The Department of Finance (DOF) assured that the national government will to assist local airliners reeling from the prolonged coronavirus pandemic. Amid mounting financial losses of airlines due to COVID-19 headwinds, Finance Secretary Carlos G. Dominguez III said that two state-run lenders have...
Cebu Pacific (CEB) today (June 17) transported another 1.5 million COVID-19 vaccine doses from Beijing to Manila, via flight 5J 671. June 17 2 Included in the shipment was the first batch of privately-procured vaccines to arrive in the country consisting of 500,000 Sinovac doses. To...
The Cebu City government recently gave one of its highest honors to Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Secretary Roy A. Cimatu for coming to the city's aid during a desperate time in its fight against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). DENR Secretary Roy A. Cimatu (center) is...
Things are looking up for the livelihood of farmer communities in Cebu province as local agrarian reform beneficiaries (ARBs) are set to benefit from having their own lands as well as new bridges in the area. LAND OWNERS, FINALLY -- Agrarian reform beneficiaries in Cebu province finally receive...
Fiber internet service provider Converge ICT Solutions Inc. is building a P1 billion Cebu data center to meet demand surge in Visayas and Mindanao. "We just bought a property in Mandaue where the site will be built,” Converge CEO and Co-Founder Dennis Anthony Uy Tuesday, (June 15) announced,...
MONTEJO (center). (FB photo) CEBU CITY – Police Brig. Gen. Ronnie Montejo, chief of the Police Regional Office-Central Visayas (PRO 7), warned suspected drug personalities that they face the fate of three men who were killed in a gunfight during a buy-bust operation in Barangay Taptap here...
GARCIA. (FB photo) CEBU CITY – Travelers from Negros Oriental, Negros Occidental, and Bohol will have to present a negative COVID-19 test when entering Cebu. Cebu Gov. Gwendolyn Garcia issued Executive Order No. 22 on Independence Day ordering that travelers arriving in Cebu must show a...
President Duterte has directed Cebu province to abide by the national government's testing and quarantine protocols for arriving passengers in the country. President Rodrigo Duterte (File photo/Malacañang) The President has issued the directive after the province reportedly insisted on enforcing...
Vice President Leni Robredo on Sunday, June 13, told the Davao city government to look at how Cebu City successfully controlled the surge of COVID-19 infections through private partnerships and the active presence of the medical community. Vice President Leni Robredo (Geric Cruz/Bloomberg) Davao...
By ANTONIO G. PAPA, Ph.D. Spouses Wellington and Elisa Chan Lim own and operate Wellisa Farms on Bantayan Island, Cebu province. The farms have an animal stock of about 15,000 hogs and 400,000 layer hens. The successful agribusiness firm utilizes modern farm equipment and facilities, and applying...
The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) Regional Office VII’s first-ever Smart Food Value Chain Facility and Manufacturing Village is expected to extend its food microbiology laboratory services to Cebu’s western towns and cities by middle of June. DOST Secretary Fortunato “Boy” T....
Philippine Red Cross (PRC) Chairman Senator Richard J. Gordon on Thursday, June 10, is urging the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) to “reconsider the current protocols” which require a 14-day mandatory quarantine period. Philippine Red Cross / MANILA BULLETIN Gordon...
