CEBU CITY – Two Cabinet secretaries are reportedly mulling legal action against Cebu Gov. Gwendolyn Garcia for her supposed defiance of the Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) protocol involving overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) and returning overseas Filipinos (ROFs). The Cebu governor on Tuesday...
The Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA) has launched its "Balikatan Sagip Negosyo Program" in efforts to bring registered business enterprises on the pathway to recovery amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. PEZA Director General Charito Plaza (Photo from PEZA) PEZA Director...
Cebu Pacific (CEB) today, May 20, 2021, flew in another batch of 500,000 COVID-19 vaccine doses from Beijing to Manila. The shipment was the third to be picked up by CEB, in coordination with the Department of Health (DOH). From March 2021 to date, the airline has transported 2.5 million vaccine...
CEBU CITY – The provincial government of Cebu has asked the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-MEID) to allow the resumption of sports activities in the province. The request was made through a resolution filed by Cebu Third District Board Member John...
Another 500,000 doses of Sinovac Biotech Ltd.-manufactured vaccines have arrived at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA), this time aboard a Cebu Pacific (CEB) flight. (Photo by Ariel Fernandez) The anti-coronavirus disease (COVID-19) jabs touched down at NAIA Terminal 2 before 8 a.m. They...
Cebu Pacific (CEB) Wednesday, (May 19) took delivery of its ninth Airbus A321neo (New Engine Option) in a bid to make its operations more eco-friendly. The aircraft cuts fuel cost by 20 percent, translating to lower fares for passengers. Aside from being more fuel-efficient, the A321neo has a 50...
VisMin developer Cebu Landmasters Inc. reported a 25 percent year-on-year growth in attributable net income to P714 million in the first quarter of 2021 while consolidated net income improved 12 percent to P725.2 million. In a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange, the firm said consolidated...
From the twin woes of a health crisis and an extreme economic slowdown, the business and industry sectors are now gearing for a much-awaited economic turnaround that could materialize after the government’s massive immunization against COVID-19 shall have been implemented. Being firmed up in...
The Cebu Pacific Air (CEB) announced the cancellation of all of its flights to and from Dubai starting May 15 to May 31 in wake of the travel ban imposed by the government to United Arab Emirates (UAE) to manage the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. Cebu Pacific Air logo (Photo...
The Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) has begun to distribute the land titles intended for Cebu farmers that were either hidden or forgotten for over 30 years at the provincial office. LONG WAIT IS OVER-- Agrarian reform beneficiaries in Cebu finally received their land titles after over 30 years...
Nearly 30,000 doses of the United States (US)-manufactured Pfizer vaccines that arrived at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) on Monday night, May 10 have been flown to Cebu. (Photo from PAL Facebook page) Information reaching the Manila Bulletin said a Philippine Airlines (PAL) A321...
To secure its future as a low cost carrier (LCC), Cebu Air Inc. (Cebu Pacific or CEB), has obtained US$250 million fresh funds from the International Finance Corporation (IFC), the IFC Emerging Asia Fund, and Indigo Philippines LLC, an affiliate of Indigo Partners LLC. The investment of the triad,...
