CPA to allow devotees to watch fluvial procession from Cebu City ports

Doris C. Bongcac 01/16/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines – The management of the Cebu Port Authority (CPA) will be opening Cebu City port gates to devotees who wanted to watch Saturday morning’s fluvial procession. An advisory posted on the Facebook page of…

Potable, cold water available at MCWD water stations during weekend procession, Sinulog grand parade

Doris C. Bongcac 01/15/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Devotees who will be coming to Cebu City for the Fiesta Señor celebration will get to enjoy free potable and cold drinking water courtesy of the Metro Cebu Water District (MCWD) and Kooler…

Murcia contingent: Sinulog newbie ready to pay homage to Señor Sto. Niño

Doris C. Bongcac 01/14/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines – High school students from the municipality of Murcia in Negros Occidental will be joining the Sinulog grand parade for the first time on January 20 to experience Cebu’s festivities and pay homage to…

Zamboanga’s Liloy contingent to make Sinulog comeback: Dancing for Sto. Niño is all that matters

Doris C. Bongcac 01/12/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines – They have already signed up for the Sinulog grand parade on January 20, but the around 300 performers from the municipality of Liloy in Zamboanga del Norte still do not have boat tickets…

Daanbantayan’s Tribu Kandaya: Defending FI title, supporting drug surrenderer-members

Doris C. Bongcac 01/11/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Performers from the Municipality of Daanbantayan in northern Cebu will again be joining this year’s Sinulog grand parade to defend their Free Interpretation (FI) championship title. But more than that, choreographer Mark Barry…

Sinulog visitors: Three balikbayan flights to arrive in Cebu on Jan. 17

Doris C. Bongcac 01/09/2019

  CEBU CITY, Philippines — At least three balikbayan flights will be arriving in Cebu on January 17 for the Sinulog festivities. Judy Gabato, chief tourism operations officer of the Department of Tourism in Central Visayas (DOT-7),…

Globe expands mobile signal to mountain barangays

Doris C. Bongcac 01/08/2019

Celirina Belena, 50, used to climb their window so she can  send a text message. But with the establishment of a Globe cellsite in the mountain Barangay of Bonbon, Cebu City on Thursday (January 3), Belena said…

Organizers to politicians: No campaigning, speeches during Sinulog festival

Doris C. Bongcac 01/08/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — No speeches please. This was the reminder of Sinulog 2019 organizers to politicians who might wish to join this year’s celebration. Malou Innocando-Tabar, information officer of the Cebu City government, said in today’s…

MCIA expects slight increase in tourist arrivals for Sinulog 2019

Doris C. Bongcac 01/08/2019

  Cebu City, Philippines – The management of the Mactan Cebu International Airport (MCIA) is anticipating a four-percent increase in tourist arrival for this year’s Sinulog celebration despite the ongoing renovation of Terminal 1. Neneth Castillon, Terminal…

Boholano fisherman loses way at sea because of rain, rescued in Argao

Doris C. Bongcac 01/04/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines – A fisherman from the municipality of Loon in Bohol province is now taking temporary shelter at the Argao police station after he was rescued from the waters of Barangay Looc, Argao late this…

Power outage affects San Remegio town

Doris C. Bongcac 12/28/2018

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Power interruption was experienced in San Remigio town in northern Cebu at around 10 p.m. today (December 28). A post on the municipal government’s Facebook page said that Cebeco II personnel were still…

MCWD tells consumers to prepare for TD Usman, store water

Doris C. Bongcac 12/28/2018

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Make sure to store water. This was the advise of the Metropolitan Cebu Water District (MCWD) to its consumers amidst the threat brought by Tropical Depression (TD) Usman. In a press release issued…

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