Kalag-Kalag 2024: PRO-7 recorded zero crimes in cemeteries

Emmariel Ares 11/05/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines – The observance of All Saints’ Day and All Souls’ Day  in Central Visayas ended with no major security issues reported in the different cemeteries in the region. The Police Regional Office in Central…

Cebu City’s ‘stop mendicancy’ campaign: Carolers without permits face penalties

Niña Mae C. Oliverio 11/05/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines —Following the official implementation of the ‘Stop Mendicancy’ campaign in Cebu City yesterday, all street carolers are required to secure permits before caroling or face penalties. On Monday, the Anti-Mendicancy Board (AMB) warned the…

Why did herrings (toloy) swarm the seashores of Moalboal? BFAR-7 explains

Niña Mae C. Oliverio 11/04/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Fish flocking to the seashore can be interpreted in various ways, such as an indication of an impending calamity. However, an expert stated that such interpretations are speculative without scientific evidence of a…

Cebu City public warned: Don’t give alms to mendicants or else…

Niña Mae C. Oliverio 11/04/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Beware of giving alms to mendicants along Cebu City streets! Or you might just end up getting a citation ticket and paying a P1,000 fine, or worse, end up cleaning the streets or…

Marce has no direct effect in Cebu, says Pagasa Mactan

Niña Mae C. Oliverio 11/04/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu and the rest of Central Visayas will have generally fair weather for the next five days or until Friday, November 8. Jhomer Eclarino, weather specialist of the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical…

Visayan media, CSOs, meet in Bohol, tackle environmental agenda

Niña Mae C. Oliverio 11/03/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Several members of the media and civil society organizations (CSOs) in the Visayas region recently met in Tagbilaran City, Bohol, to formulate the Visayan agenda for the ‘Inspire’ project. The event, titled “Amplifying…

Poverty incidence in Central Visayas drops in 2023

Niña Mae C. Oliverio 11/03/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Central Visayas is gradually returning to its pre-pandemic level conditions, after the poverty statistics showed a decline of the poor population in the region, the National Economic and Development Authority (Neda) said. This…

‘Kalag-Kalag’ observance: Thousands flock to Cebu City cemeteries

Pia Piquero 11/02/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Cebu City came alive with solemn gatherings and heartfelt commemorations on November 1 as thousands observed “Kalag-Kalag,” the Filipino tradition of All Saints’ and All Souls’ Day. In Cebu’s two largest cemeteries, Carreta…

Free maintenance meds for seniors starting January 2025 – Garcia

Pia Piquero 11/02/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Over 90,000 senior citizens in Cebu City will receive free maintenance medicines starting January 2025. This comes after Mayor Raymond Alvin Garcia announced plans to revive the city initiative to support the health…

Rama dismisses son’s council nomination: ‘We’re not opportunists’

Pia Piquero 11/02/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Dismissed Mayor Michael Rama said he was not interested in the recent nomination of his son, Lawyer Mikel Francisco Rama, to the City Council, as he believed his son should earn any seat…

Talisay: Motorcycle rider dies after falling off cliff

Emmariel Ares 11/01/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines – The body of a motorcycle rider was found at the bottom of a roadside cliff in Sitio Santol, Camp 4 in Talisay City, Cebu on the early hours of Friday, November 1. Authorities…

Inside Carreta Cemetery: A shared graveyard for unclaimed bones

Emmariel Ares 11/01/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Inside one of the biggest public cemeteries in Cebu City is a common grave where thousands, if not millions, of unclaimed bones are laid to rest. Carreta Cemetery, like most other public cemeteries,…

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