Cebu bird book gets national award

Aileen Garcia-Yap 11/28/2015

A book authored by three photographers, two of them Cebuanos, won the Science Category of the 34th National Book Award. Birds of Cebu and Bohol Philippines, features over 170 full-color photographs of different birds found in Cebu…

CIT graduate tops engineers’ exam

Aileen Garcia-Yap 11/25/2015

Armand Henzkel Bangolan Canoy of Cebu Institute of Technology emerged on top of the 9,482 civil engineering graduates who took the November 2015 Civil Engineering Licensure Examination this month. Canoy got a 94.80 percent rating. Another CIT…

Korean direct seller to enter PH market

Aileen Garcia-Yap 11/16/2015

Korean beauty and wellness direct selling company Global Atomy plans to establish operations in the Philippines with the opening of outlets in Cebu and Manila next year. Sophia Lee, Global Atomy authorized distributor in the Philippines, said…

Carlson Rezidor eyeing second hotel in Cebu

Aileen Garcia-Yap 11/11/2015

A TOP executive of American hotel group Carlson Rezidor said they were in active talks with SM Hotels and Conventions Corp. for a second hotel in Cebu. Andre de Jong, Carlson Rezidor vice president for operations in…

New May 1 deadline to fix wires, utility posts ‘impossible’

Aileen Garcia-Yap 11/01/2015

THE new May 1, 2016  deadline set by Cebu City Mayor Michael Rama for public  utilities to correct  dangling wires and remove  hazardous poles in city roads is not doable. Engineer Cayetano Cruz of the Philippine Long…

Mayor Rama: Boy’s death should spur utilities to speed up work

Aileen Garcia-Yap, Jose Santino S. Bunachita 10/29/2015

  Cebu City Mayor Michael Rama didn’t get his complete birthday wish of “zero” dangling street wires and hazardous utility posts yesterday when he turned 61. Some of the eight firms which pledged to finish the work…

Villar group enters Cebu’s condo market

Aileen Garcia-Yap 10/29/2015

  THE Villar Group is bringing its condominium brand Vista Residences to Cebu. The first project, Vista Suarez, will be built along Gorordo Ave. in Cebu City. It will cost nearly P4 billion. “It’s that area where…

Firms: Good progress, not 100% yet

Aileen Garcia-Yap 10/28/2015

THE public utility firms that pledged  to bundle all  dangling wires in Cebu City by Oct. 28 said they are making “good progress” on their commitment but the work is not 100 percent done. Engr. Cayetano N.…

GUNNED DOWN

Aileen Garcia-Yap, Apple Ta-as, Doris C. Bongcac 10/22/2015

Heated words in a birthday celebration yesterday ended in gunshots that wounded Cebu Chinese Consul Song Ronghua and killed two members of his staff. Police are looking into a possible grudge attack behind the shooting, which took…

Cebu officials, traders shocked over shooting

Aileen Garcia-Yap, Victor Anthony V. Silva 10/22/2015

CEBU officials and the Chinese community in Cebu were shocked and saddened over yesterday’s shooting that claimed the lives of two Chinese consulate officials and injured the newly appointed Chinese consul general. “The Filipino Chinese community in…

Mandaue, Liloan hit by outages

Aileen Garcia-Yap 10/21/2015

Underground cable line of NGCP tripped, says Veco; power restored same day Hours-long brownouts  yesterday affected most of Mandaue City and  Liloan town in northern Cebu after an underground cable line tripped. Areas starting from Paknaan in…

Line tripping causes brownout in northern Cebu

Aileen Garcia-Yap 10/20/2015

While there was no power shortage yesterday, the northern part of Cebu served by the Visayan Electric Co. (Veco) experienced a brownout. Areas starting from Paknaan in Mandaue City all the way to Liloan town in Cebu…

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