Cebu City is host of Palarong Pambansa 2024 

Glendale G. Rosal 08/05/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines — All roads lead to Cebu City for the Palarong Pambansa 2024. The “Queen City of the South” bested Bacolod City-Negros Oriental and Antique Province in the bidding to host the meet next year.…

Cayetano guarantees Philippine hosting of Sea Games will run smoothly

June Navarro 10/30/2019

CLARK, Pampanga—Exactly a month before the biggest sportsfest in the region unfolds, Philippine organizers have guaranteed that the 30th Southeast Asian Games will proceed smoothly as planned. House Speaker and Philippine Southeast Asian Games Organizing Committee chair…

Kim thanks Singapore for hosting summit

Inquirer.net, The Straits Times 06/11/2018

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un yesterday thanked Singapore for hosting the historic summit between him and US President Donald Trump tomorrow. Shortly after arriving in Singapore in the afternoon yesterday, Kim, who is chairman of the…

All set for Cebu’s hosting of Philippine National Games

Mars G. Alison 04/19/2018

CEBU CITY’S hosting of the Philippine National Games (PNG) from May 19 to 26 has been sealed with the signing of the Memorandum of Agreement yesterday between Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña and Philippine Sports Commission (PSC)…

RACE READY

Glendale G. Rosal 07/27/2017

say all is set for Cebu’s sixth hosting of Cobra IronMan PH Sunrise Events Inc (SEI), organizer of the Cobra IronMan 70.3 Philippines, said everything is in place for Cebu’s hosting of the prestigious triathlon race on…

‘WE ARE READY’

Ador Vincent S. Mayol, Victor Anthony V. Silva 03/29/2017

Banking on Cebu’s experience in hosting big international events in the past, organizers of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) Summit meetings to be held in Cebu and Bohol next month are confident the two provinces…

City of Naga proves worth in 2nd Cviraa hosting

Calvin D. Cordova 02/17/2017

ITS first hosting of the Central Visayas Regional Athletic Association (Cviraa) Meet last year didn’t pan out too well. But in its historic second straight hosting of the multi-sporting event, the City of Naga more than redeemed…

The Philippines to host next year’s Miss Universe

Apple Ta-as 07/29/2016

AFTER 22 long years, it’s finally happening! The Miss Universe pageant will be held in the Philippines. Department of Tourism Secretary Wanda Corazon Teo with reigning Miss Universe Pia Wurtzbach confirmed the hosting of the international beauty…

Tourism chief: Duterte okays proposal to hold Miss U in PH

07/16/2016

If plan pushes through, Miss U segments will be held in Cebu, Palawan and Boracay  President Rodrigo Duterte has “approved in principle” the proposal to hold the next Miss Universe pageant in the Philippines, according to the…

Phoebe Kaye Fernandez: A welcome change

Hayde Quiñanola, Niza Mariñas 03/06/2016

SHE was once a  teenager in solitary pleasure at her home so engrossed in the outpour of her thoughts through pen and paper. She envisioned to be in a habit with white coif and  serre-tête at a…

The IEC and World Olympics

Malou Guanzon Apalisok 11/26/2015

At a gathering the other night organized by the Cebu Archdiocese for members of the local media, I was able to catch up on the background of the International Eucharistic Congress from the first time it was…

IEC organizers want APEC-type security plan

Apple Ta-as 11/25/2015

ORGANIZERS of next year’s International Eucharistic Congress (IEC) held a closed-door meeting with top police officials yesterday to discuss security plans for the event that will  draw more than 10,000 foreign and local delegates in January. Chief…

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