8 schools in Central Visayas ask for tuition fee increase

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 05/17/2017

  Eight schools in Central Visayas applied for a tuition fee increase in all levels for the school year 2017 to 2018. Freddie Bernal, regional director of Commission on Higher Education (CHED-7), said of the eight schools,…

Preserve trees at all cost: Groups to BRT proponents

Jose Santino S. Bunachita, Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 05/16/2017

FR. Robert Reyes, the activist priest known for his environmental crusades and unconventional approach to social justice, is taking up a new cause: save Cebu City’s centuries-old trees from the up and coming, Bus Rapid Transit (BRT)…

Rotational brownouts cripple Bantayan towns

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag, Nestle L. Semilla 05/16/2017

Rotational brownouts of at least two to three hours have been inconveniencing residents and businesses on Bantayan Island since last Monday due to generator problems. Engineer Lee Rivera, general manager for Bantayan Electric Cooperative, Inc. (Banelco), said…

Back to warmer weather for Cebu

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 05/14/2017

But Pagasa says there may still be rains this month It’s back to warmer weather for Cebu due to the easterly winds that will raise temperatures for the rest of the week, the Mactan office of the…

Small but special tokens to make moms happy on their special day

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 05/13/2017

IT’S the children’s turn to make their mothers happy especially today — Mother’s Day. For Cebu-based actor Dan Sy Lopez, he will give a bag and a mocha cake to his mother, Marirose. It is just a…

CTU topnotcher: Always aim for the top

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 05/13/2017

When he was in Grade 4, Rusty Lapus just started learning to play chess from his father Gonzalo as well as developing his love of Math. At the time, Lapus said he realized he wanted to become…

CTU graduate, lone Cebu topnotcher, dedicates achievement to late dad

Doris C. Bongcac, Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 05/12/2017

CIVIL ENG’G LICENSURE EXAMS A GRADUATE of the Cebu Technological University (CTU) main campus and the lone Cebuano who made it to the top 10 of the recent Civil Engineering Licensure Examination is dedicating his achievement to…

Militants protest over Gina Lopez’s ouster

Doris C. Bongcac, Intern, Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 05/12/2017

At least 60 members of militant group braved the morning rain to protest against the replacement of environment secretary Gina Lopez and plan to operate a coal-fired power plant in Barangay Sawang Calero, Cebu City. The group…

Officials urge vessel owner to siphon oil from ill-fated ship

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 05/11/2017

Five days after the ill-fated  sank off the waters of Barangay Cansojong, Talisay City, no marine life has been affected by any oil spill so far. But Alvin Santillana, head of Talisay City’s Disaster Risk Reduction and…

Cebu City to launch ‘Brigada Eskwela’

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 05/11/2017

Cebu City will spearhead this year’s national launching of “Brigada Eskwela” scheduled next Monday, May 15. Dr. Bianito Dagatan, superintendent for the Cebu City Division of the Department of Education (DepEd), confirmed that Education Secretary Leonor Briones…

Talisay seawaters safe for fishermen, but oil should be siphoned off vessel

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 05/09/2017

MV FORTUNER SINKING While the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR-7) has declared the sunken site of MV Fortuner still safe for fishermen to ply their trade, an official of the Talisay City government wants the…

BFAR executive tells fishermen it’s safe to fish in Talisay waters

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 05/09/2017

WATCH: PCG conducts site inspection of waters in Barangay Cansojong, Talisay City where M/V Fortuner sank. The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR-7) announced it is safe to fish at Talisay City waters. A lot of…

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