New Year ushers in lower income tax rates

Ronnel Domingo 12/25/2022

MANILA, Philippines — The New Year will bring good tidings to a majority of Filipino fixed-income earners. Starting Jan. 1, 2023, individual taxpayers will pay lower income tax rates, but those earning over P8 million annually will…

Suspension of sea trips in Cebu remains on Christmas Day

Morexette Marie B. Erram 12/25/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Several sea trips, particularly among small sea vessels, remain suspended in the Visayas region on Christmas Day, December 25. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration in Mactan (Pagasa-Mactan) on Sunday reported…

Over a thousand left stranded in Cebu ports on Christmas Day due to bad weather

Morexette Marie B. Erram 12/25/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Over a thousand individuals from Cebu were unable to spend Christmas with their loved ones due to bad weather. As of midnight of Dec. 25, the Philippine Coast Guard in Central Visayas (PCG-7)…

Hundreds remain stranded in Cebu ports due to bad weather

Doris C. Bongcac, Mary Rose Sagarino 12/24/2022

MANDAUE CITY, Cebu – Hundreds of passengers continue to crowd passenger terminals in parts of Cebu province hoping to go home to their hometowns today, Dec. 24, and spend Christmas with their families. In San Remegio town…

PRO-7 chief assures Lapu-Lapu mayor: More cops to secure city streets

Futch Anthony Inso 12/23/2022

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Philippines — More policemen will secure the streets of Lapu-Lapu City this holiday season. Police Brigadier General Jerry Fornaleza Bearis, Police Regional Office in Central Visayas (PRO-7) director, assured Lapu-Lapu City Mayor Junard “Ahong” Chan…

Mandaue City Hospital gears up to handle possible firecracker injuries as Christmas Day nears

Mary Rose Sagarino 12/23/2022

  MANDAUE CITY, Philippines — Despite the ban on the selling and use of firecrackers being imposed in Mandaue City, the Mandaue City Hospital is still preparing to handle possible firecracker injuries. Dr. Diadem Jane Maglangit, medical…

Cebu solon: Selecting ‘quality fund managers’ key to Maharlika’s success; militant group wants it junked

Morexette Marie B. Erram 12/22/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines – A lawmaker from Cebu said that having ‘quality fund managers’ for the controversial Maharlika Investment Fund (MIF) would help it become an effective vehicle for investment. But militant groups here continue their calls…

Public warned: Don’t give alms to beggars on Cebu City streets or you will be apprehended, fined

Wenilyn Sabalo 12/22/2022

  CEBU CITY, Philippines — Starting Thursday, Dec. 22, 2022, the Cebu City Anti-Mendicancy Board (CCAMB) will conduct rescue operations and issue citation tickets to mendicants and those who will be caught giving cash or any material…

Capitol employees get P10,000 bonus

Morexette Marie Erram 12/22/2022

  CEBU CITY, Philippines – Good news for regular employees of the Cebu Provincial Government. The Provincial Board (PB) on Thursday, December 22 approved the P13.8 million supplementary budget that would fund the Special Recognition Incentives (SRI)…

Selling of firecrackers only allowed at SRP

Wenilyn B. Sabalo 12/22/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu City Councilor Philip Zafra, head of the Committee on Peace and Order, reminded the public that the only designated area for selling firecrackers and pyrotechnics in the city is at South Road…

Dapitan of Cordova declared as drug-cleared barangay 

Futch Anthony Inso 12/22/2022

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Philippines — The Regional Oversight Committee on Barangay Drug Clearing Program has declared Barangay Dapitan in Cordova town as a drug-cleared barangay. In a letter signed by Lawyer Ian Kenneth Lucero, provincial director of the…

Councilor Alcover hopes death of Sison will also lead to death of ‘violent communist ideology’

Wenilyn Sabalo 12/21/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — With the death of Jose Maria Sison, founder and chairman of the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People’s Army (CPP-NPA), Cebu City Councilor Pastor Alcover Jr. said he hoped that the latter’s death…

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