Lumber, kitchen ware, food donated for Yolanda survivors

Bjorn Abraham Tabanera, Jose Santino S. Bunachita 01/08/2014

SEIZED lumber, kitchen ware, food and even massage training sessions were donated by the regional Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) and private companies to Yolanda victims in Cebu yesterday. Regional DENR Executive Director Isabel Montejo…

Sinulog 2014 tickets come with slings, QR codes

Bjorn Abraham Tabanera, Chito O. Aragon 01/07/2014

ASIDE from containing QR (Quick Response) codes, tickets for grandstand seats for the Sinulog Grand Parade at the Cebu City Sports Center will also come with slings that can be worn like an ID. Information embedded in…

New Cebu City hospital at old site

Bjorn Abraham Tabanera, Marian Z. Codilla 01/06/2014

After it was damaged by 7.2 earthquake last October, a new Cebu City hospital may rise from the old site at N. Bacalso Avenue, Cebu City through the partnership of private and public sector, a committee tasked…

SRP concert after Sinulog Mardi Gras

Bjorn Abraham Tabanera 01/06/2014

After the Sinulog Mardi Gras, revelers may want to head to the South Road Properties (SRP) for a concert featuring bands from Manila and Cebu. Sinulog Foundation Inc. Executive Director Ricky Ballesteros said the concert will be…

Amid calamities, and rising prices, Cebuanos told to focus on faith

Bjorn Abraham Tabanera 01/06/2014

It’s two weeks to go before the Sinulog Grand Parade and Sinulog ticket seller Emil Pascual is slightly worried. Pascual said they have so far sold only 335 out of 6,500 tickets as of last Thursday morning.…

First fire in 2014 hits Samboan, 6 houses burned

Bjorn Abraham Tabanera 01/02/2014

While most of the families were celebrating the New Year, six families in Samboan town had to scramble for their lives and save some of their belongings when fire broke past 1:30 p.m. on the first year…

‘Kutseros’ keep horse carriages alive in city

Bjorn Abraham Tabanera 01/02/2014

The day finds 60-year-old Amado Abatayo maneuvering his tartanilla pulled by Carlo, a silky brown horse along side streets of downtown Cebu City. Standing a little over 5 feet, Abatayo still possesses much energy and vigor as…

Pasko sa V. Rama showcases local talents

Bjorn Abraham Tabanera 12/27/2013

The length of V. Rama Avenue in Cebu City is alive with lights and Nativity scenes, a neighborhood contest going on its 18th year. Twenty-five entries depicting the birth of Jesus lined the road through barangays Guadalupe,…

Mike: ‘A place of love, caring’

Bjorn Abraham Tabanera 12/21/2013

Cebu City Mayor Michael Rama yesterday led the opening of Tent City for typhoon evacuees, saying the city and Red Cross were “opening a place of love, a place of caring, a place of serving.” By Monday,…

2 dead in Badian bus accident

Bjorn Abraham Tabanera, Christine Emily L. Pantaleon 12/16/2013

The driver in the  bus crash that killed his wife and 5-year-old daughter  in  the southern Cebu town of Badian admitted he had a few drinks the night before the accident. PO2 Bismark Babiera said the driver…

UPDATED: 2 dead in Badian bus accident

Bjorn Abraham Tabanera, Christine Emily L. Pantaleon 12/16/2013

Two dead and several others were injured in a freak road accident after a Ceres bus lost control while negotiating sharp turns at the national highway in southern Badian town.     The passenger bus came from…

Girl dies, seven hurt in boarding house fire in Brgy. Pari-an

Bjorn Abraham Tabanera, Doris C. Bongcac 12/14/2013

A girl died and seven people were injured when a fire broke out at a boarding house in Bonifacio Street, barangay Pari-an at 4:30 a.m. today. The six-year-old girl is reported to have succumbed to third degree…

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