Cebu City’s Rizal Library: A breeding ground for exam topnotchers like Justine Lei Ramos

Cris Evert Lato-Ruffolo 02/02/2019

  CEBU CITY, Philippines— When Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña decided in March last year that the Cebu City Public Library (CCPL),  more popularly known as the Rizal Library,  will never close it doors and operate 24/7,…

‘Do not forget the traditional sinug’

Cris Evert Lato-Ruffolo 01/26/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines – In the beginning, there was the simple dance of prayer. It existed way before the elaborate costumes and the crowded streets brought about by the Sinulog festival. It was the dance that Richeleu…

Ashley Abad: The bright, bubbly girl who can sparkle no more

Morexette Marie B. Erram 01/24/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Bubbly. Selfless. A planner personified. These are just some of the words used by the closest friends of Ashley Abad to describe the 19-year-old college student who dreamed of one day putting up…

Consolacion’s Sinulog victory marks two milestones

Cris Evert Lato-Ruffolo 01/23/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines  – Tribu Malipayon’s win as the Sinulog 2019 grand champion in the Free Interpretation (FI) category was a victory of two firsts. It was the first time for the Municipality of Consolacion to send…

Tribu Higaonon sa San Nicolas Proper embraces ‘respect’ theme in prayer-dance

Cris Evert Lato-Ruffolo 01/19/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Tribu Higaonon sa San Nicolas Proper’s performance on Sunday, January 20, will put emphasis on the value of respecting faiths and cultures. Official choreographer Janneil Mainar said the contingent’s 326 performers — composed…

The making of a Sinulog Festival Queen

Michelle Joy Padayhag 01/17/2019

Who is your bet in this year’s Sinulog Festival Queen competition? It will be a lovely night on January 18, Friday,  at the Cebu City Sports Center as Sinulog Festival Queen 2018 Shaila Mae Rebortera will crown her successor.…

Murcia contingent: Sinulog newbie ready to pay homage to Señor Sto. Niño

Doris C. Bongcac 01/14/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines – High school students from the municipality of Murcia in Negros Occidental will be joining the Sinulog grand parade for the first time on January 20 to experience Cebu’s festivities and pay homage to…

Surigao Del Norte’s Buyawanong Placer to make Sinulog comeback after 18 years

Cris Evert Lato-Ruffolo 01/13/2019

SIARGAO – After 18 years of being absent from the Sinulog Festival, the Buyawanong Placer Cultural Group from the municipality of Placer, Surigao del Norte will be back to regale the crowd with their dance presentation in…

Zamboanga’s Liloy contingent to make Sinulog comeback: Dancing for Sto. Niño is all that matters

Doris C. Bongcac 01/12/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines – They have already signed up for the Sinulog grand parade on January 20, but the around 300 performers from the municipality of Liloy in Zamboanga del Norte still do not have boat tickets…

A fire survivor’s wish: school uniform, notebooks for the New Year

Cris Evert Lato-Ruffolo 01/02/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines  — When she woke up to her neighbors’ screams on Christmas morning, Maria Rhea Beltran, 17, saw houses engulfed by a raging fire that was moving towards their rented home.  Beltan, a Grade 11…

CDN is here to stay

Edralyn Benedicto 12/30/2018

TODAY, Cebu Daily News closes one door and opens another. Cebu Daily News, as it ends its print run that has been uninterrupted for nearly 21 years, will embark on a new journey to deliver its brand…

A BLOODY YEAR

Ador Vincent Mayol, Gerard Vincent Francisco, Nestle Semilla, Zena Magto 12/29/2018

2018 YEARENDER  With 253 deaths due to shooting incidents, 2018 was definitely a bloody and chaotic year It was a year marked by bloodbath. Almost every day, a life was lost in gun violence in Cebu as…

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