Cebu’s power struggle: Race to secure energy future to avoid billions in economic losses 

Morexette Marie B. Erram 03/02/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines – It’s a race against time to ensure that Cebu has a sufficient power supply in the next two years. Unless it has a new power plant soon, Cebu, the economic and commercial hub…

Rama to Gwen on BRT: Enough is enough

Morexette Marie B. Erram 02/29/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Cebu City Mayor Michael Rama has had enough. The mayor hit Cebu Gov. Gwendolyn Garcia on her orders to stop the construction of the Cebu Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) in province-owned lots along…

Who was Hannah Jay Cesista, the Bar Passer killed in Bohol clash?

Morexette Marie B. Erram 02/26/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines — A Bar Passer was among those killed in the recent clash between state troops and suspected communist-rebel groups in Bohol. The Visayas Command (VisCom) of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) confirmed…

Harnessing wind power: Santa Fe as next training ground for Olympic-bound kiteboarders

Morexette Marie B. Erram 02/21/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Summer came in early this year in Santa Fe in Bantayan Island, Cebu. One weekend in February, kites were flying over the town’s coasts in Barangay Ocoy, dotting the skies in colorful specks.…

Donated Boljoon pulpit panels acquired legally -Nat’l Museum

Morexette Marie B. Erram 02/20/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines – How the previously missing pulpit panels from the historical Archdiocesan Shrine of Patrocinio de Maria Santisima in Boljoon, Cebu ended up in the hands of private citizens remains a mystery. But the national…

PH kiteboarding competition returns to Santa Fe in Bantayan

Morexette Marie B. Erram 02/15/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Around 100 kiteboarders from around the world will gather in Santa Fe in Bantayan Island this weekend for the Cebu leg of the Philippine Kiteboarding Association (PKA) Tour Season 9. The ICTSI-PKA Tour…

There are more singles than married couples in Central Visayas but…

Morexette Marie B. Erram 02/14/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Did you know that there are more singles compared to married people in Central Visayas? In fact, there are more singles in the entire Philippines, based on the 2020 census, and Central Visayas,…

Elections 2025: Guide on Voters Registration

Morexette Marie B. Erram 02/13/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Registration for voter applications for the midterm elections next year has begun. The voter registration is only for a limited time but the Commission on Elections (Comelec) vowed to accommodate as many aspiring…

TIMELINE: The hit-and-run near Redemptorist Church

Morexette Marie B. Erram 02/09/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines — For the past few days, every Cebuano’s attention has been glued on the tragic hit-and-run incident along Queen’s Road, near the Redemptorist Church in uptown Cebu City last February 4. It claimed the…

Hidden in plain sight: Tracing downtown Cebu City’s Cebuano-Chinese roots

Morexette Marie B. Erram, Nikki Medalla 02/09/2024

Photos by Christian Dave Cuizon CEBU CITY, Philippines — Every day, hundreds — if not thousands — of people join the hustle and bustle of downtown Cebu City. Towering over the throngs of marketgoers, shoppers, vendors, and…

Hit-and-run: Ex-PDEA7 chief dangles P100k reward for leads

Morexette Marie B. Erram 02/06/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines – The former chief of PDEA-7 has dangled a cash reward for leads that would result to the arrest of the suspect in the hit-and-run incident last Sunday. The hit-and-run incident happened near the…

Chona Mae: The facts behind Cebu’s tsunami hoax

Morexette Marie B. Erram 02/06/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines — It has been over a decade since Cebu City was gripped by a tsunami scare that eventually made its way to history books. And the real story behind the ‘Chona Mae’ hoax, including…

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