Lusad Teatro’s first show in Bantayan, Cebu on June 15

Michelle Joy Padayhag 06/13/2019

Cebu City, Philippines—A community theater is set to launch its first show in Bantayan town in Bantayan Island,  northern Cebu on Saturday, June 15, 2019. Director Eli Razo, the founder of Lusad Teatro, confirmed to Cebu Daily…

‘Indak’ trailer up; Karencitta plays Nadine Lustre’s best friend

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 06/08/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Are you all ready to dance? The trailer of the most awaited dance film, “Indak” headlined by Nadine Lustre and Sam Concepcion was finally released on the evening of June 7, Friday, on Viva…

El Niño damages P121M worth of crops in Cebu province

Rosalie O. Abatayo 05/22/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — It may have rained in parts of Cebu province the last few days, but this was not enough to remedy the ill effects of the mild El Niño phenomenon. The Provincial Disaster Risk…

Philippine Coast Guard eyes 7 stations in Cebu, Bohol this year

Rosalie O. Abatayo 04/15/2019

OSLOB, Cebu — The Central Visayas district of the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG-7) is considering to have at least seven stations across their area of responsibility by the end of 2019.  Lieutenant Junior Grade Michael John Encina,…

Cebuano screenwriter hopes to strengthen theater industry in Bantayan  

Michelle Joy Padayhag 02/27/2019

  Cebu City, Philippines — A 32-year-old Cebuano screenwriter and playwright wants to strengthen the theater industry in Bantayan Island. Jai Shane Cañete, one of the delegates in Tampok Festival Congress 2019 in Tagbilaran City, Bohol, hopes…

Cebuano filmmaker’s recipe of a dream project: Bisaya movie, Bantayan Island and Bela Padilla

Michelle Joy Padayhag 02/19/2019

  CEBU CITY, Philippines — A Bisaya film about Bantayan Island with award-winning Kapamilya actress Bela Padilla in it is among the dream projects of Cebuano filmmaker, Eli Razo. Razo, who recenty bagged the major awards of…

Bantayan execs to ask Comelec to exempt town’s ambulance boat fare subsidy from poll ban

Rosalie O. Abatayo 02/12/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The municipal government of Bantayan will be asking the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to exempt the boat fare financial subsidy for the town ambulance carrying patients to mainland Cebu from the ban on…

Nadine Lustre plays a career-defining Cebuana role in ‘Indak’

Michelle Joy Padayhag 02/10/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Multimedia Princess Nadine Lustre brings out a whole new level of characterization in the upcoming dance musical movie, “Indak.”  This was shared by Janice Y. Perez, the movie’s local coordinator on Bantayan Island,…

How typhoon Yolanda helped turn Bantayan fishers into successful entrepreneurs

Irene R. Sino Cruz 02/09/2019

CEBU CITY— Typhoon Yolanda might have brought devastation to Bantayan Island, but it also paved the way for a group of fisher families to free themselves from dire straits. Fisher families in Sitio Binuswagan in Barangay Guiwanon,…

‘Usa Ka Libo’ wins Best Short Film in Sinulog Short Film festival

MichelleJoy L. Padayhag 02/03/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The story of an island girl with big dreams has won the hearts of the judges in Sinulog Short Film Festival 2019.  “Usa Ka Libo” under the helm of Eli Razo was named Best…

P4M aid to give indigent patients in Bantayan town free boat ride to mainland Cebu hospitals

Rosalie O. Abatayo 01/10/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Sick indigent patients in Bantayan town in northern Cebu, who would need to be transported by ambulance from the district hospital to a provincial hospital on mainland Cebu, would not have to worry…

LTFRB probe on viral sleeping bus passengers’ photos: No violation committed since bus was not moving

Morexette Marie B. Erram 01/05/2019

 CEBU CITY, Philippines – The yellow-colored bus that apparently allowed passengers to lie down on the aisle did not violate any policy of the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board, and this was not overloaded.  This was…

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