‘Sari-sari’ stores hit P8 billion in 2023 sales – report

Alden M. Monzon 02/18/2024

MANILA —Sari-sari stores in the Philippines, often called neighborhood variety stores, made over P8 billion in sales in 2023, up by more than a fifth from the previous year. A report by Packworks, an analytics startup, showed…

SLP beneficiaries in Cebu, Bohol: 4,614 individuals receive P15,000

Futch Anthony Inso 08/21/2022

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Philippines — Around 4,614 beneficiaries in Cebu and Bohol have received P15,000 each as livelihood settlement grant, through the Sustainable Livelihood Program (SLP) of the Department of Social Welfare and Development in Central Visayas (DSWD-7).…

Single mother of 3 receives free sari-sari store from Carmen police

Mary Rose Sagarino 05/18/2022

MANDAUE CITY, Philippines — A single mother from Barangay Poblacion in Carmen town, northern Cebu was the first recipient of the “TINDAHAN MO, ABLIHAN NI TSIP” project of the Carmen Police Station, which was launched on Wednesday…

Nadine Lustre sizzles sans makeup in Siargao

Doris Mondragon - Content Specialist 08/25/2021

DALAGUETE, Cebu—A photo of a bare-faced Nadine Lustre showing us the simple side of her during a vacation in Siargao Island is making rounds online.  This, after a netizen, posted a photo of the ‘On the Wings…

Toledo City photographer does some drone-style purchasing

Immae Lachica 04/05/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines— Technology is now considered as one of man’s best allies in times of crisis as what has been proven by this Toledo City photographer. Technology provides not just entertainment but also crucial information on…

70-year-old businesswoman shot dead in Ermita, Cebu City

Benjie Talisic 06/26/2019

Cebu City, Philippines—Police are looking at two possible angles in the killing of a businesswoman in a retail store along Manalili Street corner Lincoln Street in Barangay Ermita here on Tuesday night, June 25, 2019.  Police identified…

Pantawid mothers open sari-sari store in Cordova

06/01/2016

Pantawid Pamilya mothers in Barangay Dapitan in Cordova town, Mactan Island recently opened a general merchandise store with the aid of the Sustainable Livelihood Program (SLP). SLP is one of the poverty alleviation programs of the Department…

P500k worth of properties damaged in Cordova fire

Nestle L. Semilla, Norman V. Mendoza 05/17/2016

A late afternoon fire burned at least P500,000 worth of properties in Sitio Cansubing, Barangay Buagsong in Cordova town, Cebu. The fire burned a two-story house owned by Nicasio and Ermelinda Yosores, their parked Suzuki wagon, a…

Two killed, five hurt as truck runs over house, store

Apple Ta-as, Jhunnex Napallacan 06/02/2015

Two persons died while five were injured after a truck carrying sand and gravel ran over a house and store in sitio Apid Acro, barangay Cantabaco, Toledo City Tuesday afternoon. The truck bearing plate number JEW 108…

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