‘No legs, no limits’: Gurkha amputee scales Everest

Agence France Presse 05/21/2023

KATHMANDU — Gurkha veteran Hari Budha Magar, who was almost killed serving with the British army in Afghanistan, has become the first double above-the-knee amputee to climb Everest, a member of his team said Sunday. “He reached…

UP experts project COVID-19 curve peak to occur between end of April to June

Irene R. Sino Cruz 04/07/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines—The University of the Philippines (UP) COVID-19 Pandemic Response Team has projected that the peak of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) curve would occur by the end of April or in June yet. The team,…

GBP, Century Peak sign contract under RCOA

PR 06/27/2019

Global Business Power Corporation (GBP) through its official retail energy arm, Global Energy Supply Corporation (GESC), has recently signed a power supply agreement with Century Peak Corporation (CPC) under the Energy Regulatory Commission’s retail competition and open…

Amazing shots of south Cebu towns’ night skies catch netizens eyes

Immae Lachica 06/01/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines— Have you ever wondered how the night skies look like in photographs? Well, one photographer from Dalaguete town in southern Cebu took on the challenge to take photos of the sky to marvel on…

Snowstorm kills 9 on Nepal peak

AFP 10/13/2018

Kathmandu, Nepal — All nine members of a South Korean climbing expedition were confirmed dead Saturday after a violent snowstorm devastated their camp on Nepal’s Mount Gurja, one of the deadliest mountaineering accidents to the Himalayan nation…

13 trekkers rescued from Osmeña Peak

Morexette Marie Erram 09/14/2018

Personnel from the Dalaguete Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (DDRMO) safely brought down 13 tourists from Manila who trekked the Osmeña Peak in Dalaguete town despite the bad weather. Baltazar Tribunalo, PDRRMO head, said that the…

Davide issues EO for the promotion and preservation of Osmeña Peak

Rosalie O. Abatayo 06/05/2018

A joint committee for the promotion and preservation of Osmeña Peak has been created through an Executive Order of Governor Hilario Davide III. The committee will be headed by Vice Gov. Agnes Magpale, the Provincial Tourism Office…

OSMEÑA PEAK

Jessa Mae O. Sotto 04/18/2018

Dalaguete supports management agreement DALAGUETE town Mayor Ronald Allan Cesante supports the creation of a management team, composed of officials from the provincial government, Dalaguete, Badian and the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) to oversee…

CITY MULLS CAR BAN ON N. BACALSO

Doris Mae C. Mondragon 03/01/2018

DURING PEAK HOURS Rosalina Navarro, 54, left her house in Barangay Kinasang-an early morning on Thursday to get to the Miller Hospital along Tres de Abril Street in Barangay San Nicolas where her husband Edgar, 52, is…

Ban on private vehicles during peak hours set

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 11/27/2017

N. BACALSO TRAFFIC Starting next week, private cars will be banned from passing through the intersection of N. Bacalso Ave. and F. Llamas St. during peak hours. Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña wants this implemented as a…

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