Cebu officials pay tribute to late Mayor Edgardo Labella

Mae Fhel Gom-os, Pegeen Maisie M. Sararaña 11/19/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Cebu officials, including those from the opposing camp fondly remembered and paid tribute to the late Cebu City Mayor Edgardo Labella who died Friday dawn, November 19, 2021. They also extended their condolences…

Tomas and Dino squabble anew over BRT

Dyrecka Letigio 10/07/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Former Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña and Presidential Assistant to the Visayas, Secretary Michael Dino are once again at odds over the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) project of the city, blaming each other…

Dino assures no insubordination charges against Garcia

Delta Dyrecka C. Letigio 05/28/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Secretary Michael Lloyd Dino, presidential assistant for the Visayas, has assured that there are no charges awaiting Cebu Provincial Governor Gwendolyn Garcia over the policies of the province on Returning Overseas Filipinos. It…

Gov’t target: 100 frontliners from Visayas to be sent to NCR

Morexette Marie B. Erram 04/07/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Local and national government officials are targeting to send a total of 100 health workers from Visayas to the country’s capital to help address the spike of COVID-19 there. On Wednesday, April 7,…

Dino says ‘no other way’ than PBB

Rosalie O. Abatayo 05/13/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines —  Presidential Assistant for the Visayas Michael Lloyd Dino maintains that “there is no other way” to get through the coronavirus crisis here than the OPAV-initiated Project Balik Buhay (PBB). OPAV’s PBB carries the…

Dino: It is my responsibility to defend the president

Immae Lachica 01/21/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines– Presidential Assistant for the Visayas Michael Dino said it is his responsibility to defend President Rodrigo Duterte from critics, especially those who know nothing about the issues the president is facing. In a press…

BREAKING: Michael Dino defends President Duterte 

Immae A. Lachica 01/21/2020

Presidential Assistant for the Visayas Michael Dino defended President Rodrigo Duterte from criticisms on the president’s plans of solving Cebu’s traffic problem. In a press conference he called on Tuesday, January 21, 2020, Dino said he was…

SRP to be closed for SEA Games torch relay on November 16

Delta Derycka C. Letigio 11/14/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The southbound lane of the South Road Properties (SRP) will be closed to motorists on Saturday, November 16, for the Cebu leg of the Southeast Asian (SEA) Games torch relay. The whole stretch…

National Museum to convert Malacañang sa Sugbo into a museum

Irene R. Sino Cruz 07/14/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines—The National Museum plans to transform the Malacañang sa Sugbo into a museum. Secretary Michael Dino, Presidential Assistant to the Visayas, made this disclosure in a statement sent to reporters on Saturday. Dino said he received…

Reward for info on Christine’s killers now at P2 million

Rosalie Abatayo 03/14/2019

Lapu-Lapu City, Cebu — The bounty for any information that can lead to the arrest of Chirstine Lee Silawan’s killers is now at P2 million. This after Presidential Assistant to the Visayas Michael Dino announced that he…

MAO BA?

Editorial 10/23/2017

HOLIDAY FOR VIDAL A lot of netizens were mixed in their reactions to Michael Dino, Presidential Assistant for the Visayas, lobbying for Malacañang to declare October 26 a holiday for the burial of the late Cebu Archbishop…

Dino asks Malacañang to make October 26 a holiday for Cardinal Vidal

Morexette B. Erram 10/21/2017

As tribute for the late prelate, the Office of the Presidential Assistant of the Visayas (OPAV) eyes to declare October 26 a national holiday in commemoration of Cebu Archbishop Emeritus Ricardo Cardinal Vidal. OPAV secretary Michael Dino…

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