LIST: Sinulog Festival 2025 Schedule

Morexette Marie B. Erram 12/24/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Organizers of the Sinulog Festival 2025 have unveiled the list of activities for next year’s festivities. Touted as one of the grandest and largest festivals in the Philippines, the Sinulog is the secular…

Minibus crashes into house in Minglanilla

Paul Lauro 12/23/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines – A minibus crashed into a house in Minglanilla town, southern Cebu injuring several people and causing heavy traffic early morning on Monday, December 23. The accident reportedly happened around 6 a.m. Initial investigations…

December 24 is a special non-working holiday

Morexette Marie B. Erram 12/23/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Christmas Eve, which falls on December 24, this year is a special non-working holiday, a memorandum from the Malacañang announced. Special non-working days are also holidays but they differ from regular holidays. These…

Shearline to bring rains, cloudy skies in Visayas

Darryl John Esguerra 12/22/2024

MANILA – A tropical depression located just outside the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR) may enter the country and become the 18th tropical storm of the year, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) reported Sunday.…

FACES OF CEBU: Danny Booc, fashion designer, creative pageant director

Immae Lachica 12/22/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines– It was one parade of beautiful ladies that made a mark in Danny Booc’s life.  This spark was ignited 50 years ago. Fast forward to today, Danny Booc has become one of Cebu’s best…

Naga City accident: Female motorcycle rider crushed by trailer truck

Futch Anthony Inso 12/21/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines- A female motorcycle passenger died after she was run over by a trailer truck around 11:30 p.m. on Friday, December 20, 2024, at the national highway of Barangay Tuyan, City of Naga. The victim…

Simbang Gabi and appreciating centuries-old churches in south Cebu

Kurt Daryle Romariz 12/21/2024

It’s Simbang Gabi season again, mga Ka-Siloy, and we know what that means for us Filipinos! It means that for most Catholics in the country, especially in Cebu, we again attend the dawn masses, getting up as…

Family violence in Cebu: Why fathers often initiate killings

Pia Piquero 12/20/2024

CEBU, Philippines — Family violence has taken a disturbing turn in Cebu, with fathers alarmingly at the center of recent tragedies. These incidents, often rooted in financial strain, unresolved conflicts, and cultural pressures, reveal the deep-seated vulnerabilities…

Construction to finally start for much-delayed Consolacion port

Morexette Marie B. Erram 12/19/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines – After spending decades in the pipeline, the new container port in Consolacion town, northern Cebu will finally take off. This was, after the national government has given the go-signal for the contractor to…

DepEd-7 gears for the return of old school calendar year in 2025

Niña Mae C. Oliverio 12/19/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Department of Education in Central Visayas (DepEd-7) is gearing up for the shift of the school calendar year to the old one. In a press conferece on Wednesday, DepEd-7 Director Salustiano Jimenez…

LIST: Richest towns in Cebu in terms of assets, equity

Morexette Marie B. Erram 12/19/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Consolacion is the richest town in Cebu, both in terms of assets and equity, according to the latest financial report from the Commission on Audit (COA). The top five wealthiest municipalities here have…

Cebu poverty incidence drops in 2023

Niña Mae C. Oliverio 12/17/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The poverty incidence in Cebu Province, including its highly urbanized cities, has dropped in 2023 based on the latest data reported by the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) Region 7 and Cebu. On Tuesday,…

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