Former Naga City mayor now DOT Asec

Morexette Marie B. Erram 08/03/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Another Sugbuanon has joined the national government under the Department of Tourism (DOT).  Former Naga City Mayor, lawyer Kristine Vanessa Chiong-Genegobis, was recently appointed as Assistant Secretary for Special Concerns for DOT. The…

Gwen defends Cebu’s Carmelite nuns

Morexette Marie B. Erram 08/02/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Cebu Gov. Gwendolyn Garcia on Tuesday, August 2 condemned any attempts to malign the Carmelite Nuns in Cebu City.  Garcia took to social media to publicly defend the Carmelite Sisters who were reportedly…

Megawide pours additional P3B into Carbon modernization, turns over P50M to Cebu City

Morexette Marie B. Erram 08/02/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Engineering and construction giant Megawide Construction Corp. has poured an additional P3 billion into the facelifting of Cebu City’s largest public wet market. Cebu2World Development Inc. (C2W) disclosed in a press release that…

Rama: Cebu City, LCP will help earthquake-affected areas

Wenilyn B. Sabalo 07/27/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu City Mayor Michael Rama, the newly elected president of the League of the Cities of the Philippines (LCP), said the LCP will look into its internal capability to help the victims of…

12 arrested in drug den raid in Tisa

Morexette Marie B. Erram 07/27/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — A 49-year-old aircon technician, and 11 others, were arrested after government anti-narcotics agents raided a ‘drug den’ in Brgy. Tisa, Cebu City on Wednesday, July 27. The aircon technician, identified as Arnel Pacaña,…

Taiwan-Minglanilla sisterhood mulled

Morexette Marie B. Erram 07/27/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Officials from Taiwan are considering establishing sisterhood ties with Minglanilla town in southern Cebu, the local government announced. Minglanilla Mayor Rajiv Enad, in a press statement, revealed that they met with Taiwan Ambassador…

COA questions Talisay City’s purchase of ‘high-end PCs, laptops’

Morexette Marie B. Erram 07/20/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines – The Commission on Audit (COA) has flagged the decision of the Talisay City Government to purchase high-end laptops and personal computers (PC) used for engineering and video editing purposes.  In its 2021 Annual…

Shimura is new LMP-Cebu prexy

Morexette Marie B. Erram 07/15/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The League of Municipalities of the Philippines in Cebu province (LMP-Cebu) has a new president. Daanbantayan Mayor Sun Shimura was unanimously voted to lead the group during their convention held in Seda Hotel…

Minor nabbed for allegedly pickpocketing in downtown Cebu City

Morexette Marie Erram 07/15/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Authorities in Cebu City brought a minor to Carbon Police Station on Friday, July 15 for allegedly pickpocketing a passenger inside a public utility jeepney (PUJ). In a report from the Cebu City…

COA tells Bantayan to secure ECC, water permits for desalination plant

Morexette Marie B. Erram 07/15/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Commission on Audit (COA) has flagged the P21-million desalination plant being constructed in Bantayan town, northern Cebu. The state auditing body instructed the local government of Bantayan to secure Environmental Compliance Certificate…

Fire victims in Quiot receive additional cash aid

Morexette Marie B. Erram 07/13/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines – The families displaced by a recent fire in Brgy. Quiot, Cebu City received additional cash aid from the national government. At least 101 families each received P10,000 in financial assistance on Tuesday, July…

Police eye suicide in fisherman’s death in Carmen town

Pegeen Maisie M. Sararaña 07/12/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Police in the town of Carmen, Cebu are now considering suicide as the possible cause of death of a fisherman in Barangay Dawis Norte on Monday afternoon, July 11, 2022. The fisherman, identified…

Previous           Next
Your subscription could not be saved. Please try again.
Your subscription has been successful.

Subscribe to our newsletter!

By providing an email address. I agree to the Terms of Use and acknowledge that I have read the Privacy Policy.

This is an information message

We use cookies to enhance your experience. By continuing, you agree to our use of cookies. Learn more here.