Creative ways to get a signal in Carnaza Island

Doris C. Bongcac 04/12/2021

MANDAUE CITY, Cebu – Have you heard of Cebuanos saying “nikatkat pa ko og lubi aron makasignal? (I climbed a coconut tree to get a signal)” This is somewhat true when you are in Carnaza Island, an…

Signal users can now securely transfer their data from one device to another

06/11/2020

Signal, the high-fidelity private messaging application, announced on Tuesday that a new feature has been added to the service which allows encrypted data from one iOS device to be securely transferred to another one. Because the private…

President Duterte to visit Cebu for Sinulog 2020; Signal shutdown being pushed

Alven Marie A. Timtim 01/13/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines —President Rodrigo Roa Duterte will be in town for the Sinulog 2020 celebration, which means cellphone signal shutdown may push through after all.  Police Brigadier General Valeriano De Leon, director of the Police Regional…

PRO-7 proposes cellphone signal shutdown during Sinulog celebration

Morexette Marie B. Erram 01/06/2020

Cebu City, Philippines—Signals from mobile networks in Cebu may be shut off as part of the security measures for this year’s Fiesta Señor celebration. The Police Regional Office in Central Visayas (PRO-7) announced that they submitted a…

Northern Cebu now under Signal no. 2

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 12/24/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines —As Typhoon Ursula moves nearer to its expected landfall in Northern Samar, the Philippine Atmoshperic Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa) has raised northern Cebu to signal number two. In the 5 a.m. advisory…

Fatal search for phone signal: Brgy chief, teenager killed; 1 wounded in Negros Oriental ambush

Florence Baesa 12/15/2019

DUMAGUETE CITY, Philippines — A search for an area to get a mobile phone signal in Barangay Kalamtukan, Bayawan City, Negros Oriental proved fatal for a barangay captain and a 16-year-old boy after several armed men sprayed…

Storm warning signal in Metro Cebu, southern Cebu lifted

Rosalie Abatayo 12/03/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The public storm warning signal for Metro Cebu and southern Cebu has been lifted as of 8 a.m. Tuesday, December 3, 2019. The storm signal for northern Cebu has also been downgraded to…

Police tighten Nat’l Youth Day security; only NYD backpacks allowed

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 04/22/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Police Regional Office in Central Visayas (PRO-7) will be tightening the security of the National Youth Day (NYD) following the bombings in Sri Lanka, which killed 200 people. Police will implement stricter…

NTC-7 clarifies signal shutoff for Fiesta Señor, Sinulog celebrations

Futch Anthony Inso 01/16/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The National Telecommunications Commission in Central Visayas (NTC-7) clarifies that telecommunication companies (Telco’s) will only shutoff several cell sites in Cebu and Bohol and will not totally shutdown their signals on January 19…

Sinulog 2019 opening salvo without mobile signal declared a success

Rosalie O. Abatayo 01/12/2019

  CEBU CITY, Philippines — The over two-hour grand launching program of this year’s Sinulog had proven that the organizers could make  Sinulog 2019 happen even without cellular phones, said Sinulog Foundation Inc. (SFI) Executive Committee Chairperson…

Globe expands mobile signal to mountain barangays

Doris C. Bongcac 01/08/2019

Celirina Belena, 50, used to climb their window so she can  send a text message. But with the establishment of a Globe cellsite in the mountain Barangay of Bonbon, Cebu City on Thursday (January 3), Belena said…

Sinas: Cellphone signals will be jammed during Sinulog festivities

Delta Dyrecka C. Letigio 01/04/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cellphone signals will be jammed along the routes of the solemn procession and the Sinulog Grand Mardi Gras. Chief Superintendent Debold Sinas, Police Regional Office in Central Visayas (PRO-7) director, said during the…

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