Don’t move Lapu-Lapu statue to Cebu yet, says congressman

06/29/2014

Del Mar laments ‘loss of honor’ for Mactan hero with  removal from Luneta Rep. Raul del Mar is asking  tourism and Lapu-Lapu city officials to hold off acting on the city’s request to transfer to Cebu a…

Tree saved from DPWH project is ‘biggest’ Narra by roadside in Cebu City

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 06/29/2014

It was about to be cut down last summer by a public works contractor to widen lanes in M. Velez Street in Cebu City. Instead, the old Narra, one of seven roadside trees across the west wing…

Men caught transporting helmet shells freed

06/29/2014

THE two men who were arrested for transporting endangered Helmet and Trumpet shells worth P2 million stepped out of jail past 4 p.m. last Friday. Truck driver Romel Tuacas, 34, and his companion Delfin Jakosalem, 48, were…

Fire razes 20 houses in Banilad

06/29/2014

Ferdinand Yallax, 30, held his 6-month-old baby as he ran out of the fire that destroyed a commercial building and 20 houses and partly damaged two other houses in sitio Ibaan, barangay Banilad, Cebu City yesterday afternoon.…

Pray, rest, be committed—CNU grads

06/29/2014

He wanted to be a chemical engineer but Bernard Vonn Kyle Icamen fulfilled his parents’ wish for him to enroll in a nursing course. Icamen didn’t regret the decision and is more than happy with it after…

Cebu projects worth P39.1B set for completion in 2017

Victor Anthony V. Silva 06/29/2014

About P39.1 billion worth of projects were listed for Cebu out of the P246.8 billion identified for implementation in Central Visayas in the next four years by the Regional Development Council (RDC). Infrastructure projects listed in the…

Council to hold hearing on colorum fines

Edison Delos Angeles 06/29/2014

The Cebu City Council scheduled a public hearing on Joint Administration Order No. 2014-01 issued by the Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC) that raises the fines for the operation of so-called colorum vehicles on July 16.…

Dilaab, allies plot moves to reduce vote-buying in ’16

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 06/29/2014

“An epidemic.” This was how Fr. Carmelo Diola, executive director of the Dilaab Foundation Inc., described the perennial problem of vote-buying in the Philippines. Diola spoke during a meeting yesterday to representatives from various sectors of the…

Zhiangjiajie the heart of Avatar

06/28/2014

Part 1 Little is known about Zhiangjiajie in Hunan province which is located in the south-central part  of the People’s Republic of China. Zhiangjiajie is a five-hour drive from Changsa City, the capital city of  Hunan province.…

Turning Japanese

Orly J. Cajegas 06/28/2014

Looking at it from the outside, it doesn’t take a genius to discern that the place spells Japanese. And once you decide to get inside the 30-seater Mismukunu Teppanyaki Japanese Restaurant along AS Fortuna in Mandaue City,…

TAO Downtown of New York City

06/28/2014

Designed by the Rockwell Group, TAO Downtown offers “a distinct taste of arrival and discovery.” This subterranean restaurant in the meatpacking district in the heart of Chelsea, New York City, is one of the most exotic and…

GT Cosmetics goes global at 20

PR 06/28/2014

GT Cosmetics aims to go global as the Cebu-based manufacturer of handmade soaps from natural extracts and other skin products celebrates its twentieth anniversary today. “GT Cosmetics products are beginning to have a global presence with our…

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