PH promoted anew as Hollywood film location

Tina G. Santos 04/24/2023

MANILA, Philippines — From Francis Ford Coppola’s Vietnam War epic “Apocalypse Now” to “Almost Paradise,” the first American TV series filmed entirely in the Philippines (specifically highlighting Cebu), the country has served time and again as a…

Ride Hero app to help commuters track available bus rides

Delta Derycka C. Letigio 03/24/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines—The Ride Hero application was officially introduced at a press conference at the Cebu City Hall on Tuesday, March 24, 2020. The mobile application helps commuters by showing them the location and capacity of buses…

Location of firecracker zones, fireworks display zones in Mandaue and Lapu-Lapu

Norman V. Mendoza 12/31/2017

The Lapu-Lapu and Mandaue City Police offices released the lists of firecracker zones and fireworks display zones in their respective barangays. LAPU-LAPU CITY Barangay Agus identified seven Community Fireworks Display Areas namely: – Sitio Proper, in front…

LADY COP SHOT DEAD

Benjie Talisic, Doris C. Bongcac, Norman Mendoza 10/31/2017

  Just as police forces in Cebu were kept busy with guarding cemeteries crowded with thousands of people paying respects to their dead relatives, a Lapu-Lapu City policewoman who had just gone off duty from her Kalag-kalag…

Comelec Cebu moves to new location

USJ-R Intern Kristine Remolisan 08/31/2017

THE Cebu provincial office of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) has already found a new and bigger space at the Legislative building in the Capitol compound. From its previous location inside the parking area of the Capitol,…

New location

Editorial 06/06/2017

Regardless of how the inquiry turns out, it is probably high time for the Cebu City government to relocate its Operation Second Chance facility away from the Cebu City Jail if only to stop the smuggling of…

P2.2M reward for tipsters of ASG bandits’ location

Nestle L. Semilla 05/17/2017

  Rewards of over P2 million will be given to those responsible for tipping government authorities regarding the whereabouts of the last two remaining members of the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) in Bohol. A reward recommendation for…

‘Ruby’ crawls across PH; Flood-causing rains noted

Bencyrus Ellorin 12/07/2014

Typhoon “Ruby” (international name: Hagupit) continues to crawl across the central Philippine islands at 10 kilometers per hour, bringing violent winds and damaging rainfall for prolonged time. As of 5 p.m. yesterday, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and…

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