Cebu court convicts man for killing cat

Minerva B. Gerodias 10/23/2025

(UPDATED, October 23, 2025, 11:45 a.m.) CEBU CITY — A Cebu court has convicted a man for violating the Animal Welfare Act of 1998 after he threw a cat into a dog enclosure, causing the animal’s death,…

Judge dies in road collision in Pinamungajan

Morexette Marie B. Erram 10/22/2025

CEBU CITY, Philippines – A judge died in a road collision involving two motorcycles in Pinamungajan, southwestern Cebu on Wednesday, October 22, 2025. The victim was identified as Judge Carmela Rosario Pasquin, 41, of the Municipal Circuit…

Cebu City proposes P13.4B budget for 2026 

Pia Piquero 10/22/2025

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu City Mayor Nestor Archival has proposed a P13.4-billion annual budget for 2026. This is around 8 percent lower than this year’s P14.6-billion budget. The proposed budget, officially submitted to the City Council…

Comelec reopens voter registration for 2026 Barangay, SK elections

Airam Limatog 10/21/2025

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has resumed nationwide voter registration ahead of the 2026 Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections (BSKE). The registration period will run from October 20, 2025 to May 18, 2026.…

No lighting effects in dance performances and floats in Sinulog 2026?

Pia Piquero 10/21/2025

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Organizers of the Sinulog Festival 2026 are set to evaluate whether lighting effects should be allowed in dance performances and floats. This amid concerns that lighting effects may create unfair disadvantages for contingents…

Cebuano boxer John Kevien Jimenez falters in South Korea

Glendale G. Rosal 10/21/2025

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Victory remained elusive for Cebuano boxer John Kevien Jimenez of the Chao Sy Boxing Stable after suffering a knockout loss to world-rated Chinese fighter Dianxing Zhu in their bout on Jeju Island, South…

Sanae Takaichi is Japan’s first female prime minister

10/21/2025

TOKYO  — Japan’s parliament elected ultraconservative Sanae Takaichi as the country’s first female prime minister Tuesday, a day after her struggling party struck a coalition deal with a new partner expected to pull her governing bloc further to the…

Sinulog 2026: Parties and concerts only allowed ‘on the city outskirts’

Airam Limatog 10/21/2025

CEBU CITY, Philippines — With only three months left until Cebu’s biggest festival, the city government continues to plan for better crowd control for Sinulog 2026. Mayor Nestor Archival shared in a press conference on October 20,…

Plunder, other criminal raps filed by Trillanes vs Ex-pres. Duterte, Bong Go

Faith Argosino - @inquirerdotnet 10/21/2025

MANILA, Philippines — Former Senator Antonio Trillanes IV on Tuesday,  October 21, 2025, filed plunder and several other criminal complaints against former Pres. Rodrigo Duterte and Senator Bong Go. This is over the alleged funneling of nearly…

Senior kegler Dory Enoveso rules SUGBU shootout bowling

Glendale G. Rosal 10/21/2025

CEBU CITY, Philippines— Dory Enoveso debuted as a Division B bowler in the Sugbuanon Bowlers United (SUGBU) with a title-clinching win last Sunday, October 19, at the SM Seaside City Cebu Leisure and Bowling Center.  The 83-year-old…

UC rules two divisions in Cebu Inter-Alumni Invitational Tournament

Glendale G. Rosal 10/21/2025

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Cebu Inter-Alumni Invitational Tournament of the Sacred Heart School-Ateneo de Cebu Alumni Basketball Athletic Association (SHAABAA) wrapped up last Sunday, October 19, at the Magis Eagles Arena, with the University of Cebu…

Niere siblings from quake-hit Bogo triumph in Gullas Tennis Cup

Glendale G. Rosal 10/21/2025

CEBU CITY, Philippines — September 30, 2025 will infamously be remembered in the memory of many Cebuanos as a night of terror.  The magnitude 6.9 earthquake that struck northern Cebu left homes in ruins, lives taken, and…

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