MCIA runway closure to affect 800 flights Air passengers advised to adjust flight plans

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 08/30/2018

Air travelers in and out of Cebu are advised to check with their respective airlines for possible changes or cancellations of their flights when the Mactan Cebu International Airport Authority (MCIAA) will start the daily five-hour closure…

Naming airports

JASON BAGUIA 08/28/2018

President Rodrigo Duterte’s use of his bully pulpit to advocate for the renaming of the Mactan-Cebu International Airport so that it would bear the name of Lapu-Lapu would be easily understandable to the Cebuano or Visayan who…

More than just a breath of passing air

Simeon Dumdum Jr. 08/25/2018

While surfing the Web, I came across this little poem by the 19th-century English writer, Letitia Elizabeth Landon, entitled “The Power of Words:” ‘Tis a strange mystery, the power of words! Life is in them, and death.…

Cebu records high tourist arrivals, air traffic movements

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 08/23/2018

Not even two months since the opening of the Mactan Cebu International Airport (MCIA) Terminal 2, local tourism players are are already seeing the benefits of the facility. Hotels and resorts have posted higher occupancy rates following…

‘Bagani’ to air finale this week

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 08/12/2018

WHAT will happen to the world of Sansinukob? This will be answered as ABS-CBN’s fantasy series “Bagani” ends this Friday after a five-month run. A grand farewell media conference was held last Friday attended by some of…

AirAsia to transfer int’l flights to MCIA’s new Terminal 2

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 06/19/2018

With the opening of the new Terminal 2 of the Mactan Cebu International Airport (MCIA) next month, AirAsia Philippines has announced its transfer of international flights to and from Cebu at the new terminal by July 1.…

Fate of Capitol workers up in the air

Jessa Mae O. Sotto 04/26/2018

CEBU Gov Hilario Davide III is only waiting on the confirmatory tests of three Capitol employees who initially tested positive of drugs before deciding on their fate. The three employees were part of the 500 employees that…

Dismissed Air Force member, 2 others, arrested for selling drugs

Chris Ligan 02/01/2018

  LAPU-LAPU CITY, CEBU- Three street level drug pushers were arrested in two buy-bust operations conducted by the city’s police operatives on Thursday dawn. Arrested were dismissed Air Force member Marlo Bocog, 41, a resident of Barangay…

Love is in the air for showbiz love teams, rumored couples

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 01/02/2018

IT’S sweetness overload in showbiz as love teams and rumored couples either celebrated the holidays together or expressed their love on social media. Joshua Garcia and Julia Barretto, known by their uniname JoshLia, are enjoying the snow…

The Silkair awards

Jaime Picornell 12/22/2017

IT IS that time of the year when Silkair awards its top revenue generating travel agents. The ceremonies, presided by Cebu-based Silkair country manager Jake Jeow, were held at the Marco Polo Plaza Hotel during a sumptuous…

Air-con jeepneys eyed in Cebu City

Doris Mae C. Mondragon 12/05/2017

A major transport group in Metro Cebu filed a petition last Monday to acquire 20 new air-conditioned passenger jeepney units at the regional office of the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB-7). “We are just waiting…

Car-less day

Editorial 11/23/2017

A car-less day in Metro Cebu? Why not, since last time we checked dreams are free in our nearly free-wheeling democracy. How it is going to be enforced is something else entirely. Would motorists be willing to…

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