Do Chinese spies enter PH through Pogo operations? Sen. Hontiveros wants to know

11/11/2023

Sen. Risa Hontiveros on Friday raised the possibility of Chinese spies securing Philippine citizenship by obtaining genuine passports, tax identification cards, immigration documents, and even birth certificates through fraudulent means. Presiding over a hearing by the Senate…

LTO extends validity of expiring licenses to April 2024

11/11/2023

The Land Transportation Office or LTO extended the validity of driver’s licenses expiring this month up to April 2, 2024, following the effectivity of a writ of preliminary injunction issued by the court. Vigor Mendoza II, the…

MCWD: Legal counsel of previous board tells Rama “end this madness”

Rashe Zoe Sophia Piquero 11/10/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines – The legal counsel of the previous MCWD board of directors called out Cebu City Mayor Michael Rama to reinstate the former directors back into office. Lawyer Amando Virgil Ligutan, legal counsel of Augustus…

How do you calculate for your 13th-month pay? Read on!

Rashe Zoe Sophia Piquero 11/10/2023

  CEBU CITY, Philippines – It’s that time of year again when the 13th-month pay is about to be released. But, do you know how it is calculated? Employees often need clarification to compute this additional compensation.…

Special election in Negros Oriental canceled by Comelec on House urging

11/09/2023

The special election in the third congressional district of Negros Oriental set for Dec. 9 was canceled by the Commission on Elections (Comelec) on Wednesday following the House of Representatives adoption of a resolution urging the poll…

Metro Cebu Expressway: Four-wheeled vehicles barred from passing over safety concerns

Morexette Marie B. Erram 11/09/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Large vehicles, including four-wheeled ones, will not be allowed to pass through portions of the Metro Cebu Expressway in Naga City over safety concerns. Cebu Gov. Gwendolyn Garcia issued Executive Order (EO) No.…

Proclaimed Cogon Ramos councilor to assume position until results are recomputed

Niña Mae C. Oliverio 11/09/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The barangay councilor in Barangay Cogon Ramos, Cebu City, whose proclamation is now under question due to alleged errors in computations, will assume her position until the re-computation of the election results is…

LTO-7 deepens probe into Mandaue City ‘road race’

Niña Mae C. Oliverio 11/08/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The parties involved in the ‘road race’ that occurred in Mandaue City, on October 31, were called for a hearing at the Land Transportation Office in Central Visayas (LTO-7) on November 8, Wednesday.…

Capitol wants P23 billion as budget for 2024

Morexette Marie B. Erram 11/08/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Cebu Gov. Gwendolyn Garcia wants to allocate P23 billion as the provincial government’s budget for 2024. And the Provincial Board (PB) has already begun its budget hearing. The proposed budget, which is approximately…

Arroyo, Ungab removed as House deputy speakers

11/08/2023

MANILA, Philippines — After being demoted in May over her supposed aspiration to be Speaker of the House of Representatives, former President and now Pampanga Rep. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo on Tuesday was completely stripped of her designation as…

What’s the status of the Yolanda housing projects in Cebu?

Morexette Marie B. Erram 11/08/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines –  When Typhoon Yolanda (international name: Haiyan) struck the Visayas a decade ago, it did not spare Cebu. In particular, the province’s northern towns and cities where thousands – if not millions – suffered…

Yolanda: A decade later, ‘moving on’ still hard for survivors

Ador Mayol, Joey Gabieta, Nestle Semilla 11/08/2023

(First of two parts) TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte, Philippines — Tropiano Esperas, an overseas Filipino worker, had just returned from Saudi Arabia to spend time with his family at Barangay 88 in San Jose District, Tacloban City, a…

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