Fire on Mother’s Day in Alumnos leaves dozens homeless

Paul Lauro, Pegeen Maisie Sararana 05/09/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Dozens of residents were feared to have lost their homes after a fire struck a residential area in Barangay Basak San Nicolas, Cebu City on Sunday, May 9, the day that everyone celebrates…

Mactan-Cebu International Airport expands with 2nd taxiway

Morexette Marie Erram 05/05/2021

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Cebu—Expansions at the Mactan-Cebu International Airport (MCIA) continue despite the crisis spawned by the COVID-19 pandemic. Transportation Secretary Arthur Tugade on Wednesday, May 5, 2021, inaugurated MCIA’s second taxiway. Watch it here: He was accompanied…

Cebu City Mayor Edgardo Labella gets vaccinated

Morexette Marie Erram 05/04/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines—Cebu City Mayor Edgardo Labella on Tuesday, May 4, 2021, received his first dose of COVID-19 vaccine. Labella, accompanied by several City Hall executives, was administered with CoronaVac, the COVID-19 vaccine brand of China’s Sinovac…

Cebu City to lift liquor ban but biz told to still follow health protocols

Morexette Marie B. Erram 05/04/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Cebu City Mayor Edgardo Labella on Tuesday, May 4, announced that he is planning to lift the liquor ban here. “We have favorable recommendations from the EOC and City Health officials (to lift…

14 cause-oriented group members detained for ‘quarantine violations’

Delta Dyrecka Letitio, Futch Anthony Inso 05/01/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Fourteen members of the Alyansa sa mga Mamumuo sa Sugbo-Kilusang Mayo Uno (AMA-Sugbo-KMU) and Bayan Central Visayas did not make it to the Fuente Osmeña Circle, the assembly area for their Labor Day…

Gerald Anderson to play in Mindanao leg of VisMin Super Cup

Glendale G. Rosal 04/27/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines—Celebrity baller Gerald Anderson will play in the Mindanao leg of the 2021 Pilipinas VisMin Super Cup next month.  A press release said that Anderson will be playing for a team backed by Brew Authoritea,…

PH Quincentennial Museum now open

Morexette Marie Erram 04/26/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Philippines finally has its own museum dedicated to pre-colonial life and the country’s participation in the first circumnavigation of the globe. The National Historical Commission of the Philippines (NHCP) on Monday, April…

BREAKING: Senior citizen jab roll-out halted: No more vaccines

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 04/23/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The number of vaccinated senior citizens is growing in Cebu City as the program continues to roll out in three sites in the city. Yet the number of vaccine doses is limited and…

Palace declares April 27 ‘Special Working Day,’ 2021 as ‘Year of Filipino Pre-Colonial Ancestors’

Morexette Marie B. Erram 04/21/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Malacañang has declared 2021 as the ‘Year of Filipino Pre-Colonial Ancestors’. With it, April 27, 2021 will be a Special Working Day to commemorate the 500th anniversary of Datu Lapulapu’s triumph in the…

Woman complainant against Sawang Calero cops shot dead in highway

Morexette Marie Erram, Paul Lauro, Pegeen Maisie Sararana 04/19/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Authorities here confirmed that one of the complainants, who accused several cops from Sawang Calero Police Station of rape and extortion, was killed by still unidentified assailants tonight, April 19. Ritchie Nepomuceno, 35,…

Mandaue fire guts stockroom of Ibabao-Estancia building

Doris C. Bongcac and Mary Rose Sagarino 04/17/2021

MANDAUE CITY, Cebu – A Saturday morning fire damaged bicycles that were kept at the second floor stockroom of Hang-out Building that is located in Barangay Ibabao-Estancia in Mandaue City. Initial report released by the city’s Public…

Thursday games of Pilipinas VisMin Super Cup postponed

Glendale G. Rosal 04/15/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines—Pending the resolution on the issues surrounding the the controversial game between the ARQ Builders—Lapu Lapu City Heroes and the Siquijor Mystics in the Pilipinas VisMin Super Cup, the management of the league decided to…

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