Garbo sa Lapu-Lapu 2021 to go virtual

Doris C. Bongcac 11/08/2021

MANDAUE CITY, Cebu – The city government is planning to again stage Garbo sa Lapu-Lapu Festival this November 20 to showcase the different products and assets of its 30 barangays. But because of the pandemic, the competition…

Zonta Club of Cebu II organizes virtual walkathon for women’s rights

Glendale G. Rosal 09/08/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Zonta Club of Cebu II will organize a fundraising and awareness sports event dubbed as “Walk For Women” slated from November 25 to December 12. The virtual walkathon aims to end violence…

CCSC continues grassroots program via virtual platform

Glendale G. Rosal 04/21/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines—The Cebu City Sports Commission (CCSC) has been continuing its grassroots program via a virtual platform amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. Due to the safety protocol restrictions brought by the COVID-19 pandemic, the ever dynamic chairman…

An education revolution

Peter Wallace - @inquirerdotnet 12/10/2020

At a recent talk at the highly informative Arangkada three-day webinar, I pointed out how the future for the Philippines must be in information and communications technology (ICT). The world is rushing, and COVID-19 accelerated IT at…

Lower budget expected in Sinulog 2021 

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 10/16/2020

  CEBU CITY, Philippines—The Sinulog 2021 should expect a lower budget compared to the past years as activities with be limited due to the pandemic.  According to Cebu City Vice Mayor Michael Rama, fewer activities means lower…

Pope guides locked-down world through virtual Easter

04/10/2020

VATICAN CITY—Church doors will be shut and the Vatican sealed off when Pope Francis leads 1.3 billion Catholics in Easter Sunday celebrations held under a worldwide coronavirus lockdown. Fear and confusion in the face of a disease whose…

New Snapchat lens puts virtual circle around users to demo social distancing radius

04/03/2020

Following up on its announcement about up and coming safety-oriented features made in late March, Snapchat has launched a pair of AR lenses for the app designed in collaboration with the World Health Organization that encourage safe…

HRW: List of barangay execs with drug links a virtual ‘hit list’

Inquirer.net 04/27/2018

The Duterte administration would put hundreds of people’s lives in danger once it releases the names of barangay (village) officials allegedly involved in illegal drugs, a human rights group warned Friday. New York-based watchdog Human Rights Watch…

UC VIRTUAL CHAMPS

John Carlo Villaruel 11/23/2017

When the University of Cebu (UC) regained the secondary title from the two-time champions University of San Carlos-Basic Education (USC-BED) in 2015, it had one thing in mind every time it competed in the Cebu City Olympics:…

RIDER CABAHUG VIRTUAL CHAMP

Glendale G. Rosal 03/08/2017

WITH just one leg left in the entire series, Keken Cabahug of Honda Motorworld Racing Team can safely say to himself that he is the overall champion in the elite 130cc underbone division of the Honda Dream…

Lego fuses real and virtual worlds

06/26/2014

Construction toy firm Lego has blended the real and the virtual with bricks that can be built and then transferred to online games. It is part of a trend among toy manufacturers to straddle the two realms…

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