Manny Pacquiao fan burns Nike shoes; goes viral

Aileen Garcia-Yap 02/20/2016

A man burning a pile of Nike shoes in support of boxing champ Manny Pacquiao has gone viral on the Internet. The video, which ran for two minutes and 49 seconds, was uploaded by an Oriel Ballano…

No fare cut for airlines

Aileen Garcia-Yap, Vanessa Lucero 02/18/2016

Flag carriers Philippine Airlines (PAL) and Cebu Pacific Air are not reducing fares despite the decline in oil prices. Cebu Pacific, however, said fuel surcharges from all domestic and international routes had been removed since January 2015,…

SHIPPING LINES CUT DOWN FARES

Aileen Garcia-Yap, Jhunnex Napallacan 02/17/2016

Sea travel between Cebu and other provinces in the Visayas and Mindanao is now cheaper.  In some routes, the fare is cut by almost half of what it used to cost. With fuel prices dropping, at least…

14 Filipinos among 17 fatalities in Iraq hotel fire

Aileen Garcia-Yap 02/06/2016

Fourteen Filipinos died in a fire that struck a hotel in Erbil, Iraq Friday. Elmer G. Cato, Charge d’affaires of the Philippine Embassy in Baghdad, Iraq confirmed this news in his Facebook post. “We have just been…

Fire hits PWD community

Aileen Garcia-Yap, Apple Ta-as 01/21/2016

At least 10 houses made of light materials in a densely-packed community in sitio Fatima, barangay Apas, Cebu City were razed by fire last night. Fire Officer 2 Nelson Daculan, fire investigator, said in an interview over…

Fire hits Apas community

Aileen Garcia-Yap 01/20/2016

Fire broke out in a densely-packed community in sitio Fatima, barangay Apas, Cebu City at 7:25 p.m. Wednesday. Radio reports said at least 10 houses owned mostly by persons with disabilities (PWDs) were destroyed. PWD Amparo Aparece…

MAN TRIPS WIRE, FALLS

Aileen Garcia-Yap, Apple Ta-as, Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 01/19/2016

Second electrocution at skywalk causes brownout at Fuente   All that Noli Laborte Sisiban wanted was to get the Sinulog tarpaulin that was hung on top of the skywalk near a hospital’s exit along Osmeña Boulevard. His…

Two boys hurt while ‘stealing’ VECO wires

Aileen Garcia-Yap, Apple Ta-as 01/14/2016

Two boys were hurt after they touched a live wire while allegedly trying to steal the electric wires hanging at the top of the skywalk near the Osmeña Boulevard exit gate of Vicente Sotto Memorial Medical Center…

Fierce ‘Pegasus’ made in Cebu

Aileen Garcia-Yap 01/03/2016

Pegasus , the winged horse of Greek mythology, is young, bold and fierce in a a deadwood sculpture  that draws  awed stares in the driveway of SM Seaside City’s Mountain Wing entrance. The stallion, which looks like…

MyBus starts Mactan airport to SM City Cebu route

Aileen Garcia-Yap 12/29/2015

Korean tourists joined local commuters in riding the new air-conditioned SM MyBus units to the Mactan-Cebu International Airport, a route that started on Christmas eve. They lined up in a temporary terminal at the parking lot across…

Airport Terminal 2 construction starts

Aileen Garcia-Yap 12/18/2015

Construction of the new terminal of the Mactan-Cebu International Airport is progressing well with the first concrete pouring today. The first batch of concrete mix was poured into the structure six months after work started on the…

More units at Horizons

Aileen Garcia-Yap 12/10/2015

TAFT Property Venture Development Corp. (TPVDC) will offer additional residential units and expand the retail component of Horizons 101 to meet the high demand. Christopher Narciso, TPVDC president and chief operating officer, said they will build more…

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