Lotto 6/58: Lone bettor bags P175 million jackpot prize

Luisa Cabato 03/02/2024

MANILA, Philippines — A lone bettor bagged the P175 million jackpot prize of Ultra Lotto 6/58 from the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) Friday evening draw. The winning combination for Ultra Lotto was 04-07-57-05-54-47, with a jackpot…

PCSO admits viral photo of lotto winner edited for security reasons

Gabriel Pabico Lalu 01/18/2024

MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) has admitted that the viral photo of a lottery winner, shared on Wednesday, was indeed modified. However, an official emphasized that the alteration was made for security reasons.…

FACES OF CEBU: Lucia Nudalo, Grand Prize Winner of The Metro Stores ‘Happyversary’

Jessa Ngojo 04/06/2023

CONSOLACION, Cebu – Lucia Nudalo of Barangay Subangdaku in Mandaue City believes that winning The Metro Stores ‘Happyversary’ grand prize of P1 million was her reward for working very hard.     Having this much cash to spend…

BFP-7 dominates 7th National Fire Olympics

Wenilyn Sabalo 03/18/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Bureau of Fire Protection in Central Visayas (BFP-7) emerged as the overall champion in the recently concluded 7th National Fire Olympics (NFO) held at the South Road Properties (SRP) in Cebu City…

Philippine bet wins Miss Culture International 2021

Doris Mondragon - Content Specialist 12/08/2021

CEBU, Philippines—Another Filipina brought home an international beauty crown. Samela Aubrey Godin was recently crowned Miss Culture International 2021. The pageant’s coronation night was held in Johannesburg, South Africa last December 4, 2021.  Godin, aside from clinching…

Sinulog Photo contest winner: This is for Sto. Niño

Immae Lachica 02/03/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines— Out of ten beautiful photos vying in the human interest category of the 2020 Sinulog Photo Contest, one photo stood out among the others. It was a photo of a man in tears, raising…

Vekic ousts 5-time major winner Sharapova at Australian Open

01/21/2020

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Maria Sharapova hasn’t won a tournament since 2017, and her ranking slipped to 136th by the end of last year. After a 6-3, 6-4 loss to 19th-seeded Donna Vekic at the Australian Open…

Miss South Africa is Miss Universe 2019

Cris Evert B. Lato-Ruffolo 12/09/2019

Cebu City, Philippines—Miss South Africa Zozibini Tunzi was crowned Miss Universe 2019 on Monday, December 9, 2019, Philippine time, at the Tyler Perry Studios in Atlanta, Georgia, USA. Tunzi bested 89 other contenders for the crown in this…

Pulitzer winner Viet Thanh Nguyen finally visits PH, ‘the country I most wanted to visit’

08/12/2019

The extraordinarily eloquent Vietnamese-American author had included a scene set in the Philippines in his novel ‘The Sympathizer’ that recalled the shooting of Coppola’s war movie, ‘Apocalypse Now’ Viet Thanh Nguyen was finally in the Philippines. Nguyen,…

Liloan wins 2nd most outstanding coastal community in 2018

Rosalie O. Abatayo 04/16/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Municipality of Liloan will get to benefit from P1 million worth of fisheries livelihood project from the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources in Central Visayas (BFAR-7) after the town that is…

Barong Tagalog of Mister International winner designed by Cebuanos

Michelle Joy Padayhag 02/25/2019

Cebu City, Philippines – The Barong Tagalog worn by 13th Mister International winner Trinh Bao of Vietnam was designed by two Cebuano fashion designers. Harley Ruedas confirmed to Cebu Daily News Digital that he collaborated with Mark…

Harris’ jumper gives Clippers 117-115 win over Hornets

AP 02/06/2019

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Still not quite healed from a shoulder strain he suffered last week, Tobias Harris came up big for the Los Angeles Clippers. Harris scored 34 points, including a running jumper in the lane with…

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