CDN Top Stories [June 30]: More security in Cebu’s schools; drills eyed

CDN Digital Editorial Team 06/30/2026

Good morning, mga Ka-Siloys! Here are your top stories for Tuesday, June 30, 2026, including a round-up of measures to keep Cebu’s schools and learners safe. Safe schools: Cebu deploys 2.5K personnel, considers anti-bullying hotline The Provincial…

Security audit of all Cebu City schools ordered after Tacloban shooting

Pia Piquero 06/23/2026

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The local police here has launched an immediate citywide “school hardening” campaign that includes tighter access controls, expanded police deployments, security assessments, and campus patrols in response to the deadly school shooting in…

Cebu schools: Capitol starts building 269 temporary learning shelters

Airam Limatog 06/16/2026

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Cebu Provincial Government has begun constructing 269 temporary learning shelters to help restore classroom spaces that the magnitude 6.9 Cebu earthquake in September last year damaged. The initiative is part of the…

Parents, schools in Cebu urged: Teach children AI literacy

Morexette Marie B. Erram 03/31/2026

CEBU CITY, Philippines — As generative artificial intelligence (AI) rapidly reshapes industries, classrooms, and even human relationships, schools and parents in Cebu are being urged to make AI literacy a core part of learning. With AI evolving…

Cebu among the best cities to study in the Philippines

Neil Povadora 03/20/2026

CEBU CITY, Philippines — If you are looking for a city to study in, Cebu might be the perfect choice. EduRank, an independent metric-based ranking body, has identified Cebu as one of the best cities to study…

7 Cebu universities among EduRank’s Top 100 best PH schools

Neil Povadora 03/19/2026

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Seven Cebu-based institutions have made it to the Top 100 best universities in the Philippines in the updated 2026 rankings released on March 15 by EduRank. READ: Cebu among the best cities to…

LIST: Top 10 universities in Cebu, according to EduRank

Neil Povadora 03/19/2026

CEBU CITY, Philippines — EduRank, an independent, metric-based global ranking body, has released its updated list of the top universities in Cebu as of March 15, 2026. Based on the Edurank’s ranking by academic field, here are…

CHED OKs 2025 tuition fee hike for 14 colleges in C. Visayas

Futch Anthony Inso 07/05/2025

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Cebu — Fourteen colleges and universities in Central Visayas are set to implement a tuition fee hike for the school year 2025–2026. This comes after the Commission on Higher Education (CHED)-7 approved their applications for…

DepEd 7: Cebu schools face classroom shortages, damaged facilities

Pia Piquero 06/04/2025

CEBU CITY, Philippines – The classroom shortage is just the tip of the iceberg. Cebu’s public schools are not only grappling with a lack of classrooms, now pegged at over 3,000 in the province alone, but also…

Cebu City mulls workshop for schools selected to return to F2F

Morexette Marie Erram 03/01/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines—The Cebu City Government is mulling to conduct a workshop for schools selected to proceed with face-to-face classes. The city’s Emergency Operations Center (EOC) met with representatives from the Local School Board and USAID on…

Cebu schools support bill amending new 25% tax policy on proprietary educational institutions

Delta Derycka C. Letigio 06/05/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu educational institutions, along with parents and teachers associations, are calling for the amendment of the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) Revenue Regulations No. 5–2021 that imposes a 25 percent tax rate on…

Lady police officer, former broadcast journalist among Bar passers from Cebu schools

Immae Lachica 04/30/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines—Out of 2,103 passers of the November 2019 lawyers’ licensure exam, two of them were Cebu graduates who have interesting stories to share. The two are former broadcast journalist King Anthony Perez and police officer Sheryl…

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