DOH includes Cebu City in autism study

Christine Estrella 04/03/2014

Cebu City is among the areas included in a study on autism to be conducted by the Department of Health (DOH). The study will focus on densely-populated barangays such as Inayawan, Sawang Calero and Binaliw. Mothers gathered…

Man killed; wife, daughter hurt in motorcycle crash

Christine Estrella 03/10/2014

A 48-year-old man was killed after the motorcycle he was driving crashed in a national highway in barangay Santa Cruz, Ronda town, southwest Cebu. Police identified the fatality as Felipe Cuadero. His wife and 4-year-old daughter were…

Small car gets huge welcome in Cebu: Toyota Motor Philippines unveils Wigo hatchback

Christine Estrella 02/25/2014

Seeing great potential in the subcompact hatchback market, Toyota Motor Philippines Corporation (TMPC) last week launched the newest addition to its vehicle lineup—the Wigo. The grand launching was held last Wednesday at the Pacific Grand Ballroom of…

Canadian-based firm to construct waste-to-energy plant in Lapu-Lapu

Christine Estrella 02/20/2014

A Vancouver-based group will invest US $20 million to build a waste-to-energy facility in Lapu-Lapu City. The project is the first renewable energy venture investment of the Aquilini Mactan Renewable Energy Inc. (AMREI) in Asia. The first…

How Siloys touch lives: Loyloy’s Christmas wish comes true

Christine Estrella 02/10/2014

LAST December I covered a Christmas party hosted by a city official for street children outside City Hall. While kids were played the parlor game “The boat is sinking”, I noticed a boy standing behind the crowd,…

BSP urges public to use new currency

Christine Estrella 02/06/2014

The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) called on the public to help circulate new money bills  as part of their clean note policy. “The public should change the practice of paying using unfit and mutilated notes. They…

Cebu City’s ‘Lumad Basakanon’ and Placer, Masbate group awarded best in Sinulog dancing

Chito O. Aragon, Christine Estrella, Doris C. Bongcac, Edison Delos Angeles 01/20/2014

It was sweet triumph for the Lumad Basakanon, Cebu City’s favorite Sinulog champion, which regained its no. 1 status in the annual dance competion of the biggest festival of the country. Synchronized steps, drama and a dance…

Star power in Sinulog

Christine Estrella, Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 01/20/2014

Celebrities from tinseltown added glitz to the Sinulog as talents from the country’s rival broadcast networks joined the festivities yesterday. Fans shrieked – with some even blocking the way of the floats – while others whipped out…

Condo towers to rise in Tambuli resort

Christine Estrella 01/13/2014

A BEACH resort and a beach club in Mactan Island will be converted into an exclusive residential resort. Once completed the former Tambuli Resort East and the Cebu Beach Club property will be converted into an 11-hectare…

Two Men Killed In Toledo

Christine Estrella, Norman V. Mendoza 01/06/2014

TWO construction workers were shot dead in barangay Daang-Lungsod, Toledo City, Cebu last Saturday past midnight. Police identified the fatalities as Mark Dalisay, 19, and Jeffrey Omandac, 21. The two were shot while sleeping in a hut,…

Algeria donates initial 15,000 rice bags for Yolanda victims

Christine Estrella, Inquirer 01/05/2014

THE Algerian government will donate 146,000 sacks of rice to victims of supertyphoon Yolanda in the Visayas. Algerian Ambassador to the Philippines Abdelmalek Bouheddou handed over the initial shipment of 15,600 sacks to the Department of Social…

Relocation building deal

Ador Vincent S. Mayol, Christine Estrella, Doris C. Bongcac, Jose Santino S. Bunachita 12/14/2013

The Cebu City government is one step closer to availing of a P78 million loan from the National Housing Authority (NHA) to construct two medium-rise buildings which will serve as alternative housing for residents living near Mahiga…

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