Rainy week ahead, says Pagasa

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 11/29/2015

CEBU will continue to experience rains in the afternoons or evenings this week, the weather bureau said. Alfredo Quiblat, chief of Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services (Pagasa) Mactan, said the rains are caused by the tail…

Boy recuperating from escalator injury

Apple Ta-as 11/29/2015

THE boy who got his left foot stuck in an escalator at SM City Cebu Northwing is recuperating in a private hospital. Criminal defense lawyer Virgilio Toribio, grandfather of the eight-year-old boy, said the child is still…

DPWH memo: New mall violates building rules

Jose Santino S. Bunachita, Nestle L. Semilla 11/29/2015

OBO readies own report; SM Seaside City Cebu has partial occupancy permit The newly opened SM Seaside City Cebu mall has violated the building code for constructing its main entrance stairs and plant boxes within eight meters…

BO-PK bloc still deferring SB1 despite court ruling

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 11/29/2015

THE Bando Osmeña-Pundok Kauswagan (BO-PK) bloc in the Cebu City Council won’t budge on its deferral of the P2.8 billion Supplemental Budget 1 (SB1). This despite a court ruling dismissing the case filed by former prosecutor Romulo…

‘Livelihood recipients can compete globally’

Vanessa Claire Lucero 11/29/2015

Beneficiaries of the government’s Sustainable Livelihood Program (SLP) can compete with businesses from Southeast Asian countries under the Asean economic community. “We believe that they can compete with other markets, local or international,” SLP regional project coordinator…

Japanese project benefits 2 more Cebu universities

Victor Anthony V. Silva 11/29/2015

TWO Cebu-based schools offering engineering courses will be able to participate in a training seminar sponsored by, among others, the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) and Saitama Prefecture. The Cebu provincial government signed a memorandum of understanding…

Oceanarium targets students

Vanessa Claire Lucero 11/29/2015

A planned oceanarium within the SM Seaside Complex at the South Road Properties (SRP) is envisioned as an educational tool aside from promoting marine conservation. “We’re really looking into how we can help educate the children here…

Cebuano volunteers feed street dwellers

Ruthy Mae Valdez 11/29/2015

If there’s one person who’s not going to sleep hungry tonight, doesn’t that make a difference?” Jill Enriquez, one of the founders of a Cebu-based nonprofit organization quipped as her group filled cups with arroz caldo (porridge).…

Power transmission projects to be completed in 5 months

Vanessa Claire Lucero 11/29/2015

Visayas grid will be capable of accommodating additional power supply After two years of delays, two power transmission projects in Cebu are set to be completed by April next year to improve the Visayas grid’s capability to…

Daghang mabasol sa kamatayon sa maestra

Lloyd Suarez 11/29/2015

Dili malalis nga usa gyud ka dakong palpak ang pag-inject sa expired nga insulin ngadto sa public school teacher nga si Hezil Relabo Aparecio didto sa Tuburan District Hospital. Mamatay ba dayon ang diabetic patient sama sa…

A walk for climate justice

Atty. Gloria Estenzo Ramos 11/29/2015

Today is Andres Bonifacio Day which is also the 152nd birth anniversary of the revolutionary leader and national hero. We know he founded the Katipunan whose members, on August 23, 1896, tore up their cedulas as an…

Philippine banks among most resilient

11/29/2015

MOODY’S Investors Service identified the Philippine banking system as one of the most resilient in the world in the event of a crisis. Stress tests conducted by Moody’s show that the impact on bank capitalization of a…

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