Cebu ranks second in World’s Friendliest Islands list

Victor Anthony V. Silva 04/11/2017

Readers of New York City-based travel magazine, Travel + Leisure (T+L), have named Cebu as the second friendliest island in the world next to Palawan, which was recognized as the world’s friendliest island. All of Luzon as…

BI-7 claims they were not aware of travel restriction vs 7 South Koreans

Izobelle T. Pulgo, Norman V. Mendoza 03/14/2017

WHY were seven Korean nationals charged in Cebu with violating Philippine laws on sex trafficking allowed to leave the country despite a travel restriction issued by the court? The question hounds government authorities who were caught off…

Family of missing Chinese tourist calls for help

Aileen Garcia-Yap 02/19/2017

The family of a female Chinese tourist who went missing in Cebu since Saturday morning is asking for help from everyone who could give them information and help them locate her. Weiying Gu, 72, who was in…

Cebu to host int’l tourism forum; gains cited

Izobelle T. Pulgo, Victor Anthony V. Silva 02/14/2017

ANOTHER international event in Cebu this year is sure to bring in more foreign tourists and give more foreign exposure to the Queen City of the South and Cebu Province. Provincial Tourism Officer Boboi Costas said that…

Familiarization exchanges eyed

Victor Anthony V. Silva 01/31/2017

C. Visayas, C. Luzon tourism players to study each others’ products so that they can help market them “You can’t sell what you don’t know.” Director Catalino Chan III of the Department of Tourism in Central Visayas…

Police set homicide charges vs parasailing firm workers, officers

Norman V. Mendoza 01/25/2017

CRIMINAL charges are now being readied against the parasailing provider that was responsible for the mishap that led to the death of a Korean tourist. PO3 Joseph Ruel Cutanda of the Lapu-Lapu City Police Office homicide section,…

No entry to Sirao flower farms

Ador Vincent S. Mayol, Jose Santino S. Bunachita 01/19/2017

Tourists are no longer allowed to visit the flower farms at Sitio Tawagan in the mountain barangay of Sirao in Cebu City. During their meeting yesterday afternoon, the Cebu City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (CCDRRMC)…

Tourists urged avoid Sirao flower farms for now

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 01/19/2017

Cebu City Disaster Risk Reduction Management Council (CCDRRMC) passed a resolution on Thursday afternoon recommending for the restriction of entry of visitors at the famous flower farms at Sitio Tawagan, Barangay Sirao in Cebu City due to the…

Indispensable cooperation for Sinulog security

Atty. Ruphil F. Bañoc 01/05/2017

Let me emphasize that, like many people, I do not wish to cause unnecessary alarm, but we cannot close our eyes to current realities. The innocent people who were seriously injured during the Innocence Day bombing in…

DTI trade fair opens in SM City Cebu

Victor Anthony V. Silva 01/05/2017

The influx of tourists and balikbayans during Sinulog festivities is seen to boost the business of micro, small, and medium-scale entrepreneurs (MSME), according to Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) Cebu director Ma. Elena Arbon. To take…

Full-service terminal set to operate in Bogo City next year

Aileen Garcia-Yap 12/22/2016

Robinsons Land Corporation (RLC), the development arm of Robinsons Corp., has recently committed to the City of Bogo and its constituents to construct a full-service Transport Terminal that is set to operate next year. Located in Cayang,…

Capitol to launch tourism education program

Victor Anthony V. Silva 12/16/2016

The Cebu provincial government will be launching a tourism education program next year, an initiative that will delve on the benefits as well as negative impacts of tourism to communities. Joselito “Boboi” Costas, provincial tourism chief, said…

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