FACES OF CEBU: Carlo Abaquita, Cebu’s top wedding planner and event organizer

Ferlyn Jane Batiancila, Lyle Andales 07/07/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines — From a meek young boy to a man who has solidified his name as Cebu’s most sought-after wedding and event organizer. Cebu being his home ground, he has organized multiple successful weddings and…

Twitter launches ‘Fleets’

Dianne Zarina G. Savillo 11/18/2020

Instagram has Stories, Facebook has My Day, and now Twitter launched a new feature where you can post ephemeral content that disappears in the course of the day. Called “Fleets,” Twitter’s new stories feature is indeed fleeting…

A look back at the stories that made waves in Cebu in 2018

Glendale Rosal, Hendrix Lato, JONAS PANERIO, Mars Alison, RABBONI BORBON, Ray Charlie Diaz 01/01/2019

Didal makes Cebu proud After bannering the Philippines in the 2018 Street League Skateboarding PRO Open in London last May, Didal made Cebu prouder by bagging the Philippines’ fourth gold medal in the 2018 Asian Games last…

The stories that made a difference

Morexette Marie B. Erram and Ador Vincent S. Mayol 12/16/2018

20 YEARS OF CEBU DAILY NEWS Part 2 of a 13-part series The story chronicling the arrest of human trafficker Liezyl Margallo in Malapascua Island on January 26, 2017, and the crime-riddled life that she left in…

Medellin vintage tank: Extraction to prove town’s World War II stories

Doris C. Bongcac 12/10/2018

  Japanese tora-tora fighter planes hovered in the skies of northern Cebu during World War II (WWII) as US and Japanese soldiers engaged in a gun battle on land in the towns beneath. In the town of…

Holiday stories

Cris Evert B. Lato-Ruffolo 11/09/2018

The former office of the Cebu City Tourism Office has been transformed into two spaces: a Braille library and a reading room/study center. These are all located on the second floor of the Rizal Memorial Library and…

Stories of inspiration

Cris Evert B. Lato-Ruffolo 09/07/2018

Melanie “Sandee” Ng, past president of the Cebu Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCCI), braved Cebu’s notorious late afternoon Friday traffic from Bai Hotel to the Cebu Provincial Capitol last August 31 with yours truly as her…

More stories and nominations, please

Madrileña de la Cerna 08/18/2018

We need more stories for the 100 Stories and more nominations for the Tatak UP Award 2018 to conclude the Centennial Year Celebration of the University of the Philippines Cebu. To recall, the project 100 Stories was…

A festival of food, stories and books in Barangay Taptap

Cris Evert Lato-Ruffolo 07/18/2018

It was a day of celebration filled with food, stories and books. On one side of the gymnasium was a group of 40 mothers eagerly listening to Cebu Daily News columnist Louella Alix, a noted home cook,…

Stories and shoes

Cris Evert Lato-Ruffolo 07/13/2018

We entered the cancer ward with a big book, a few sheets of paper and a collective energy that can move mountains. I was both excited and nervous. I have read and shared stories for more than…

Here’s our rundown on the best #SelfieMuna stories

Marc Cosep 03/16/2018

Remember life before selfies? If you’re Gen Z, you literally won’t, and you won’t be even so ready to capture an image with an outstretched arm. Now, our social media streams are filled with selfies: vacation destination, weddings…

Stories and magic

Cris Evert Lato-Ruffolo 02/24/2018

J Centre Mall’s The Atrium in Mandaue City will be overwhelmed by children today as Story Hours — the literacy initiative carried out by Basadours, Cebu Daily News and J Centre Mall — will have its culminating…

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