Sinulog 2025: Plans, preps to commence next week

Morexette Marie B. Erram 08/27/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Acting Cebu City Mayor Raymond Alvin Garcia announced that they will start preparations and planning for next year’s Sinulog Festival beginning this September – even without Mayor Michael Rama. During a media forum…

National Museum assures return of Boljoon panels

Morexette Marie B. Erram 08/27/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The National Museum of the Philippines (NMP) assured local officials here that the pulpit panels of the  Archdiocesan Shrine of Patrocinio de Maria Santisima in Boljoon town in southern Cebu, which resurfaced after…

Huthi-struck oil tanker could spill ‘million barrels,’ US warns

Agence France Presse 08/26/2024

WASHINGTON, United States — The United States warned Saturday of a potential environmental disaster in the Red Sea after Huthi rebels struck an oil tanker off the Yemeni coast. The Greek-flagged Sounion was struck on Wednesday off…

Duterte told by House: Explain your ‘jokes’

Krixia Subingsubing - Reporter / @KrixiasINQ 08/25/2024

MANILA, Philippines — Former President Rodrigo Duterte and his allies have been dared by leaders of the House of Representatives’ quad committee to prove that his public statements about killing drug personalities were really “jokes” or “hyperbole.” …

Cebu City killing of ex-convict: Persons of interest identified

Emmariel Ares 08/23/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Police have identified two persons of interest behind the killing of an ex-convict inside his residence in Sitio Kahuyan Alaska, Brgy. Mambaling in Cebu City on Thursday, August 22. Police Major Efren Diaz…

Lapu-Lapu drug bust: P1.3M shabu seized, man nabbed

Futch Anthony Inso 08/23/2024

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Cebu —  Nearly 200 grams of suspected shabu worth P1.3 million have been confiscated from a 36-year-old man during a buy-bust operation in Agus-Proper, Barangay Agus, Lapu-Lapu City, on Thursday evening, August 22, 2024. The…

Cable cars: Solution to traffic woes of Mandaue, Lapu-Lapu

Pia Piquero 08/23/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines – A proposal to introduce cable cars as an alternative mode of transportation between Mandaue City and Lapu-Lapu City has been put forward by a local legislator here. As urban traffic worsens, cable cars…

Cebu City health chief denies abuse claims, says memo ‘poorly worded’

Pia Piquero 08/22/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Dr. Daisy Villa, head of the Cebu City Health Department (CCHD), has denied allegations of grave abuse of power and misconduct. She clarified that the contentious memo regarding midwives’ duty schedules was “poorly…

Why is Mayor Jonas Cortes suspended?

Mary Rose Sagarino 08/22/2024

Mandaue City, Cebu–The Office of the Ombudsman suspended Mayor Jonas Cortes of Mandaue City for one year, without pay, for grave misconduct conduct after he allegedly made an illegal appointment at City Hall. The decision stemmed from…

Mayor Jonas Cortes to appeal his suspension for 1 year

Mary Rose Sagarino 08/21/2024

MANDAUE CITY, Cebu –  Mandaue City Mayor Jonas Cortes is currently coordinating with his lawyers to seek reconsideration of the Ombudsman’s decision to place him under suspension for a year for grave misconduct. Atty. Jamal James Calipayan,…

Sinulog 2025 will return to CCSC – Raymond

Pia Piquero 08/21/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines – The Sinulog Festival will return to the Cebu City Sports Center in 2025. Acting Cebu City Mayor Raymond Alvin Garcia made the announcement during the 1Cebu Expo opening program on Wednesday, August 21.…

LTO-7: Comply with guidelines on improvised, temporary plates or else…

Niña Mae C. Oliverio 08/21/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Land Transportation Office in Central Visayas (LTO-7) will start apprehending vehicles that fail to comply with the guidelines on improvised and temporary plates on September 1, 2024. In a press release shared…

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