CEBU CITY – Five former beneficiaries of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) in Central Visayas were among the topnotchers in the March 2026 Licensure Examination for Teachers (LET). Jhade Vine Icot of Liloan, Cebu, who ranked first in the elementary level of the LET. Joining Icot were...
CEBU CITY – A 38-year-old man and his nephew were arrested for allegedly shooting and wounding a fish vendor in Barangay Labangon here. Francis and Ricky, 21, were apprehended less than 24 hours after shooting Lina, 50, aboard a motorcycle on Tres de Abril at dawn Friday, May 15. Police Col....
Low-cost carrier Cebu Pacific experienced a sharp contraction in passenger traffic in April as government-sanctioned fuel surcharges drove ticket prices higher and cooled consumer demand for air travel. The passenger volume carried by Cebu Pacific in April declined by eight percent to 2.27 million...
CEBU CITY – Two men were arrested for robbing a warehouse and killing its caretaker in Barangay Guadalupe here on Wednesday morning, May 13. Police said robbery with homicide cases were filed against Jayson, a 30-year-old resident of Barangay Guadalupe, Cebu City, and 37-year-old Rocky, a...
VisMin developer Cebu Landmasters, Inc. is confident of growing its revenues and earnings this year as it still intends to pursue its target project launches worth ₱48 billion despite the impact of the Middle East crisis on the local economy. CLI Senior Executive Vice President & Chief Operating...
CEBU CITY – Rotational brownouts hit Metro Cebu due to thinning power reserves caused primarily by the prolonged outage of several power plants. The National Grid Corp. of the Philippines (NGCP) placed the Visayas Grid under Red Alert on Thursday, May 14, prompting Visayan Electric to implement...
CEBU CITY – More than 1,000 boxes of allegedly smuggled cigarettes were seized at the reclamation area in Mandaue City, Cebu. The tobacco products were loaded in 20-foot and 40-foot container vans abandoned at dawn on Tuesday, May 12. Capt. Jerome Lozada, station commander of Coast Guard Station...
Budget carrier Cebu Pacific emerged as the most punctual airline in the country for April 2026. The Gokongwei-led carrier said in a statement on Thursday, May 14, that it recorded an 84.98 percent on-time arrival rate across more than 12,000 systemwide flights, citing data from London-based...
CEBU CITY – Gov. Pamela Baricuatro denied allegations that she attempted to convince lawmakers from Cebu to vote in favor of the impeachment of Vice President Sara Duterte. Baricuatro told reporters on Wednesday, May 13, that the allegations caught her by surprise. “I was surprised when I was...
CEBU CITY – Agents of the National Bureau of Investigation- Central Visayas (NBI-7) arrested a man accused of trafficking women for prostitution. Jollie Jainar Fundador, alias Joel, was arrested in an entrapment operation in Barangay Camputhaw, Cebu City on Monday, May 11. NBI-7 said the suspect...
Sy-led SM Prime Holdings Inc. (SM Prime) is on track to open its second arena, SM Seaside Cebu Arena, next month as it has been barely affected by the spike in construction costs because the project was nearly completed before the global oil crisis started. “Fortunately, we’re almost done with...
Low-cost carrier Cebu Pacific swung to a net loss of nearly ₱400 million in the first three months of the year on the back of a ₱1.8-billion foreign exchange losses driven by a weaker peso as tensions in the Middle East rages on. Cebu Air Inc., the parent firm of Cebu Pacific, reported that it...
