 2023 from P6.5 billion in the same period last year due to the record performance of...
Cebu Pacific (CEB), the aviation unit of the Gokongwei Group, reported a huge turnaround with a net income of P5.03 billion for the first nine months of the year from a net loss of P12.05 billion incurred in the same period in 2022. In a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange...