BOC Port of Cebu breaks record anew: Collects P4 B in July

Doris C. Bongcac 08/05/2022

MANDAUE CITY, Cebu – For the first time, the Bureau of Customs Port of Cebu earned a total of P4 billion in revenues in just one month. For July 2022, the Port of Cebu earned a total…

JO from Barili, Cebu positive for drug use, risks termination

Doris C. Bongcac 08/05/2022

MANDAUE CITY, Cebu – A job order (JO) employee assigned at the Municipal Social Welfare Office in Barili, Cebu tested positive for illegal drug use and risks termination from service. The municipal government said in a statement…

Alcover eyes grant of ‘full scholarship’ to students taking agriculture-related courses

Doris C. Bongcac 07/25/2022

MANDAUE CITY, Cebu — A Cebu City Councilor is pushing for the grant of “full scholarship” to residents who will take up agriculture-related courses in college. If approved, the draft ordinance called “Agriculture Scholar Ordinance sa Sugbo”…

Zamboanguita, Dauin to host 2022 Dive7 Festival

Doris C. Bongcac 07/24/2022

MANDAUE CITY, Cebu – International and local scuba divers and enthusiasts are expected to convene in the municipalities of Zamboanguita and Dauin in Negros Oriental for another big dive scheduled from July 28 to 31, 2022. And…

Villar: P32 per kilo of rice possible, not P20

Doris C. Bongcac 07/23/2022

MANDAUE CITY, Cebu – Plans to bring down the price of rice to P20 per kilo is very difficult to do. What is more feasible is to bring this down to at least P32 per kilo, said…

Negros Oriental offers farm-work-fitness experience to visiting tourists

Doris C. Bongcac 06/19/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Department of Tourism in Central Visayas (DOT-7) and the province of Negros Oriental are offering a different kind of tourism experience with its farm-work-fitness tour that will include a visit to a…

Frasco couple enjoys landslide win in May 9 polls

Doris C. Bongcac 05/11/2022

MANDAUE CITY, Cebu – Representative Vincent Franco “Duke” Frasco of the 5th district of Cebu earned another three years in office. Frasco won by over 100,000 votes in Monday’s (May 9, 2022) elections, which is triple his…

DOT-7 launches ‘Care for Cebu’s canyons’ program

Doris C. Bongcac 05/10/2022

MANDUE CITY, Cebu — The Department of Tourism in Central Visayas (DOT-7) has partnered with stakeholders in Cebu’s canyoneering industry  to campaign against single plastic use in canyoneering sites in the municipalities of Badian and Alegria. The…

IPPs at Mandaue City school still empty as of 9 a.m.

Doris C. Bongcac 05/09/2022

CITY, Cebu — At least three classrooms at the Mandaue City Central School have been designated as isolation polling place (IPP) for persons manifesting symptoms of COVID-19. But these IPPs for Barangays Alang-Alang, Centro and Mantuyong remained…

Cyber libel cases against Caindec to be heard by Pagadian court

Doris C. Bongcac 05/09/2022

MANDAUE CITY, Cebu — A Regional Trial Court Judge in Pagadian City in Zamboanga del Sur will hear the four counts of cyber libel that were filed in court against Director Victor Emmanuel Caindec of the Land…

Paz Radaza ally in Olango Island killed just a few hours before May 9 elections

Doris C. Bongcac 05/09/2022

MANDAUE CITY, Cebu — Rep. Paz Radaza of the lone district of Lapu-Lapu City is offering a P300,000 cash reward for information that would lead to the arrest of the killer of her political ally in Olango…

Mandaue sitio residents get P100 to P1,000 in crisp bills

Doris C. Bongcac 05/08/2022

MANDAUE CITY, Cebu — It’s already 9 p.m. and residents of this thickly populated sitio in a barangay in Mandaue City proper have remained widely awake. Aside from celebrating the annual feast of Señor San Jose, the…

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