AS the peso slid to almost 11-year lows in June, the national government’s outstanding debt inched up to a record high P6.417 trillion at the end of the first six months of 2017. The latest Bureau of…
BUSINESS name registration in Cebu was up by 17.9 percent during the first half of 2017 compared to the same period last year, owing to the stricter implementation of local government policies. Latest data from the Department…
July begins. July I have often ignored, and so far I have not written about. It is almost an anonymous month, a nondescript bridge to an August remembered only because of the flash floods. At noontime I…
JUNIOR BOWLER Heber Alqueza dominated the June edition of the Bowlingplex Tenpin Association (BTA)-PRIMA Monthly open last Sunday at the Gaisano Bowlingplex in Cebu City. Alqueza finished the six-game series with 1,312 pinfalls. He had high-scoring games…
Exchanging of old banknotes Old peso bills belonging to the New Design Series (NDS) will lose their value in July as the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas decided to no longer replace them beyond the June 30 deadline.…
President Rodrigo Duterte declared June 26 as a regular holiday nationwide in observance of the Eid’l Fitr or end of Ramadan. The declaration was cited in the Proclamation 235 signed by the President on June 16. “The…
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) ordered the start of the recount of the protest ballots in the election protest filed by defeated Cebu City mayoral candidate Michael Rama on June 13. In its May 30 order, Comelec…
FOR THE first time in its 10-year existence, the prestigious Phoenix Premium 98 Amateur Open will be held outside of Davao City. The 18-hole Stableford competition will be held in Cebu City this June 30 at the…
CEBU CITY—Expect traffic to be heavy along N. Bacalso Avenue and F. Llamas Street next month when the Department of Public Work and Highways (DPWH) starts the construction of an underpass. A portion of the road would…
Cebu will be hosting the Phoenix Premium 98 Amateur Open this June 30 at the Cebu Country Club. The cash rich tournament will be held outside of Davao for the first time. It will be open to…
Some of the country’s top young boxing prospects will be seeing action in the “Engkwentro Dinhi Sa Mandaue” fight card on June 10 at the Mandaue Cultural and Sports Complex. Promoted by Cagayan de Oro City-based Championship…
BASKETBALL in the city is about to get a much-needed jolt as the Cebu City Mayor’s Cup commences on June 8 at the Cebu City Sports Institute. The tournament is being organized by basketball patron Joselito Manguerra…
