Inflation hits 5.7% in July

Inquirer.net 08/07/2018

Inflation accelerated to a fresh over five-year high of 5.7 percent in July, the government reported Tuesday. As such, headline inflation or the rate of increase in prices of basic goods and services averaged 4.5 percent during…

Fire hits stockroom of Super Metro Mandaue Store

Doris C. Bongcac, Norman V. Mendoza 07/29/2018

The Super Metro Mandaue Department Store was ordered closed for the day following a fire which hit its fourth floor storage area at noon today. Customers and employees were asked to vacate the establishment in Barangay Ibabao,…

Emirati vlogger hits back at Kuwaiti influencer on her complaint against OFWs

Inquirer.net 07/26/2018

A vlogger based in Abu Dhabi expressed support for overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) in relation to their right not to surrender their passports to their employers and to have a day off in their work week. This…

Fire hits warehouse in Naga City

Benjie B. Talisic 07/16/2018

  A fire caused damage to a warehouse in Barangay South Poblacion, Naga City, Cebu at past 6 p.m., Sunday (July 15). Senior Supt. Samuel Tadeo, regional director of Bureau of Fire Protection in Central Visayas (BFP-7)…

Japan rescuers go house to house as flood toll hits 156

AFP 07/10/2018

Rescue workers carried out house-to-house searches Tuesday in the increasingly unlikely hope of finding survivors after days of deadly floods and landslides that have claimed 156 lives in Japan’s worst weather-related disaster for decades. The record downpours…

Fire hits officer’s village in Camp Lapu

Benjie B. Talisic 06/10/2018

A two storey apartment building within the officers quarter Navy village of Camp Lapu Lapu Central Command was struck by fire at 3:45 p.m. on Saturday (June 9). Cebu City Fire Marshal Chief Insp.Noel Ababon said the…

Flooding hits Metro Manila streets due to heavy rain

Inquirer.net 06/09/2018

Several streets in different Metro Manila areas were submerged by floodwaters yesterday brought about by enhanced monsoon rains, according to the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA). On its Twitter feed, the MMDA said that Kalayaan Avenue and…

Tax collection efficiency stressed as May inflation hits fresh 5-year-high

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 06/05/2018

The government is encouraged to improve and have an impressive tax collection efficiency so that it can reap the benefits of TRAIN (Tax Reform for Acceleration and Inclusion). Gordon Alan “Dondi” Joseph, Cebu Business Club president, made…

Fire hits La Mesa Grill inside Mall

Nestle L. Semilla and Benjie B. Talisic 05/23/2018

  Thick smoke engulfed a portion of one of the busiest malls in Cebu City on May 23, Wednesday afternoon. The smoke came from the La Mesa Grill restaurant located at the lower ground floor of SM…

Landslide hits subdivision in Cebu

Rosalie Abatayo 05/16/2018

A landslide occurred in a subdivision in Barangay Banilad, Cebu City around 2 am on Wednesday, May 16. According to City Disaster Risk Reduction Management Office head Nagiel Bañacia, no construction worker was buried in the landslide…

Fire hits Ermita, Cebu

Ador Mayol 05/07/2018

  A fire has engulfed a residential area in Sitio Kawit, Barangay Ermita, Cebu City past 6 a.m. on Monday. The Bureau of Fire Protection said it received the alarm at 6:11 a.m. and a Task Force…

US senator hits ‘chaos’ in Trump’s admin

AP 04/01/2018

BEIJING — US Sen. Elizabeth Warren says chaos in the Trump administration is harming its ability to formulate coherent policy toward North Korea’s nuclear program and other important issues in Asia. Vacancies in the foreign service are…

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