Assuring tourists

Editorial 11/07/2016

The recent US advisory warning American citizens not to travel to southern Cebu, coupled with the US government’s recent cancellation of its firearms sales to the Philippines, may have been the result of the fallout in US-PH…

Talisay to hold 2 big events in January

Edison Delos Angeles 11/03/2016

THE Talisay City government is planning to hold two important events next year – the longest Inasal festival and a return to the Sinulog grand parade. Councilor Doroteo Emit, chairman of the Committee on Tourism, said the…

Inasal festival, Sinulog comeback for Talisay

Edison Delos Angeles 11/03/2016

The Talisay City government plans to return to the Sinulog Grand Parade and stage the longest Inasal festival in January next year. Councilor Doroteo Emit, chairperson of the city’s tourism committee, said the two events are expected…

Senior poses as ‘Death’, warns against drug use at cemetery

Nestle L. Semilla 10/31/2016

VISITORS paying their respects to their departed loved ones at Calamba Cemetery were surprised yesterday on seeing a senior citizen dressed in a skeleton suit and holding a scythe. But rather than causing alarm, Mang Boy’s scythe…

Sinulog Foundation changes hands, Rama asks: Is this a coup?

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 10/21/2016

THE Sinulog Foundation Inc. (SFI) has a new chairman, replacing former mayor Michael Rama who has held that post since 2010. After a meeting with the members of the SFI board of trustees at city hall yesterday…

Tom O. is new Sinulog Foundation chairman

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 10/21/2016

Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña has been designated as the new chairman of the Sinulog Foundation Inc. (SFI). Osmena made this announcement after a meeting with members of the board of trustees of the SFI at City…

Blessed Virgin Mary statue in Simala to be brought to IEC Pavillon, Basilica

Dominic D. Yasay 09/28/2016

HEAVY traffic is expected when the statue of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Lindogon, Simala, Sibonga, Cebu, will be brought to Cebu City on Oct. 7 and 8. Senior Supt. Rey Lyndon Lawas of the Police Regional…

Commercial hoop league being eyed for Cebu

Jonas N. Panerio 09/23/2016

WHERE many have tried, Buddy Encarnado of the Philippine Commercial Basketball League (PCBL) will try to succeed as he intends to revive the commercial basketball scene down south with the creation of the new league called the…

A tempered Sinulog celebration

Stephen D. Capillas 08/11/2016

I don’t know if it was this year or last year when a female netizen, a Balikbayan I think, posted a complaint on her Facebook page about the traffic congestion caused by one of the Sinulog events,…

Borne out of sentimentality

08/08/2016

What to make of Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña’s decision to eliminate the Sinulog sa Kabataan, and by extension, reduce the number of contingents in order to move up and end the Sinulog grand parade celebration early…

Ang balaod alang ra sa mga tarong

Lloyd Suarez 08/07/2016

Insakto kaayo ang pamahayag ni Presidente Duterte nga ang “rule of law” angay lang ipatuman niadtong mga law-abiding citizens ug mahadlokon sa Diyos. Ang mga drug lord, terorista ug kriminal way respeto sa balaod ug way kahadlok…

Tradition, kids’ welfare, cost among issues raised

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag, Nestle L. Semilla 08/05/2016

Children who joined the Sinulog sa Kabataan got lower grades compared to the other children who did not, said Cebu City Councilor Joy Augustus Young. Young defended the decision of Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña on the…

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