A ‘game changer’

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 10/05/2018

Hotel investment seen to bring in more investors, put more life to Cebu City’s ‘real downtown area’ Long before the developments in business districts in the city, the downtown area of Cebu City was the bustling center…

ITCZ seen to hamper rescue of landslide victims

Jessa Mae O. Sotto 09/20/2018

CEBU will remain damp and gloomy for the next few days due to the prevailing Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ). This is bad news for those conducting search and rescue operations for the more than 60 persons feared…

Biofence use seen to prevent garbage from flowing to sea

Delta Dyrecka Letigio USJ-R Journalism Intern 09/06/2018

The Cebu City Environmental and Natural Resources Offices (CCENRO) will be putting up biofences on rivers and creeks to prevent garbage from reaching the coastal area. CCENRO officer-in-charge Nida Cabrera, said that biofences are made of recycled…

Police intel chief seen attending drug convict’s birthday bash

Morexette Marie B. Erram 08/22/2018

BE transparent. This was the advice of Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña to the Central Visayas police after a ranking policeman was caught on video attending the birthday party of convicted robber and drug dealer Herbert “Ampang”…

Rise in July inflation seen; gov’t urged to bring down rice prices

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 08/06/2018

The government should focus on bringing down the prices of rice in order to help the poor especially with the continued increase in the country’s inflation rate. Antonio Chiu, Cebu Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCCI) president,…

Mental Health law seen to aid workplace

USJ-R Intern 07/31/2018

The recently passed Philippine Mental Health Law will aid companies in helping their employees deal with stress and other psychological problems experienced in the workplace. During the “Understanding Choices Forum on Mental Health” held in Cebu City,…

Cloudy skies and rains for Cebu seen on the weekend

Jessa Mae O. Sotto 07/12/2018

Cebu will experience partly cloudy to cloudy skies and isolated rain showers for the next three days. Al Quiblat, Mactan station chief of the state weather bureau Pagasa, said the weather disturbance is caused by the southwest…

Demolition of shanties in Lapu seen to end in July

Norman Mendoza 06/30/2018

Lapu-Lapu city’s demolition team dismantled nearly a thousand illegal structures along Mactan channel and its work remains unfinished. Of that number Barangay Ibo has 600 illegal structures consisting of boarding houses and pig pens. There was no…

Price of rice seen to drop with arrival of NFA rice

Rosalie O. Abatayo and Futch Anthony Inso 06/22/2018

THE public may soon see a lowering of prices for commercial rice as the unloading of the first shipment of rice imported by the National Food Authority (NFA) from Vietnam has started. Olma Marie Bayno, Information Officer…

Rama candidacy seen to split Barug Team Rama coalition

Rosalie O. Abatayo 05/21/2018

FORMER Cebu City Mayor Michael Rama dreads to see his coalition split as he plans to run for Mayor in the 2019 midterm elections. Vice Mayor Edgardo Labella, Rama’s running mate in the 2016 elections, is also…

No foul play seen in Czech’s death

Benjie B. Talisic 05/06/2018

There was no foul play seen in the death of a 27-year-old Czech national who crashed head first on the rocks outside a beach resort’s terrace in Moalboal town, Cebu at past 10 pm last Saturday. Chief…

Revised contract for SRP joint venture seen

Morexette B. Erram 04/28/2018

A revised contract will be submitted to the Cebu City Council next week to fast-track approval of the joint-venture agreement (JVA) for the development of the eight-hectare Kawit Property in the South Road Properties (SRP). This came…

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