Hamas releases two US hostages with hope for more

Agence France Presse 10/21/2023

Palestinian Territories — Gaza’s Hamas rulers released two Americans on Friday among some 200 hostages they abducted in brutal October 7 attacks in Israel and indicated that more could follow. Judith Tai Raanan and her daughter Natalie Shoshana…

Count people, not money

Mahar Mangahas - @inquirerdotnet 09/24/2022

The dollar-peso rate is merely how some green paper that Americans accept for their products is bartered for some multicolored paper that we Filipinos accept for our products. Regardless of its fascination for journalists, it doesn’t affect…

Which Americans will get the Covid vaccine first?

12/02/2020

Washington, United States—The Pfizer and Moderna Covid-19 vaccines could be approved in a matter of weeks, but who in the United States will get them first? A high level panel of US experts on Tuesday voted that…

16.8M Americans thrown out of work as economic toll rises

04/10/2020

NEW YORK — A staggering 16.8 million Americans have been thrown onto the unemployment rolls in just three weeks, underscoring the terrifying speed with which the coronavirus outbreak has brought world economies to their knees. Meanwhile, world…

DOT-7: 5.5M tourists visited Cebu in 2018

Michelle Joy Padayhag 02/19/2019

CEBU CITY,  Philippines — Amid the travel warnings issued against southern Cebu in 2018, Cebu’s tourist arrivals increased by 14.33 percent or 698,849 tourists more than those in 2017. In a data presented  by Department of Tourism…

Balangiga and Cebu’s war against the Americans

Radel Paredes 12/15/2018

The Filipino nation was jubilant over the recent return of the historic bells to the church of Balangiga in Eastern Samar, after American soldiers took them away 117 years ago as war booty after they razed the…

MURDER OR SUICIDE?

Ador Vincent Mayol 04/06/2018

US pathologist finds marks on American’s body that indicate foul play NBI-7 maintains victim killed himself inside cell CIDG, CHR conduct separate probes Two government agencies are looking into the death of an American national amid suspicion…

Americans have nothing to worry in Cebu, says consul general

Ador Mayol 03/15/2018

  The consul general of the United States of America assured its citizens that they have nothing to worry about their safety in Cebu. U.S. Consul General Russel Brown said they should nonetheless not let their guards…

Trump orders strict refugee screening, citing terrorists

01/28/2017

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Friday barred all refugees from entering the United States for four months — and those from war-ravaged Syria indefinitely — declaring the ban necessary to prevent “radical Islamic terrorists” from entering…

Provocative statements

Editorial 10/30/2016

President Rodrigo Duterte’s self-proclaimed “epiphany” from what he thought came from God on a flight back home shouldn’t be taken as iron clad assurance by the Americans or the US and other countries who were the unwilling…

Tomas O recall Serging’s service to Cebu City on his 99th birthday

Nestle L. Semilla 12/05/2015

Flowers were offered at the statue of former mayor Sergio “Serging” Osmeña Jr. in front of City Hall  for his 99th birth anniversary yesterday. His son,  former mayor and south district representative Tomas Osmeña, pointed to his…

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