Moon and sun figure big in the new year’s lineup of cosmic wonders

Associated Press 12/29/2025

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — The moon and sun share top billing in 2026. Kicking off the year’s cosmic wonders is the moon, drawing the first astronauts to visit in more than 50 years as well as a…

Winter solstice: Thousands cheer as the sun rises at Stonehenge

Associated Press 12/22/2025

LONDON — Thousands of people cheered and danced around Stonehenge as the sun rose over the prehistoric stone circle on Sunday, the winter solstice. The crowds, many dressed as druids and pagans, had gathered before dawn, waiting…

Solar eclipse: How to view it without hurting your eyes

04/01/2024

DALLAS— Millions of people along a narrow band in North America will look up when the sky darkens during a total solar eclipse on April 8, 2024.  When they do, safety is key. Staring directly at the sun during a…

LOOK: Sunspots spotted on the sun

04/21/2022

Dost_pagasa on Thursday, April 21, 2022, shared on its Facebook page photos of sunspots seen on the sun.  According to the post, the photos were taken on Thursday morning. Dost_pagasa explained in the caption that sunspots are…

Smart completes Sun rebrand

PR 01/07/2021

A better mobile experience awaits Sun subscribers as Smart Communications, Inc. (Smart), wireless arm of the country’s largest and only integrated telco PLDT, completes the rebrand of Sun Prepaid to Smart Prepaid. Customers are also retaining their…

Spacecraft snaps closest pictures of sun, ‘campfires’ abound

Associated Press 07/17/2020

CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida — A European and NASA spacecraft has snapped the closest pictures ever taken of the sun, revealing countless little “campfires” flaring everywhere. Scientists on Thursday released the first images taken by Solar Orbiter, launched…

Weather improving in Cebu

Rosalie Abatayo 12/25/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines— The sun has come out in Cebu on Christmas Day, December 25, 2019, bringing a ray of hope to those who have been stranded because of Typhoon Ursula. Netherlen Seletrero, weather specialist in the…

Cops eye robbery motive in murder of Grade 10 student in Moalboal

Benjie B. Talisic 07/07/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Police are focusing on robbery as the possible motive on the July 4 murder of a Grade 10 student in Moalboal, a town in southwestern Cebu. Aside from that, they had also identified…

Five things that keep you cool in a sizzling hot weather

Raul Constantine L. Tabanao 06/13/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Brace for more intense heat as the weather bureau forecasts more humid weather this week! Prolonged exposure to outside heat can lead you to heat-related illnesses such as heat exhaustion, heat rash, heat…

Shimura seeks police security for campaign period after his car was stoned

Rosalie O. Abatayo 04/01/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu Fourth District Board Member Sun Shimura will request the Commission on Election (Comelec) in Cebu province for security details for the duration of the campaign period after a still unidentified man reportedly…

PB Shimura, family unharmed by rock throwing incident in Daanbantayan which damaged his van

Immae Lachica 04/01/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — A rock was thrown at the van with Cebu Fourth District Provincial Board Member Sun Shimura and his family inside damaging the rear window of the van as they were traversing a road…

Sun Life teams up with Raquel Pawnshop to offer affordable insurance

PR 02/11/2019

In its bid to make life insurance more accessible to more Filipinos, Sun Life of Canada (Philippines), Inc. (SLOCPI) has teamed up with Raquel Pawnshop, a financial services institution offering a variety of services such as pawning,…

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