MCIAA to construct emergency runway to ensure undisrupted operations

Rosalie Abatayo 01/08/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Mactan Cebu International Airport Authority (MCIAA) will put up an “emergency” runway to ensure undisrupted operations when maintenance work will be done at the present runway. MCIAA General Manager Steve Dicdican, in…

Miguel Magpale: ‘We are not bullied by Governor Garcia’

Rosalie Abatayo 01/07/2020

CAMOTES ISLAND, Cebu — “Wala’y panahon nga gidaug-daog mi o gidaug-daug ko.” (There was never a time that I or our bloc was mistreated.) This was the statement of Cebu Provincial Board Member Miguel Antonio Almendras Magpale when…

CODI awaits Camotes doctor blamed for baby’s death 

Rosalie Abatayo 01/07/2020

CAMOTES ISLAND, Cebu — A full scale investigation will be launched by the Capitol’s Committee of Discipline and Investigation (CODI) on the alleged negligence of a doctor assigned at the Camotes District Hospital which resulted in the…

Camotes’ barangay volunteers receive cash incentives from Capitol

Rosalie Abatayo 01/07/2020

CAMOTES ISLANDS, Cebu — Elizabeth Gahira has been serving as a volunteer barangay health worker in Barangay Himensulan, San Francisco in Camotes Island for more than 30 years. Gahira, 62, in turn, receives an honorarium of P230…

Gov. Gwen to visit mother of baby who died in Camotes District Hospital

Rosalie Abatayo 01/07/2020

  CEBU CITY, Philippines — Governor Gwendolyn Garcia will be meeting today, January 7, 2020,  the mother of a three-week-old boy who died in the district hospital of Camotes.  The child, identified as Kai Gavin Yangson, reportedly…

Capitol to Cebuanos: Avoid public places amid reports of mysterious disease in China

Rosalie Abatayo 01/06/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines —  Barely two weeks before the Fiesta Señor, the Capitol has warned Cebuanos against going to crowded areas amid the outbreak of a “mysterious” strain of pneumonia in China. In a disease outbreak news…

Lapu mayor wants to develop Olango Island into ecotourism hub

Rosalie Abatayo 01/06/2020

CEBU, Philippines —  Lapu-Lapu City Mayor Junard Chan announced the city’s interest in developing Olango Island into an ecotourism hub. Chan said developing an ecotourism hub will benefit the city as it would invite more tourists to…

Lapu-Lapu City mayor plans to open new road networks to ease traffic

Rosalie Abatayo 01/06/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Opening more roads to solve the traffic problem in Lapu-Lapu City will be one of the priority projects of Mayor Junard Chan this 2020. The mayor, who spoke during this year’s first flag…

Chan to relocate coastal area residents to save city’s beaches

Rosalie Abatayo 01/06/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Lapu-Lapu City government is planning to relocate its coastal residents to ensure the preservation of its beaches and marine resources. Lapu-Lapu City Mayor Junard Chan said that informal settlers will soon be…

Clear skies for Novena Masses, no sign of year’s first typhoon during Sinulog — Pagasa

Rosalie Abatayo 01/05/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Devotees, who wish to attend the nine-day Novena Masses starting Thursday, January 9, 2020, may have to worry less about possible downpours. Except for isolated rain showers and localized thunderstorms, the state weather…

Señor Sto. Niño brings hope to CCMC patients

Rosalie Abatayo 01/05/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — A sight of hope visited patients of Cebu City Medical Center (CCMC) on Sunday, January 5, 2020. Enclosed in His clear glass case, the image of Señor Sto. Niño de Cebu stood across…

Cebu ASF Task Force strengthens monitoring in sea, airports in 2020

Rosalie Abatayo 01/05/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The 12 seaports in Cebu City and province will be the focus of the monitoring of the African Swine Fever Task Force in preventing the entry of the contagious among hogs disease in…

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