Oxford starts human trials for virus vaccine

04/24/2020

LONDON—Oxford University is launching a human trial of a potential coronavirus vaccine, with the daunting aim of making a successful jab available to the public later this year. Of the more than 100 research projects around the…

JK Rowling starts ‘Harry Potter At Home’ for housebound families

04/03/2020

J.K. Rowling is hoping a dash of Harry Potter will help families confined to their homes during the coronavirus pandemic. The author has launched an online initiative, www.harrypotterathome.com, which features quizzes, games and other activities. For the month…

BIR starts fuel marking rollout

01/07/2020

The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) will start this month its monitoring of gas stations’ inventory in line with the full implementation of the fuel marking program. “In preparation for the field testing aspect of the fuel…

PNP starts crackdown on unregulated firecracker use

Cathrine Gonzales 12/09/2019

MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine National Police (PNP) on Monday started the crackdown on unregulated use of firecrackers as provided under President Rodrigo Duterte’s Executive Order No. 28 in 2017. PNP spokesperson Brig. Gen. Bernard Banac said…

60 day countdown for LGUs to clear public roads starts Monday — Año

07/29/2019

MANILA, Philippines – The 60-day period given to local chief executives for the removal of street obstructions starts this Monday, Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Eduardo Año said. Año revealed that this comes with…

Comelec revamp for 2019 polls starts

Rosalie Abatayo 01/04/2019

Starting Monday, January 7, the Cebu Provincial Election Office will have a new election supervisor. This as outgoing Cebu Provincial Election Supervisor Lionel Marco Castillano will be reporting to the Siquijor provincial election office. Siquijor’s election supervisor,…

CDN, Freeman off to hot starts

Ray Charlie Diaz 12/09/2018

Cebu Daily News (CDN) and The Freeman (TF) were successful in their opening games in the inaugural Veco Media Volleyball Cup on Sunday as both chalked up thrilling victories at the Harou Iwanaga Gym in Urgello Street,…

CCPO starts adopt a street child program for Christmas

Nestle L. Semilla 12/02/2018

The Cebu City Police Office (CCPO) will adopt a child for a day and treat him to a whole day of fun. CCPO Director, Senior Supt. Royina Garma said this will be one of their programs for…

Advent season starts Sunday

Jessa Mae O. Sotto 12/01/2018

Catholics in Cebu and the rest of the world today welcome the season of Advent, the start of another liturgical year. Advent, a Latin word meaning adventus or “coming,” has a two-fold character, said Msgr. Joseph Tan,…

P25 minimum wage hike in NCR starts on Nov. 22

Inquirer.net 11/22/2018

The P25 wage increase for workers in the National Capital Region (NCR) takes effect today, Nov. 22. According to Wage Order No. NCR-22 published last Nov. 7, the new minimum wage rates in Metro Manila shall be…

City starts untangling Apas spaghetti wires

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 11/06/2018

UNSIGHTLY spaghetti wires in Cebu City’s barangays are smoothing out as the city government began the clearing operations at J. Panis street at Barangay Apas on Tuesday (November 6). Councilor Jerry Guardo, deputy mayor for the city’s…

Cebu City gov’t starts clearing streets of wire mess

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 11/06/2018

  The Cebu City government’s program to get rid of dangling and “spaghetti” wires started today. First to be cleared were the wires along J. Panis Street in Barangay Apas. The move is in response to Mayor…

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