4 Cebu LGUs to welcome 2023 with live band shows, fireworks display

Doris C. Bongcac 12/31/2022

MANDAUE CITY, Cebu — At least four local government units (LGUs)  in Cebu have prepared a festive New Year’s Eve celebration to welcome 2023 with their constituents. When the clock strikes twelve, Argao town in southern Cebu…

Rudy Baldwin predicts 2023 as a year of bad karma

Micah Sophia C. Marcellones 12/31/2022

CEBU, Philippines — Popular fortune teller Rudy Baldwin once again gave her prediction for 2023 saying that it will be a year of bad karma. On her YouTube channel, Baldwin gave her negative and positive predictions for…

2 days before New Year, fire official reminds public anew to shun firecrackers

Pegeen Maisie M. Sararaña 12/30/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Two days before the New Year rolls in, a fire official reminds the public anew to not use firecrackers in welcoming the event to avoid untoward incidents from happening. Senior Fire Officer (SFO3)…

This 2023, let the small things count

Raphael A. Pangalangan - @inquirerdotnet 12/29/2022

Even the little things can make a big difference. But that’s not quite what we were told growing up. That is not how it seems. In a politically asymmetric world, where so little is given to so…

New Year ushers in lower income tax rates

Ronnel Domingo 12/25/2022

MANILA, Philippines — The New Year will bring good tidings to a majority of Filipino fixed-income earners. Starting Jan. 1, 2023, individual taxpayers will pay lower income tax rates, but those earning over P8 million annually will…

High prices dampen consumers’, firms’ optimism about 2023

Ronnel Domingo 12/17/2022

Expectations of even higher inflation, higher interest rates, a weaker peso and lower demand for their products and services have dampened the optimism of companies and households about their prospects in the first quarter of 2023 as…

Rama seeks return of P50B budget proposal to Office of the Mayor

Wenilyn B. Sabalo 12/13/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu City Mayor Michael Rama said he will be asking for the return of his draft 2023 budget of P50 billion to the Office of the Mayor. Rama said he wanted to have…

Bar exams cut to 3 days, to cover 6 core subjects

Tina G. Santos 12/05/2022

  Starting next year, the bar examinations will be held for only three days instead of four and cover only six core subjects instead of eight. The Supreme Court also said it would administer the bar exams…

Mexico to hike minimum wage by 20% in 2023, raising inflation worries

Reuters 12/03/2022

MEXICO CITY  – Mexico will raise the minimum wage by 20 percent next year after employers, labor representatives and the government reached an agreement, officials said on Thursday, although some critics warned the move could fuel inflation.…

Cebu province’s P20B budget for 2023 approved

Morexette Marie B. Erram 11/28/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The P20.15 billion budget of the Capitol’s executive department for 2023 has been approved unanimously on Monday, Nov. 28. The Provincial Board, during its regular session on Monday, passed on third and final…

Tax revisions pushed to fund Cebu City’s P50B budget in 2023

Wenilyn Sabalo 11/22/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines – A proposal to revise tax rates is essential to the realization of Cebu City’s dream to become Singapore-like. This is what Atty. Jerone Castillo, Mayor Michael Rama’s assistant on fiscal reforms, said when…

CATO head: Most foreign arrivals expected next year yet

Doris C. Bongcac 10/29/2022

MANDAUE CITY, Cebu — Local tourism is now beginning to pick up due to ‘revenge travels,’ but the arrival of foreign guests is expected to return to close to normal at least during the second quarter of…

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