FACES OF CEBU: Mary Joy Bagares, 22, artist

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 11/29/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Mary Joy Bagares, a 22-year-old artist, made quite a stir here in July 2020, when a video of her sharing the challenges of having her mother treated at a hospital went viral. At…

Gay is Okay! video is Apriel Smith’s way of thanking community for support

Immae Lachica 10/21/2020

    CEBU CITY, Philippines— Binibing Cebu 2017 Apriel Smith is making noise online as she released two music videos highlighting her roots and love for the LGBTA community. Her first video released on October 16, 2020…

Young Cebuana flaunts pre-colonial Visayan-inspired clothing

Immae Lachica 09/21/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines— A young Cebuana has channeled her efforts into showing her Visayan roots by flaunting her pre-colonial period Visayan-inspired look. Sharrie Villaver, 21, a fine arts student from Cebu, wanted to refresh people’s minds of…

Japan Sinks 2020 character has Cebuana roots

Immae Lachica 07/11/2020

  CEBU CITY, Philippines— Cebu represent! Dystopian Anime Show “Japan Sinks: 2020” is taking its Pinoy fans by storm, when one of its characters revealed that she came from Cebu, Philippines. Mari Mutoh, the mother of the…

Cebuana shares blessings on her birthday

Immae Lachica 04/14/2020

  CEBU CITY, Philippines— The internet has been flooded with different memes every day, and one of the most laughed at memes at the moment is the ones where sad photos come along with the caption, “birthday…

Family grieves over death of Cebuana doctor

Irene R. Sino Cruz 03/28/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines —The deadly coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has once again claimed the life of another doctor – Dr. Helen Tudtud. She was a medical specialist/pathologist of the Vicente Sotto Memorial Medical Center (VSMMC), according to…

Cebu’s Watanabe earns automatic Olympic slot

Mars G. Alison 03/17/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Cebu’s Kiyomi Sarausad Watanabe is already assured of a slot in the judo competitions of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. The 23-year-old judoka now only needs an official letter from the International Judo Federation…

Cebuana’s docu wins in Slamdance film fest

Ruben Nepales - Philippine Daily Inquirer 02/02/2020

LOS ANGELES — “To Calm the Pig Inside (Ang Pagpakalma sa Unos),” director Joanna Vasquez Arong’s cinematic contemplation on the effects of Supertyphoon Yolanda (international name: Haiyan) on Tacloban City and the municipality of Guiuan and their…

Shining like gold

Immae Lachica 12/24/2019

  CEBU CITY, Philippines–For some athletes, a silver medal may not be that quite fulfilling. It’s not the gold. But for Cebuana rugger Aiumi Ono, the silver she bagged as team captain of the Philippine women’s rugby…

Cebuana shares travel photos to all 81 provinces of PH

Immae Lachica 12/23/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines— Travelling offers a different kind of escape for people like you and me. Travelling gives us this feeling of just breaking out and feeding our mind and soul with something new. This is what…

With GUV Cup back, local volleybelles get a boost

Mars G. Alison 12/20/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines—Volleyball coach Vilma Veloso of the vaunted Catmon Integrated School (CIS) is delighted that the Governor Gwen Garcia Unity Volleyball (Guv) Cup for Women is back.  For Veloso, whose Catmon team just won the latest…

Cebu’s Gazini Ganados brings out PH pride in Miss Universe 2019 preliminary tilt

Cris Evert Lato-Ruffolo 12/07/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Trust a Cebuana to bring her best game on the international stage especially when it comes to beauty pageants. Cebu’s very own Gazini Christiana Ganados is an image of a well-prepared representative of the…

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