Heavy rains cause floods, traffic in parts of Metro Cebu

Doris C. Bongcac 09/25/2017

Traffic was slow moving in Cebu City and parts of Metro Cebu area after Monday’s rains in the morning flooded roads and submerged motorcycles and other smaller vehicles in floodwater. After the flooding subsided, piles of garbage…

Kiko brings light rain in PH

Agnes B. Alpuerto 09/04/2017

A low pressure area spotted in Casiguran, Aurora has now developed into a tropical depression Monday afternoon. The state weather bureau Pagasa said the tropical depression they named “Kiko” packs maximum sustained winds of 55 kilometers per…

Good news, bad news

Editorial 05/24/2017

There is some good news and bad news for habal-habal (motorcycle-for-hire) drivers in Metro Cebu. The bad news is a new law will prohibit habal-habal and motorcycle drivers from fetching children 10 years old and below as…

Aboitiz, malls and corporate social responsibility

Stephen D. Capillas 04/20/2017

I was supposed to write something about the Inquirer series of articles on malls in the country published last year owing to the caveat that malls are among the most common and favored go-to places of Filipinos…

Watchful week ahead

Editorial 04/12/2017

It started as early as last Monday; but we can expect thousands of Metro Cebu residents to troop to bus terminals, seaports and airports for the annual Holy Week break. But this year’s observance would be different…

Charges elevated to court

Nestle L. Semilla 03/21/2017

The three Romanians tagged in the series of unauthorized ATM withdrawals in the Metro Cebu branches of the Land Bank of the Philippines waived their right to a preliminary investigation at the Cebu City Prosecutor’s Office yesterday.…

A viable project

Editorial 03/15/2017

A proposal for a cable car system for Metro Cebu may seem yet another one of those “pie in the sky” pipe dreams being floated by some local officials eager to show off their technical knowledge to…

Standing against the tide

Editorial 02/19/2017

They may not have the numbers, but what the Church and their followers in Metro Cebu lacked in numbers, they made up for with determination and solidarity with the thousands who attended the “Walk For Life” rally…

Davide urges LGUs to improve services following Metro Cebu’s recognition

Intern 02/17/2017

CEBU Governor Hilario Davide III was hoping that Metro Cebu’s recognition as one of the models for metropolitan governance would encourage other local government units (LGUs) to improve their services. Early this week, Metro Cebu, along with…

P13 WAGE HIKE: Better than nothing

Dominic D. Yasay, Izobelle T. Pulgo 02/07/2017

THE P13 wage hike in Metro Cebu approved by the Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity Board (RTWPB) may not be much but it will still be a welcome increase, no matter how small, due to the rising…

SM malls bomb threat a hoax

Inquirer.net, Nestle L. Semilla 02/05/2017

Police Regional Office in Central Visayas (PRO 7) director Chief Supt. Noli Taliño and the management of the country’s leading mall operator have refuted rumors being circulated through text messages and the internet of a bomb threat…

CLI to enter IPO by Q2 of 2017

Aileen Garcia-Yap 01/31/2017

Cebu’s homegrown real estate developer Cebu Landmasters, Inc. (CLI) is working to get publicly-listed by second quarter of this year. CLI chief executive officer Jose R. Soberano III made this announcement on Tuesday morning in a press…

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