678 families left homeless in Cebu City fire

Benjie B. Talisic, Chris A. Ligan 02/02/2018

CEBU CITY- The Department of Social Welfare and Services (DSWS) reported that 678 families were displaced by the fire that struck a densely populated area in Sitio Kanipaan, Barangay Sawang Calero shortly before midnight on Thursday. Around…

700 left homeless in Cebu City fire

Benjie B. Talisic, Chris A. Ligan 02/02/2018

At least 700 people were rendered homeless in a fire that struck a densely populated area in Sitio Kanipaan, Sawang Calero, Cebu City shortly before midnight on Thursday. The fire lasted for over an hour and razed…

TS ‘URDUJA’ LEFT TRAIL OF DESTRUCTION

Futch Anthony Inso, Morexette Marie B. Erram, Nestle L. Semilla, Rosalie O. Abatayo 12/16/2017

STORM AFFECTED NORTHERN CEBU Heavy rains and wind spawned by Tropical Storm Urduja left widespread damage in Cebu, with hundreds of people evacuated and stranded in ports and island-resorts, and at least 35 domestic flights canceled even…

MINGLA LEADS 1-0

JONAS PANERIO 12/08/2017

Down by four with nine seconds left, Minglanilla Archangels make miracle Left-handed forward Lyle Eredera hit a clutch triple and Cristian Castro calmly sank two pressure-packed free-throws with two seconds remaining to lift the Minglanilla Archangels to…

Vidal’s humility worthy of emulation

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 10/20/2017

“I’m sorry.” Two simple words spoken by Cebu Archbishop Emeritus Ricardo Cardinal Vidal left a deep imprint on his former personal secretary and now Cebu Auxiliary Bishop Dennis Villarojo. Speaking before the congregation in a Mass on…

James Reid to play re-imagined Pedro Penduko in new flim

Michelle Joy Padayhag 08/11/2017

  GET ready for a different take on the tale of Pedro Penduko as Viva Artist Agency announced on Thursday via Instagram that the iconic komiks GET ready for a different take on the tale of Pedro Penduko…

The Left at the crossroads anew

Jobers R. Bersales 08/09/2017

Like the early phase of the Cory Aquino presidency, the Left is facing the crossroads once again. Will it go the path of working with President Rodrigo Duterte on the quasi-socialist-populist aspects of his unique brand of…

Compostela fire left elderly couple homeless

Agnes Alpuerto 07/09/2017

Electrical short circuit burned half a million worth of properties including an elderly couple’s home in Barangay Poblacion, Compostela town located around 30 kilometers north of Cebu City on Friday morning. The fire left couple Bonifacio and…

Marawi residents have left the city in droves

Edralyn L. Benedicto 05/24/2017

RESIDENTS of Marawi City have left the city in droves, clogging road with cars, trucks and people on foot heading for Iligan City, some 30 kilometers away. They want to take shelter from the ongoing fighting between…

Buses fill vacuum left by PUJs

Doris C. Bongcac 02/27/2017

WITH no passenger jeepneys in sight, Mandaue City commuters had to spend extra to ride buses to work. Buses charged a fix fee of P10 per commuter. One of them, 23-year-old Myra Flores, waited 30 minutes before…

Do you still love the news?

Gerard Pareja 11/13/2016

Sa 100 ka nag-unang matalaan sa US, duha ra ang ni-endorse sa Republican presidential candidate nga si Donald Trump. Ug kon tipunon ang tanang mga mantalaan sa USA nga nihatag og endorsement, matud pa sa bbc.com, 200…

Better lukewarm than absent

Rina Jimenez-David 10/21/2016

For a while there, it looked like activists and political protesters were happy playing footsies with the police and military. Where normally activists, many of them from the Left, would be the first to raise a howl…

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