Globe bares media awards winners

PR 09/28/2016

Globe Telecom announced the winners of the 5th Globe Media Excellence Awards (GMEA)-Visayas who have shown exemplary communication skills in promoting sustainable development and bringing social issues to the attention of the public via print, broadcast, or…

Café Laguna eyes expansion in the US

Victor Anthony V. Silva 09/22/2016

WITH 25 years of experience in the food industry, homegrown restaurant brand Café Laguna is considering plans to expand overseas. Raki Urbina, Café Laguna corporate chef and son of founder Julita Urbina, said they would be targeting…

Pagasa says slim chance of La Niña but LGUs must prepare for typhoons

Dominic D. Yasay 09/20/2016

CHANCES of an intense La Niña phenomenon in the Visayas have now decreased but the Philippines’ weather bureau, Pagasa, urges local government units (LGUs) to still fortify their efforts in disaster risk reduction as typhoons are still…

Strong La Niña unlikely, Pagasa says

Dominic D. Yasay 09/20/2016

The likelihood of an intense La Niña phenomenon in the Visayas has declined, according to the Visayas office of the state weather bureau Pagasa. During the “Disaster Preparedness for La Niña” forum at the Marcelo B. Fernan…

UV off to sizzling start, routs Ateneo de Cebu-B

Jonas N. Panerio 08/29/2016

THE DEFENDING Small Basketeers of the Philippines (SBP) champions University of the Visayas (UV) kicked off their title-retention bid on a winning note as they crushed Sacred Heart School-Ateneo de Cebu-B, 51–15, at the start of the…

A bridge to Malacañang

Stephen D. Capillas 08/25/2016

Attended last Thursday, Aug. 18, the quarterly meeting of the Cebu Citizens’ Press Council which happened to have as their guest Presidential Assistant for the Visayas Michael Dino, and there were some interesting inputs he gave to…

Espinosa ‘cohort’ arrested

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 08/25/2016

Bragging about having suspected drug lord Rolando “Kerwin” Espinosa Jr. as friend can get you in hot water. The only child of the late mayor Edgarino Espina of Maasin City in Southern Leyte was arrested following an…

NGCP rolls out over a billion pesos power projects in Cebu

Victor Anthony V. Silva 08/24/2016

Three ongoing projects by the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) in Cebu are expected to boost reliability of power in the province as well as in the whole Visayas. Lawyer Cynthia Alabanza, NGCP spokesperson, said…

LGUs urged to prepare for La Niña

Jose Santino S. Bunachita, Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 08/23/2016

LOCAL governments in Cebu and Bohol along with national government agencies were urged to fasttrack preparations for the La Niña phenomenon which is expected to intensify in October this year. “From October to December, more typhoons will…

Visayas flights’ transfer to Clark certain — Dino

Connie E. Fernandez, Joey Gabieta, Victor Anthony V. Silva 08/21/2016

Move to decongest Ninoy Aquino International Airport It is just a matter of time that some domestic fights from the Visayas will land at the Clark International Airport (CIA) in Pampanga. According to Secretary Michael Dino, Presidential…

Gov’t urged to make available certain services in regions

Victor Anthony V. Silva 08/18/2016

The Cebu Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCCI) has asked the presidential assistant for the Visayas to help lobby for certain government services to be made available in the regions. CCCI president Melanie Ng said that business…

Dino vows to be accessible, transparent

Victor Anthony V. Silva 08/18/2016

PRESIDENTIAL Assistant for the Visayas Michael Dino vowed to be open and transparent to media for as long as they remain fair in their reports. “I hope the media will be fair to us, meaning there are…

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