Cebu chosen as one of selected areas to benefit from relaunch of Philippine Sports Institute

Calvin D. Cordova 01/17/2017

The rebirth of the Philippine Sports Institute (PSI) has given a renewed hope for the country’s sports program. It is a major undertaking that needed the Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) to set aside P25 million to fund…

Pagasa lifts Cebu storm warning, sea travels resume

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 01/09/2017

Following the weakening of tropical cyclone ‘Auring’ on Monday morning, suspension of sea travels in Cebu has been lifted. Commander Dionlett Ampil of the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) in Cebu said sea travels in Cebu has resumed…

E. Samar floods: 1,600 families affected; 1 killed

12/19/2016

Taft, Eastern Samar — A farmer was killed while at least 1,600 families were affected on Saturday when floods hit 11 villages here following incessant rains. Elpedio Zacate was found dead on Saturday after he drowned in…

CEBU HONORS YOU

Jose Santino S. Bunachita, Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 11/29/2016

It will be a different way of remembering Gat Andres Bonifacio as seven Cebuanos will be honored today as heroes and martyrs of the martial law regime at the Plaza Independencia. In an event organized by the…

BFAR cautions public on shellfish

Carmel Loise Matus 08/30/2016

CEBU residents were cautioned on buying and eating shellfish in light of the red tide experienced in Samar province. Alma Saavedra, information officer of the regional Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR-7), said consumers should ask…

LPA now a tropical depression named ‘Carina’

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 07/29/2016

It is a rainy Friday for Metro Cebu due to a low pressure area that developed into a tropical depression called Carina. The tropical depression was spotted 195 kilometers east of Borongan City in Eastern Samar with…

Rain, strong winds persist in Metro Cebu

Edison Delos Angeles 07/19/2016

Metro Cebu residents were advised to go home early as light to moderate rain will still be experienced Tuesday night due to the formation of thick clouds in the Visayas area. “Based on our satellite data, raining…

Metro opens store in Calbayog

02/18/2016

METRO Retail Stores Group, Inc. has opened a Super Metro Hypermarket in Calbayog City, Samar, the first store to be inaugurated in line with the company’s strategy to double its nationwide retailing footprint in the next five…

VESSELS STRANDED

Jhunnex Napallacan, Michelle Joy L. Padayhag and Inquirer 12/13/2015

Signal No. 1 in north Cebu due to ‘Nona’ Some 1,532 passengers were stranded in Cebu City ports yesterday after the Philippine Coast Guard-Cebu Station barred sea travel for vessels going to Eastern Visayas and Manila due…

A smazey New Year

Malou Guanzon Apalisok 10/26/2015

Smaze, the abbreviated term for smoke and haze, which is blanketing various parts of Metro Cebu, Bohol, Leyte, Samar and Davao del Norte, is making my friends and relatives rather anxious that they’re now heading off to…

Assumption alumnae join PBSP to help Yolanda victims in Samar

PR 10/17/2015

In the aftermath of super typhoon Yolanda, the once thriving coastal town of Mercedes in Eastern Samar was reduced to rubble, leaving families homeless, without food and livelihood. One of the organizations that heeded the call for…

Funds sought to support home-based online jobs

Vanessa Claire Lucero 06/05/2015

Workshops aim to develop more ICT talents The Information and Communications Technology Office (ICTO) has proposed a three-year budget of P40 million for a program that provides training to home-based online workers and other  potential ICT talents…

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