The Office of Transportation Security (OTS) is planning to do away with the initial screening at the Mactan-Cebu International Airport in a bid to avoid long queues at the entrance of the airport. OTS Administrator Ma-o Aplasca said he will be going to Cebu on Friday, Dec. 9, to discuss the new...
CEB restores 92% of pre-pandemic capacity By EMMIE V. ABADILLA Cebu Pacific (CEB) has restored 92 percent of its pre-pandemic system-wide capacity and now averages 355 flights a day, covering 34 domestic and 19 international destinations, equivalent to about 64,000 seats daily. To date, CEB has...
CEB announces changing of guards By EMMIE V. ABADILLA The Gokongwei-owned Cebu Air Inc. (CEB) announced the changing of guards on the first day of the New Year, 2023. According to the airline, Gokongwei Group and CEB’s President and CEO, Lance Y. Gokongwei, will become chairman of CEB while...
CEBU CITY – Property worth more than P12 million was destroyed in two separate fires here on Sunday, Dec. 4. The first fire occurred past 1 .a.m. in Barangay Mambaling where at least 150 houses were destroyed. It took more than two hours before firefighters were able to put out the fire....
CEBU CITY – Multiple criminal charges were filed against a woman here who allegedly abused her four-year-old daughter through online sexual exploitation. THE National Bureau of Investigation-Central Visayas raids the house of a Cebu City resident accused of sexually exploiting her daughter....
After two years of stop-and-go travel due to COVID-19 pandemic lockdowns, we are now ready to re-embrace Christmas and New Year with our families and friends. It’s time to meet them and celebrate the holidays with cheers. But air travel should not be chaotic. Here are a few friendly reminders to...
CEBU CITY – The government has to come up with measures that would prevent disastrous fire incidents from happening, Sen. Sherwin Gatchalian said on Friday, Dec. 2. SEN. Sherwin Gatchalian visits Barangay Looc, Mandaue City on Friday, Dec. 2, where at least 250 houses were destroyed in a fire...
Government anti-narcotics operatives seized some P3.4 million worth of shabu following the arrest of a former professional mixed martial arts (MMA) fighter on Saturday, Dec. 3, in Cebu City. The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) said Slotty Avila, 34, was served with the search warrant n...
CEBU CITY – A former overseas Filipino worker (OFW) and her cousin were arrested in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Tisa here on Thursday night, Dec. 1. The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency-Central Visayas (PDEA 7) identified the suspects as Maria Corazon Caburnay and Teodulo Canoy, a...
Razon-led Prime Infrastructure Capital Inc. (Prime Infra) will modernize the waste management facility in Cebu City, which is targeted to match the quality and caliber of materials recovery facilities (MRFs) of developed countries, including ASEAN-neighbor Singapore. Via its subsidiary Prime...
CEBU CITY – The Association of Barangay Councils (ABC)-Cebu City vowed a more efficient delivery of service to the public and its members after it moved to a new office here in Thursday, Dec. 1. CEBU City officials led by Association of Barangay Councils (ABC) president Franklyn Ong (third from...
CEBU CITY -- A 44-year-old British national was arrested after yielding about 50 grams of shabu during a buy-bust operation in Barangay Apas here on Tuesday afternoon, Nov. 29. Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency-Central Visayas (PDEA-7) information officer Leia Alcantara said the suspect was...
