Lawmakers hit Palace for prolonging jeepney woes

Julie M. Aurelio, Melvin Gascon 06/26/2020

Only “roadworthy” jeepneys will be allowed back on the road in Metro Manila next week and only if the selected vehicles currently running are not enough to meet the demand for public transportation, Malacañang said on Thursday.…

Lawsuit adds to Facebook woes on data protection

AFP 12/20/2018

FACEBOOK’s woes mounted Wednesday as it faced a lawsuit alleging privacy violations related to data leaked to a consultancy working on Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign, and as a new report suggested it shared more data with partners…

BSP survey: PH business, consumer confidence plunge due to economic woes

Inquirer.net 12/06/2018

DESPITE the onset of the holiday season, the confidence of Philippine businesses and local consumers are at their lowest levels in almost eight years — with the bearish sentiment expected to persist into early 2019 — no…

Address tech woes, credit access problems, gov’t urged

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 10/15/2018

How to help seaweed farmers Poverty, lack of technology, and access to cheap credit remain to be the biggest challenges for the country’s seaweed industry. If these can be addressed, more opportunities can open up for seaweed…

Health issues add woes to Naga slide survivors

Rosalie O. Abatayo 09/24/2018

Aside from the pain of having lost their homes and loved ones, landslide survivors massed in various evacuation centers in Naga City, south Cebu, also need to deal with various health problems. Diarrhea, cough, colds and fever…

BSP sees yearend in country’s inflation woes

Inquirer.net 09/18/2018

Some of the price increases that have pushed the country’s inflation rate to its highest in nearly a decade can be attributed to a weak peso, which has been on a downtrend since the start of the…

Gov’t urged: Address inflation’s rise, start with rice supply woes

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 09/05/2018

6.4% AUGUST INFLATION, A 9-YEAR HIGH The mismanaged rice supply situation, high oil prices, and the continued depreciation of the peso are among the reasons seen by Cebu business leaders for the nine-year high inflation rate of…

Zaballero: Trans-axial highway to solve traffic woes

Jessa Mae O. Sotto 08/18/2018

SEVEN years after the death of her father, former Provincial Board (PB) Member Grecilda “Gigi” Sanchez-Zaballero is urging the Capitol to revisit her dad’s Cebu Trans-axial Development Project (CTDP), as a means to solve the traffic congestion…

Bizmen main concern: Solution to Metro Cebu’s traffic woes

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 07/22/2018

Traffic, the war on drugs and federalism. These three topics top what some Cebu business leaders expect to hear from President Rodrigo Duterte as he delivers his State of the Nation Address (SONA) today. These are also…

CLASSROOM SHORTAGE WOES

MAO BA? 06/25/2018

The news about the prevailing issue on the insufficient number of classrooms in public schools in the entire region drew strong reactions from Cebuano netizens. This came after the Department of Education in Central Visayas (DepEd-7) admitted…

NEW SCHOOL YEAR, SAME WOES

Futch Anthony Inso and Norman Mendoza, Morexette Marie Erram 06/04/2018

Lack of classrooms, teachers plague opening of classes Mildred Pineda has been a teacher in a public school in Cebu City for 15 years. And she saw the same problems exist especially during the opening of classes:…

SEWAGE WOES

MAO BA? 05/28/2018

Netizens gave mixed reactions over reports that the fecal coliform levels in the waters of Mactan Island and Panglao Island in Bohol province exceeded safety standards. A netizen named Joe Leighty wrote, “I think Cebu needs to…

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