THE local stock barometer explored new highs on Monday, now nearing the 8,300 level, as upbeat Wall Street trading boosted risk-taking across regional markets. The main-share Philippine Stock Exchange index racked up 113.29 points or 1.39 percent…
Inflation rose by 3.1 percent in August, the fastest in three months, partly due to higher food, fuel and power prices coupled with a weaker peso, the government reported Tuesday. The latest Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA)…
THE head of the Duterte administration’s economic team on Wednesday sought private sector support for the comprehensive tax reform program to fund the ambitious infrastructure buildup plan as well as other socioeconomic programs aimed at slashing poverty.…
Did the homecoming arrive at something good? “I’m amazed,” Pinky Magalona sent me a personal text the afternoon after her first show in six years since her diaspora to the Middle East to work for a…
A 15 year-old high school student drowned in the waters near the Taloot port of Argao town, southern Cebu Tuesday afternoon. The victim was identified as Benjamin Parantar, a Grade 8 student studying at Argao National High…
A suspected high-value target in government’s anti-illegal drugs campaign fell in the hands of police following a joint operation conducted by the Cebu Provincial Intelligence Branch (PIB), Provincial Drug Enforcement Unit, the Provincial Public Safety Company…
A MIDDLE-AGED inmate at the Cebu Provincial Detention and Rehabilitation Center (CPDRC) ran amuck and reportedly stabbed a high-profile inmate and four others last Saturday evening. Acting Provincial Warden Roberto Legapsi told reporters yesterday that the names…
Ayala Land Premier (ALP) continues to bank on Cebu’s growing demand for distinctive and exclusive high-end residences. It recently launched its third luxury condominium project in Cebu, The Alcoves, that will rise on top of Ayala Center…
A high value target was arrested in a buy-bust operation inside a motel in Humay-Humay road, Barangay Pajo, Lapu-Lapu City Monday afternoon. Ronaldo Lumar, 45, from Barangay Gun-ob, Lapu-Lapu City was arrested by operatives of Hoops Dome…
TEN public high schools in Mandaue City participated in the Fire Olympics on May 5 as part of the activities for Mandaue fiesta. Tabok National High School won first place with P15,000 cash prize and a medal…
A high-value drug target and a 16-year-old boy were arrested by the police in separate drug operations in Lapu-Lapu City and Cordova town on Mactan Island last Monday evening. Twenty-eight-year-old Markley Aying was arrested in a buy-bust…
A 28-year-old high value drug suspect was arrested by Lapu-Lapu City Drug Enforcement Unit (CDEU) on Monday afternoon at Sitio Soong 1, Barangay Mactan, Lapu-Lapu City yielding more than P75,000 worth of suspected shabu. Markley Aying was…
