One-month break for PROBE head

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 06/11/2015

THE head of City Hall’s demolition forces  is taking a one month “sabbatical” to  visit family  abroad,  said Cebu City Mayor Michael Rama amid a threat from political critics to file a case against her for the…

OFWs’ numbers up despite economic boom

Vanessa Claire Lucero 06/10/2015

The number of Filipinos going overseas to work is projected to continue to increase despite the country’s good economic performance, an official said. Evelyn Durato, regional director of the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA), said the number…

US turns over feasibility study on water supply project to Tacloban

PR 06/10/2015

AS part of the US government’s continuing commitment to help the people of Leyte recover from the destruction caused by typhoon Yolanda, the United States Embassy Manila turned over to Tacloban City the Rapid Feasibility Study for…

Cebu a ‘trafficking hotspot’

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag, Victor Anthony V. Silva 06/09/2015

DUE to its status as a center for shipping and tourism in Central Visayas and the rest of the southern Philippines, Cebu remains vulnerable to foreign sex predators, an international non-government organization (NGO) said yesterday. Dr. Alwin…

Farmers group wary over proposed anti-GMO law

Nestle L. Semilla 06/08/2015

A Cebu City-based farmers group voiced reservations against a proposed ordinance banning the planting of genetically modified crops (GMC) in the city’s mountain barangays. Emelio Secretaria, president of the Cebu City Farmers Federation, said there is still…

China warns US

AP 05/27/2015

BEIJING — China’s military yesterday compared its controversial island-building in the South China Sea to ordinary construction such as road-building going on elsewhere in the country, trying to deflect criticism over an issue seen as inflaming tensions…

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