Lapu-Lapu: Lot ‘dispute’ worries Abuno school, barangay officials

Futch Anthony Inso 11/04/2024

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Cebu — Tensions are felt by parents and school officials of the Abuno Elementary School after several persons disputed the ownership of the lot where the school was situated. Barangay Captain Bonifacio Ompad of Pajac…

PhilHealth now covers readmissions for same illness within 90 days

11/03/2024

Members, who are readmitted due to the same illness in a span of 90 days, can now avail of PhilHealth benefits after the state health insurer lifted its Single Period of Confinement policy beginning October 1, 2024.…

Visayan media, CSOs, meet in Bohol, tackle environmental agenda

Niña Mae C. Oliverio 11/03/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Several members of the media and civil society organizations (CSOs) in the Visayas region recently met in Tagbilaran City, Bohol, to formulate the Visayan agenda for the ‘Inspire’ project. The event, titled “Amplifying…

Poverty incidence in Central Visayas drops in 2023

Niña Mae C. Oliverio 11/03/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Central Visayas is gradually returning to its pre-pandemic level conditions, after the poverty statistics showed a decline of the poor population in the region, the National Economic and Development Authority (Neda) said. This…

Pope Francis prays in front of graves of unborn children

Associated Press 11/03/2024

ROME — Pope Francis paid his respects on Saturday to the “Garden of Angels,” an area in Rome’s third largest cemetery which houses the graves of stillborn and miscarried children. Francis celebrated All Souls’ Day Mass at…

Batanes: 4.4 magnitude earthquake rocks Itbayat

Dianne Sampang - @inquirerdotnet 11/03/2024

MANILA, Philippines — Itbayat in Batanes was rocked by a magnitude 4.4 earthquake on Saturday afternoon, said the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs). Phivolcs, in its earthquake bulletin, said that west of Itbayat in Batanes…

Duterte’s statements at Senate probe angers ‘Tokhang’ victims kin

John Eric Mendoza - Reporter / @JEMendozaINQ 11/02/2024

MANILA, Philippines — Families of the victims of extrajudicial killings (EJKs) strongly reacted to the appearance of former President Rodrigo Duterte at the Senate hearing investigating the EJKs. During Monday’s Senate blue ribbon subcommittee hearing, Duterte admitted…

Kalag-Kalag: Catholics urged to celebrate lives of saints, departed

Mary Judaline Partlow - Phiippine News Agency 11/02/2024

DUMAGUETE CITY—A Catholic priest urged the faithful to study and understand the real meaning of Halloween and celebrate the lives of saints and the departed in a manner that glorifies God instead of participating in practices that…

LIST: 2025 holidays in the Philippines

10/31/2024

MANILA, Philippines — Malacañang released on Thursday, October 31, 2024, the list of regular holidays and special non-working days in the Philippines in 2025. READ MORE: LIST: Philippine holidays in 2024 2025: List of long weekends for…

Rama to file case against Raymond Garcia for ‘usurpation’

Pia Piquero 10/31/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines —The stage might be set for a high-profile legal battle between two mayoral figures in Cebu City over a mayoral dispute. This comes after dismissed Mayor Michael Rama announced plans to file legal cases…

Mandaue: Petition to junk Mayor Cortes’ candidacy filed at Comelec

Mary Rose Sagarino 10/31/2024

MANDAUE CITY, Philippines — A petition seeking to disqualify the candidacy of dismissed Mandaue City Mayor Jonas Cortes was filed in the Commission on Elections (Comelec). In a 12-page petition, Ines Corbo Necesario and Julia Oporto Narte…

Lapu-Lapu drug bust yields P13.9M shabu, nets a ‘bodegero’

Futch Anthony Inso 10/30/2024

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Cebu — A 31-year-old man from Cebu City was caught with P13.9 million worth of suspected shabu during a buy-bust operation in Barangay Pusok, Lapu-Lapu City at past 8 p.m. of October 29. The man…

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