MV ‘Sto. Niño de Cebu’ is official galleon for 2025 Fiesta Señor

Niña Mae C. Oliverio 11/20/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The 2025 Fiesta Señor will be one for the books as the first passenger to board the official galleon will be no other than the iconic image of the Sto. Niño de Cebu.…

Internal glitch, not hackers, behind GCash unauthorized deductions

Charie Abarca 11/20/2024

MANILA, Philippines — The unauthorized deduction on balances of some GCash users in early November was triggered by an internal glitch and not by hackers. This was according to Sen. Sherwin Gatchalian who was speaking on behalf…

‘Mary Jane Veloso is coming home’ — Marcos

Darryl John Esguerra 11/20/2024

MANILA – The Indonesian government has agreed to the Philippines’ request to transfer convicted overseas Filipino worker (OFW) Mary Jane Veloso to a local prison, President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. announced Wednesday. “Mary Jane Veloso is coming…

DOLE: Ban on Pogo to affect over 30,000 Filipino workers

Faith Argosino - Reporter / @FArgosinoINQ 11/19/2024

MANILA, Philippines — President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s directive banning all Philippine offshore gaming operators (Pogos) in the country will affect over 30,000 Filipino workers. This was according to the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE). Lawmakers, during…

DFA: Transfer of Mary Jane Veloso to PH facility under discussion

Charie Abarca - @inquirerdotnet 11/19/2024

MANILA, Philippines — The potential transfer of Mary Jane Veloso to a detention facility in Manila have been discussed by the Philippine and Indonesian governments. This has been confirmed by the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) on…

Mandaue officials support Palace’s calls to ditch lavish Christmas parties

Mary Rose Sagarino 11/19/2024

MANDAUE CITY, Philippines – Mandaue City officials expressed support on Malacañang’s request for government agencies to avoid lavish Christmas parties and donate funds instead to recent typhoon victims in Luzon. Mayor Glenn Bercede agreed to be mindful…

3 million expected to join Sinulog Festival 2025

Emmariel Ares 11/19/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines – With around 3 million expected to join the Sinulog Festival in 2025, the city government here wanted a ‘stricter and better-planned’ preparations. Cebu City Mayor Raymond Alvin Garcia on Tuesday, November 19 said…

Mandaue: Truck driver spills cement on highway, flees, identified

Mary Rose Sagarino 11/19/2024

MANDAUE CITY, Philippines — The Traffic Enforcement Agency of Mandaue (TEAM) has identified the driver of the mixer truck who escaped after he accidentally spilled the cement the truck was carrying along Highway Seno in  A.S Fortuna…

Israeli strike on Beirut kills 5 as deadly rocket fire hits Israel

Agence France Presse 11/19/2024

BEIRUT, Lebanon – Israel staged a new bombing raid on central Beirut Monday, killing five people according to the health ministry, as firefighters said a rocket launched from Lebanon killed one woman in Israel. The Hamas-run interior…

Cebu City: Body of unidentified woman found near SRP seawall

Emmariel Ares and Paul Lauro 11/19/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The body of a dead woman was found near the seawall at the Cebu South Road Properties on early Tuesday morning, November 19. The lifeless woman was believed to have been washed to…

Naga, Cebu accident: Motorcycle rams dump truck, boy, 17, dead

Emmariel Ares and Paul Lauro 11/19/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Despite not having a driver’s license, a 17-year-old boy from Naga City, southern Cebu took his father’s motorcycle for a ride on Monday evening, November 18.  In an unfortunate turn of events, the…

Typhoon Man-yi leaves 7 dead in Philippines; worsens crisis from back-to-back storms

Associated Press 11/19/2024

Typhoon Man-yi (locally named Pepito) left at least seven people dead in a landslide, destroyed houses and displaced large numbers of villagers before blowing away from the northern Philippines, worsening the crisis wreaked by multiple back-to-back storms,…

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