LIVE updates: Asean 2026 real-time coverage from Cebu May 8

05/08/2026

Cebu, Philippines–As the Asean Summit 2026 enters its final day on Friday, May 8, leaders from across Southeast Asia wrap up key discussions, meetings, and agreements expected to shape regional cooperation moving forward. CDN Digital brings you…

LIVE Updates: Asean 2026 real-time coverage from Cebu May 7

05/07/2026

Cebu, Philippines—Key meetings are set to begin on Thursday, May 7, as leaders and top officials gather for another crucial day of the Asean Summit 2026 here, with discussions expected to shape regional priorities on the economy,…

‘Sub-Saharan’ Mindanao: These memes might make your day

Jessa Ngojo - CDN Social Media Specialist 03/13/2025

CEBU CITY, Philippines – The online frenzy over former President Rodrigo Duterte’s arrest by the International Criminal Court (ICC) intensified when political scientist and media personality Richard Heydarian compared Mindanao to Sub-Saharan Africa. In a CNN News…

New Year’s Day tragedy in Naga City, Luzon: Guard stabs wife, shoots self

Ma. April Mier-Manjares 01/01/2025

[Trigger Warning: Mentions of self-harm] LEGAZPI CITY — A security guard reportedly took his own life after stabbing his wife on New Year’s Day. According to a report on Wednesday, January 1, Naga City police stated that…

Iloilo City to ring in New Year with musical fireworks display

Perla Lena 12/03/2024

ILOILO CITY – Ilonggos can expect an exciting New Year countdown with a musical fireworks display at Drilon Bridge on Dec. 31, 2024. The 12- to 15-minute show will be free for the public, with a view…

Dumaguete pushed as UNESCO creative city

Mary Judaline Partlow 11/09/2024

DUMAGUETE CITY – Dumaguete, the provincial capital of Negros Oriental, has been chosen as one of two Philippine endorsements to the 2025 UNESCO Creative Cities Network (UCCN) in the field of Literature. Quezon City is the other…

Negros Island Region: Negros Occ Gov. Lacson signs IRR

Nanette Guadalquiver 10/03/2024

BACOLOD CITY, Negros Occidental–Negros Occidental Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson expressed optimism on the full operation of the Negros Island Region as he signed the implementing rules and regulations (IRR) of the NIR Act on Wednesday, October 2,…

Negros Island Region: NegOr governor welcomes reformation of NIR 

Morexette Marie B. Erram 03/14/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Negros Oriental Governor Chaco Sagarbarria welcomed the passage of the bill seeking to reform the Negros Island Region (NIR). Speaking to reporters at the sidelines of the Regional Development Council in Central Visayas…

Finding love: Which PH city, regions to go to

Christina Eloisa Baclig 02/14/2023

MANILA, Philippines—A previous poll once found that most of the population in the Philippines reported feeling loved on a typical day. New studies showed where precisely in the country is the most loving city and where to…

In Visayas, youth leaders help local communities better discern COVID-19

Carlo Jacob Molina - Social Media Specialist 05/23/2020

MANILA, Philippines — As misinformation and disinformation on COVID-19 spread at an alarming rate, a network of youth organizations in the Visayas region in the central Philippines has beefed up efforts to help local communities better understand…

BFP-7: Search and retrieval ops in landslide site continue amid return of responders to respective regions

Morexette B. Erram 10/04/2018

Several responders from other regions will now be going home two weeks after the landslide struck in Brgy. Tinaan, Naga City, Cebu. At least 45 rescuers from the Special Rescue Unit of the Bureau of Fire Protection…

MINING HALTED IN 8 REGIONS

Ador Vincent S. Mayol, JOSE SANTINO BUNACHITA 09/22/2018

  In the wake of the recent tragedies in Cebu and Benguet that many blamed on quarrying and mining activities, President Rodrigo Duterte last night announced that he would consider suspending mining activities in most parts of…

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