CEBU CITY – A police officer was arrested by the Philippine National Police Integrity Monitoring and Enforcement Group for allegedly extorting money from a motorist here on Wednesday, Jan. 25. Staff Sgt. Paul Dennis B. Traya, traffic investigator of the Mambaling Police Station, was arrested in...
CEBU CITY – Four persons were arrested while P15.3-million worth of suspected shabu was seized in separate anti-illegal drug operations in Metro Cebu on Thursday, Jan. 26. Brig. Gen. Jerry Bearis, director of the Police Regional Office-Central Visayas (PRO-7), said the series of operations were...
CEBU CITY – A driving school here was suspended for three months after it was caught using a vehicle without the required markings for its Practical Driving Course (PDC). Aside from the suspension of its accreditation, Cebu Integrated Driving School, located in Barangay Bulacao,was also fined...
THE stage and the grandstand for the Sinulog Festival at the South Road Properties in Cebu City under construction on Jan. 10. (Photo from Cebu City PIO) CEBU CITY – The decision to hold the Sinulog Festival at the South Road Properties (SRP) here on Jan. 15 may have drawn some criticisms but...
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...
