Cebu City passes ‘half-rice’ law

Doris C. Bongcac, Jose Santino S. Bunachita 11/03/2014

A “half-rice” serving in restaurants in Cebu City will soon  be a required item in the menu. To discourage food waste, the Cebu City Council  approved on final reading last week an ordinance  requiring food establishments to…

Van of shark fins bound for HK seized, released

Anie M. Paujana, Norman V. Mendoza 08/24/2014

About 5,000 kilos  of shark fins stored in a 20-foot container van  bound for Hong Kong were ordered released by the regional Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) hours after it was intercepted yesterday morning. The…

Turning Japanese

Orly J. Cajegas 06/28/2014

Looking at it from the outside, it doesn’t take a genius to discern that the place spells Japanese. And once you decide to get inside the 30-seater Mismukunu Teppanyaki Japanese Restaurant along AS Fortuna in Mandaue City,…

A crepier’s French affair

Orly J. Cajegas 03/23/2014

It was love that brought him to the shores of Cebu. Cheesy as it may sound, 25-year-old Frenchman Raphael Mollard came back to Cebu to be with his one true love: crepes and the Cebuanos. The intimate…

4 Sinulog stopovers

Jude Bacalso 01/14/2014

EVEN as the frenzy builds up on the streets for this Saturday’s religious procession and the bacchanalia on Sunday, today appears to be the best time to take in some choice sights (and quite a few bites) that…

Decoding the party scene

Orly J. Cajegas 12/15/2013

He certainly knows how to mix work and pleasure—like a true cocktail. Scion of a highly successful Cebu-based drugstore, Agustin Benedict Benjamin A. Lim, is slowly inching his way out of the shadows of Rose Pharmacy. This 26-year-old…

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