CEBU CITY, Philippines — Long before she became a lawyer, a city treasurer, a political candidate, and one of Cebu’s most visible transgender advocates, Atty. Regal Oliva was a child trying to understand why the world insisted…
CEBU CITY, Philippines — While brass bands and official ceremonies marked the country’s 128th Independence Day across Cebu City, a different kind of patriotism unfolded a few blocks away. Under the growing heat of the midmorning sun,…
CEBU CITY, Philippines — 83-year-old Francisco Tante has survived decades of earthquakes, raised a family hundreds of kilometers away from his native Cebu, and built a life in southern Mindanao. But after Monday’s devastating magnitude 7.8 earthquake…
CEBU CITY, Philippines — Long before she was staring down the balance sheets of the country’s most grueling licensure exam, Joan Alliah Carilimdiliman was mastering a different kind of patience in the fog-laden hills of Barangay Mantalongon…
CEBU CITY, Philippines — We are conditioned to believe that brilliance arrives like lightning. We want the movie version of success: the sudden spark of late-night genius, the frantic scribbling on a chalkboard, the swelling orchestral music…
CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu may emerge as a strategic hub for a proposed Asean fuel reserve as Southeast Asian leaders ramp up discussions on regional energy security amid volatile global oil markets and continuing tensions in…
LAPU-LAPU CITY, Cebu — No animal deserves to be left behind. This is the belief that pushes Annalyn Aizpuru, fondly called “Mama Cat,” to spend her days caring for rescues and fighting for their right to live…
CEBU CITY, Philippines — Life can be a long and difficult walk, but the finish line is always worth it. Daryl Prangos can attest to this. He had to go through some really tough times early in…
CEBU CITY, Philippines— As temperatures rise and the dry season continues, many people wonder what can still grow in the intense summer heat. Strolling through Cebu’s Carbon Public Market, even outside the main building, you’ll see rows…
CEBU CITY, Philippines—If you have been on TikTok or Instagram lately, then you have definitely seen that bright, almost glowing purple color in everything from cakes to lattes. It has become a massive trend for netizens because…
CEBU CITY, Philippines — You don’t always have to start with the perfect dream to end up exactly where you are meant to be. This is the lesson 24-year-old Engineer Jude Noel P. Jarina carries with him…
CEBU CITY, Philippines — As the late afternoon sun cast a golden glow over the Basilica Minore del Santo Niño, the air slowly filled with a familiar cry, “Viva, Pit Señor!” By late afternoon on April 28,…
