Handmade by Yolanda survivors

PR 11/27/2015

Taclobanons rebuild lives by making jewelry as livelihood Jewelry making has been Danika’s passion. Using copper wires as the primary material, Danika creates lovely pieces of handmade jewelries. Danika Astilla-Magoncia of Tacloban City is a survivor of…

Visayan filmmaker gains nat’l recognition for ‘Miss Bulalacao’

Juli Ann M. Sibi 11/22/2015

Cebu-based filmmaker, poet and journalist Ara Chawdhury garnered national attention after her feature film, Miss Bulalacao, won Best Screenplay in the annual CinemaOne Originals Film Festival. The film is an alien abduction story centered on Dodong, a…

1st Mayor Paz Radaza Motocross Cup in Lapu this weekend

Calvin D. Cordova 11/18/2015

OPONGANONS are in for a big treat this weekend as the 2015 MS Motosuit Motocross Series goes to Lapu-Lapu City this Saturday with the staging of the 1st Mayor Paz Radaza Motocross Cup. The competition will serve…

Cebu City’s arnisadors top PNG with 22 golds

John Carlo Villaruel 11/14/2015

Stick fighters from Cebu City flaunted their combat skills yesterday in the 2015 Philippine National Games-Visayas Leg (PNG) arnis tournament, bagging 22 golds, 11 silvers and six bronzes to capture the event’s overall title in San Jose,…

‘Tuwad na daan’

Gerard Pareja 11/09/2015

Tuwad na daan. Wordplay kini sa kang P-Noy nga “tuwid na daan” slogan, nga sa Ininglis pa “straight path.” What a difference a vowel makes! Pinaagi sa pag-ilis sa “i” ug “a”, nahimong Binisaya ang Tinagalog ni…

Still slow with help

Ricky Poca 11/09/2015

Last Sunday, November 8, the Philippines remembered the strongest typhoon to hit our country, resulting in many deaths and leaving thousands homeless in Leyte and Northern Cebu. In Tacloban City, Leyte, we witnessed looting by some residents…

A smazey New Year

Malou Guanzon Apalisok 10/26/2015

Smaze, the abbreviated term for smoke and haze, which is blanketing various parts of Metro Cebu, Bohol, Leyte, Samar and Davao del Norte, is making my friends and relatives rather anxious that they’re now heading off to…

1,666 stranded in Cebu port

Jhunnex Napallacan 10/18/2015

At least 1,666 passengers were stranded in Cebu City ports because of typhoon Lando, that also caused strong waves in the Visayas. Trips of small vessels with 250 gross tonnage and below were suspended by the Coast…

Assumption alumnae join PBSP to help Yolanda victims in Samar

PR 10/17/2015

In the aftermath of super typhoon Yolanda, the once thriving coastal town of Mercedes in Eastern Samar was reduced to rubble, leaving families homeless, without food and livelihood. One of the organizations that heeded the call for…

Leyte priest to be ordained this Friday

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 08/31/2015

Another priest who was named auxiliary bishop of Cebu by Pope Francis will be ordained on Friday. Hundreds of bishops and priests from around the country are expected to gather at the Palo Metropolitan Cathedral for the…

Ample power assured for APEC meetings

Vanessa Claire Lucero 06/17/2015

Representatives of the Department of Energy (DOE) and Visayan Electric Co., Inc. (Veco) yesterday assured that Cebu will have adequate power supply during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) meetings from August to October this year. Engineer Saul…

US turns over feasibility study on water supply project to Tacloban

PR 06/10/2015

AS part of the US government’s continuing commitment to help the people of Leyte recover from the destruction caused by typhoon Yolanda, the United States Embassy Manila turned over to Tacloban City the Rapid Feasibility Study for…

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