SFi-San Miguel Foods exclusive food supply contract not binding to the city, says Labella 

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 01/17/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu City Mayor Edgardo Labella said the P2-million exclusive food supply contract between the Sinulog Foundation Inc. (SFI)  and San Miguel Food Inc. (SMFI) is not binding to the city government, which means…

Shooting in Dauin, NegOr: One dead, another wounded

Florence Baesa 01/17/2020

DUMAGUETE CITY, Negros Oriental- A 50-year old man did not finish his meal when he was shot dead by two of the five mask-wearing suspects while inside an eatery beside the Dauin Cockpit Arena in Barangay Masaplod…

Mammoth crowd of devotees join Walk with Mary procession, Mass

Morexette Marie B. Erram 01/17/2020

  CEBU CITY, Philippines – Fair weather and a sunny morning greeted the mammoth crowd of Marian devotees who packed the open Pilgrim Center of the Basilica Minore del Santo Niño de Cebu to join the Mass…

Elderly couple killed in dawn shooting in Sibonga, Cebu

Alven Marie Timtim, Morexette Marie Erram, Paul Lauro 01/16/2020

  (Updated: 11:20 a.m.) CEBU CITY, Philippines–An elderly couple were killed in a shooting incident in Barangay Ba-e, Sibonga town in southern Cebu on Thursday morning, January 16, 2020. Police Colonel Roderick Mariano, director of Cebu Police…

Dancing candle vendors of Basilica Minore del Santo Niño: Keeping the ‘Sinug’ dance tradition alive

Immae Lachica 01/16/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Candles symbolize light and hope to many. Hope that by the end of every tunnel there will always be a light that will lead them to the right path. The bright light given…

Mainstreaming disaster preparedness

Atty. Gloria Estenzo Ramos 01/16/2020

The year 2019 ended with many Cebuanos and fellow Filipinos reeling from the impacts of Typhoon Ursula, the 20th typhoon to enter the country. 2020 has just started. Yet, we are reminded abruptly and should be painfully…

Regional level drug personality nabbed in Dumaguete with P816,000 suspected shabu

Florence Baesa 01/15/2020

DUMAGUETE CITY, Negros Oriental – Police recovered P816,000 worth of suspected shabu ( crystal meth) from a Central Visayas regional level target drug personality in an operation in Barangay Candau-ay of this city on Wednesday night, January…

Mindanawans join frantic search for face masks to send to kins in ash fall-stricken Batangas, Metro Manila

Froilan Gallardo 01/15/2020

CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, Misamis Oriental —The frantic search for face masks has reached Mindanao as anxious families scour hardware stores to buy for their relatives in Metro Manila and nearby Batangas province, which has been covered…

More than dressing up the Santo Niño: It’s a thanksgiving

Immae Lachica 01/15/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines— Sinulog is one of the grandest festivals around the Philippines. More than the revelry that the festival is known for, its the time of the  year — every third week of January — when…

Progress comes with industrialization, then why are we not industrializing?

Fernando Fajardo 01/15/2020

In a book, Empire of Debt: The Rise of Epic Financial Crisis, authors Bill Bonner and Addison Wiggin observed that in the big picture of things, it is unusual for one civilized nation to earn far more…

Moral damages in labor  cases

ATTY. DENNIS R. GORECHO 01/14/2020

 Moral damages are awarded to compensate an employee for mental distress that has been caused by the bad faith manner by which they were treated  by their employer in relation to their labor claims. The employee is…

Sinulog Tribu sa Kabataan: A prelude to Sinulog 2020 grand parade

Rosalie O. Abatayo 01/12/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Simplicity, originality, and spirituality coupled with seasoned techniques in execution made the difference for the three top contingents in this year’s Sinulog Tribu sa Kabataan staged on Sunday, January 12, 2020. Guillen, who…

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