#PresyoMerkado: Health benefits of squash

Gresheen Gift Libby 10/27/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines – This fleshy vegetable is said to have originated in Mexico and Central America. When we were little, our parents taught us to always eat squash for good eyesight. Yellow squash have high amounts…

Pagasa Mactan says peak dates of ’October Orionids’ meteor shower on Oct. 21 and 22

Gresheen Gift Libby 10/17/2019

  Cebu City, Philippines—Time to pack up and head straight to the mountains!  Starting Thursday night, October 17, 2019, to next Friday, October 25, 2019, a meteor phenomenon called “October Orionids” will light up the night sky…

PresyoMerkado: Treating menstrual pain with a cup of ginger tea

Gresheen Gift Libby 10/13/2019

Start your Sunday morning with a hot cup of ginger tea. Did you know that ginger locally known as “luy-a” is considered a superfood because of its many health benefits? It is loaded with several nutrients and…

#PresyoMerkado: The health benefits of eating saging saba

Gresheen Gift Libby 10/06/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Saging saba is a very common banana variety in Cebu.  It is fatter and starchier compared to the other bananas and is best prepared fried or boiled. Westerners call this variety “The Grandfather of…

#PresyoMerkado: Sweet potatoes and weight loss

Gresheen Gift Libby 09/29/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Let’s make this Sunday a healthy one! Try having boiled sweet potatoes (locally known as kamote)  for breakfast or snacks. This root crop is best for weight loss. Did you know that these…

#PRESYO MERKADO: Carcar City’s famous lechon

Gresheen Gift Libby 09/15/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Maayong adlaw! Mag lechon na sad ta! CDN Digital dropped by the public market in Carcar City, Cebu to check on the prices of their famous lechon! A kilo of Carcar City’s juicy…

Cebu start-up sells ‘plantable pencils’ 

Gresheen Gift Libby 05/30/2019

Cebu City, Philippines—Instead of throwing away used up pencils, why not plant them? A Cebu-based start-up is making this possible by selling pencils that contain seeds which can be planted once the pencils are used up.  The…

Malfunctioning SD cards causes delay in transmission of votes in Cebu 

Gresheen Gift Libby 05/14/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Out of seven cities and 44 municipalities in the province of Cebu, one city and nine municipalities have yet to transmit their votes to the provincial Comelec. As of 7 a.m. Tuesday, May…

Paper jam causes delay in voting in some parts of Cebu  

Gresheen Gift Libby 05/13/2019

https://www.facebook.com/cdndigital/videos/361687177886768/   CEBU City, Philippines — Long lines mark the first two hours of elections on the morning of May 13, 2019, due to paper jams, delaying the voting process in precincts around the province. But according…

Silawan case: No show for NBI, suspect’s camp

Gresheen Gift Libby 03/29/2019

Cebu City, Philippines — The National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) and the legal counsel of the teen suspect in the Christine Lee Silawan slay case didn’t show up in the regional trial court on Friday morning, March…

A netizen’s compassion: ‘I want to buy a birthday cake for Christine’

Gresheen Gift Libby 03/14/2019

Cebu City, Philippines – The brutal murder of Christine Lee Silawan in Lapu-Lapu City sent shockwaves around the country. Netizens were outraged with the way the 16-year-old Silawan was murdered – stabbed multiple times, face skinned to…

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