Rama keeps Cebu City agri head despite call for him to ‘resign’

Josh Almonte 04/11/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines – City Agriculture Department (CAD) head Joelito Baclayon will remain in his position. Cebu City Mayor Michael Rama stood firm in his decision to retain Baclayon despite the call of Cebu City Councilor Pastor…

City Agriculture head asked to resign over alleged negligence, ‘palpak’ service

Josh Almonte 04/04/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines –”Palpak” was the word that Cebu City Councilor Jun Alcover Jr. described the service of the City Agriculture Department (CAD) to its constituents. In his privilege speech during the council’s regular session on Wednesday,…

Dead man found floating in Baclayon town in Bohol

Niña Mae C. Oliverio, Paul Lauro 06/28/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines — A dead man was found floating in the waters of Baclayon town in Bohol province on Wednesday, June 28. Authorities identified the person as Paul Pamad y Jumang-it, 59 years old, a resident…

DOLE 7 releases P4.9M in wages to TUPAD workers in Bohol

Wenilyn B. Sabalo 04/25/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Department of Labor and Employment in Central Visayas (DOLE 7), released a total of P4.94 million in wages to over 1,000 Tulong Panghanapbuhay sa Ating Disadvantaged/Displaced Workers in Bohol on April 14…

Wildcats dominate Cesafi scrabble tourney

Glendale G. Rosal 12/04/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines— The Cebu Institute of Technology-University (CIT-U) Wildcats ruled the Cebu Schools Athletic Foundation Inc. (Cesafi) scrabble tournament on Saturday, Dec. 3, 2022, at the SM Seaside City Cebu. CIT-U’s Mac Nicole Baclayon and Leo…

Tugbong Tabo returns to Cebu City’s Plaza Sugbo

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 03/31/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The weekly Tugbong Tabo at the Plaza Sugbo in Cebu City has returned after two years hiatus due to the pandemic.  The Tugbong Tabo is a weekly farmer’s market directly sourced from and…

Barili crash: Dog causes accident that killed rider, injured his girlfriend

Pegeen Maisie M. Sararaña 03/28/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — A 23-year-old Mandaue City resident died when his motorcycle crashed after he lost control of it while trying to avoid running over a dog that suddenly crossed the highway on the morning of…

Young Boholano’s artworks making waves online

Immae Lachica 04/11/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines—This 15-year-old boy from Baclayon town in Bohol province will surely go a long way with his marvelous artworks. David John Vitor, a grade ten student of the Baclayon National High School, wowed netizens with…

Cebu City Vet’s Office testing 3 dead pigs in Lusaran hog farms for ASF

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 08/23/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The three pigs that died this month in different hog farms in Lusaran, a mountain barangay in Cebu City, have been sent to the City Veterinarian’s Office for African Swine Fever (ASF) tests.…

Guadalupe chief to talk school security with parents, teachers, cops

Alven Marie A. Timtim 07/08/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Barangay Guadalupe captain is organizing a Parent-Teacher Conference and coordinating with police to address the security in schools in the area amid the recent stabbing of a student in the barangay. Guadalupe…

BOHOL SEA, CHECK!

Dale G. Rosal 02/01/2016

Environmental advocate conquers 15km open-water swim in rough Bohol seas Triathlete-lawyer and environmental advocate Ingemar Macarine achieved another record-setting goal as he successfully swam from Pamalican Island up north to Baclayon town in Bohol last Sunday. He…

His tree

Raymund Fernandez 12/26/2015

Kinutil As fate and the stars would have it, friend, he finds himself here. Here, is a perfect morning in Baclayon, Bohol, where trees, many of them, grow perfectly, as by nature’s design. In the big city,…

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