'I cannot close my eyes anymore': Pacquiao says bid for presidency is a fight for the poor Aspiring president Senator Manny Pacquiao is concluding his election bid by wooing the residents of vote-rich Cebu province and looking back to his hometown General Santos City, where his campaign promise...
CEBU CITY -- The final testing and sealing of vote counting machines (VCM) here went through without any major glitches. With this, the Commission on Elections-Cebu City declared that’s it’s all systems go for this Monday’s elections. Election Officer Marilou Paredes said Thursday’s final...
CEBU CITY – The House of Representative Electoral Tribunal (HRET) has reaffirmed the victory of Cebu Fifth District Rep. Vincent Franco ‘Duke’ Frasco after winning in the manual recount of the ballots. The decision was released on Friday, three days before yet another election. The manual...
CEBU CITY -- The Department of Labor and Employment-Central Visayas (DOLE-7) is looking into a complaint against a public official who allegedly committed irregularities in the implementation of the agency’s emergency cash-for-work program. Undersecretary and DOLE 7 concurrent head Victor del...
UNICEF Change for Good with Cebu Pacific back inflight ON THE GROUND Through the support of individual donors and corporate partners such as Cebu Pacific, UNICEF is still on the ground in Odette-affected areas to provide supplies and assistance for sustainable support in health and nutrition,...
CEBU CITY -- The influential Iglesia ni Cristo (INC) has once again endorsed the reelection bid of Cebu Fifth District Congressman Vincent Franco “Duke” Frasco. The INC has consistently endorsed the candidacy of Frasco. According to Frasco, it will be the sixth election that the INC endorsed...
In an unprecedented move, priests from the Archdiocese of Cebu expressed “individual support” for the tandem of Vice President Leni Robredo and the Senator Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan, saying that silence at such time in the country’s history is “dangerous.” Vice President Leni Robredo...
CEBU CITY – A Cebu-based group called Real Estate Volunteers and Urban Poor, or REV UP, said it has gained the support of hundreds of representatives from the persons with disability (PWD) sector to help the candidacies of Vice President Leni Robredo and Senator Kiko Pangilinan. One of the REV...
Cebu Pacific (CEB) resumed its operations at the Bicol International Airport (BIA) starting this month and boosted its passenger capacity to Legaspi for the summer peak travel period by using Airbus aircraft. CEB currently flies up to five times daily on the Manila – Legazpi – Manila route. It...
Cebu Pacific passengers can now donate to help vulnerable children online at https://bit.ly/UNICEFChangeForGood and while inflight under the UNICEF Change for Good fundraising program. Cebu Pacific and UNICEF in action “We are optimistic that everyone will travel again and embrace the new normal....
CEBU CITY -- A police official and his wife were wounded after they were ambushed on Sunday night, May 1. Police Lt. Col. Chuck Barandog and his wife, Yvonne, were aboard a pick-up when a motorcycle-riding gunman fired at them along Pope John Paul II Avenue in Barangay Mabolo past 10 p.m. Barandog,...
Photo from Chooks Cebu Chooks edged out Mongolian side Sanzar MMC Energy, 17-15, in a thrilling finale to rule the Chooks-to-Go FIBA 3x3 Asia Pacific Super Quest Saturday, April 30 at the Ayala Malls Solenad Activity Center in Sta. Rosa, Laguna. Mac Tallo and Mike Nzeusseu combined for 15 points as...