Bohol Gov. Aumentado declares dengue outbreak

DORIS BONGCAC 09/05/2024

MANDAUE CITY, Cebu — Over 5, 000 dengue cases, with 14 deaths, have been reported in Bohol province from January 1,  2024 to August 24, 2024. This figure is 451.4 percent higher that the number of reported…

Fisherman from Naga aspires to catch dream for his children’s future

DORIS BONGCAC 06/30/2023

MANDAUE CITY, Cebu – Armel Lamata learned to fish when he was just seven years old. He learned the skill from his late grandfather, Marcelino Sasan. Fishing has been his life since. The 31-year-old Armel has tried…

Saulog sa Tagbilaran Festival makes a comeback this April 2023

DORIS BONGCAC 03/17/2023

TAGBILARAN CITY, Bohol- After a three-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the city government of Tagbilaran in Bohol province will again stage this year its annual Saulog Festival. The festival that is scheduled every April 30…

Local groups: No transport strike in Cebu on Monday

DORIS BONGCAC 03/05/2023

MANDAUE CITY, Cebu — Transport groups in Cebu have reiterated that they will not be joining the nationwide transport strike on Monday, March 6. The Pagkakaisa ng mga Samahan ng Tsuper at Opereytor Nationwide (PISTON)-Cebu  will instead…

A more vibrant Casa Gorordo Museum to reopen on Oct. 15

DORIS BONGCAC 10/14/2022

MANDAUE CITY, Cebu – A more vibrant Casa Gorordo Museum will reopen on Saturday, October 15, 2022. Heritage lovers and other visitors will get to enjoy the casa’s new look and its new displays that is expected…

LOOK: Crowd starts to grow in Leni-Kiko grand rally in Cebu

Delta Letigio, DORIS BONGCAC, Mary Rose Sagarino 04/21/2022

CEBU, Philippines—The crowd attending the Ceboom! Cebu Grand People’s Rally for the Leni Robredo-Kiko Pangilinan tandem is starting to grow. As of 6 p.m. on Thursday, April 21, 2022, police from Mandaue City, Cebu, where the grand…

In Central Visayas, DTI issues notices to 16 price freeze order violators

DORIS BONGCAC 01/18/2022

MANDAUE CITY, Cebu – At least 16 establishments in Central Visayas were issued Notices of Violation (NOVs)  while 84 others were sent Letters of Inquiries (LOIs) for their failure to comply with the Price Freeze Order and…

Lapu-Lapu City seniors told to get vaxxed vs COVID-19

DORIS BONGCAC 12/08/2021

MANDAUE CITY, Cebu – Lapu-Lapu City may have already achieved herd immunity but the threat of the infection among the city’s senior citizens remain high, says Nagiel Bañacia, head of the City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management…

68 from Brgy Kamputhaw receive Kabuhayan cash grants

DORIS BONGCAC 12/08/2021

MANDAUE CITY, Cebu – A total of 68 aspiring entrepreneurs in Barangay Kamputhaw received cash grants that will help them achieve their dream business. The distribution of the Starter Kit Assistance under the Department of Labor and…

Coop deploys 30 MPUJs in Cebu City this Saturday

DORIS BONGCAC 01/16/2021

Starting this Saturday, 30 Modernized Public Utility Jeepneys (MPUJs) from the Lahug Apas Transport Cooperative (LATRANSCO) will start to ply Cebu City streets. LATRANSCO launched their modernized units on Thursday, January 14, at the Department of Education, Ecotech…

Tanod from Barangay Tabunan clarifies, ‘I am not a rebel’

DORIS BONGCAC 10/21/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines –The chief tanod of the mountain barangay of Tabunan in Cebu City has clarified media reports tagging him as a “rebel” following his turnover of a M2 Carbine automatic rifle to the police. Alejo…

Alert level 2 raised in Mount Kanlaon

DORIS BONGCAC 11/25/2018

Government officials and the public are discouraged from entering the four-kilometer radius danger zone of the Mt. Kanlaon because of the possibility of sudden and hazardous steam-driven or phreatic eruptions. Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs)…

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