Mandaue authorities tighten coordination, deployment plans for BSKE

Mary Rose Sagarino 10/18/2023

MANDAUE CITY, Philippines — Authorities in Mandaue City have prepared the plans for deployment and emergency response for the upcoming Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections this October 30. The Mandaue City Disaster Risk Reduction Management Office (CDRRMO)…

Cebuano player to play for Pilipinas Flag Football team in Malaysia tourney

Glendale G. Rosal 09/29/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebuano elite flag football player Ernest Ybañez Jr. finally fulfilled his dream of competing in an international sports event after being selected by the Agila Pilipinas Flag Football Team for the upcoming International…

Mandaue Disaster Risk Reduction office plans to train, develop brgy disaster teams

Mary Rose Sagarino 10/03/2022

MANDAUE CITY, Philippines — The Mandaue City government wants to empower more its barangay disaster teams to enable them to respond to any disaster and emergency. Buddy Alain Ybañez, head of the City Disaster Risk Reduction and…

Disinfecting schools used as polling centers in Mandaue nearly done – CDRRMO

Mary Rose Sagarino 05/13/2022

MANDAUE CITY, Philippines — The Mandaue City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (CDRRMO) has started disinfecting the 29 schools that were used as polling centers during the May 9 elections. Buddy Alain Ybañez, CDRRMO head, said…

Satellite phones set to be given to 27 barangays — Mandaue CDRRMO chief

Mary Rose Sagarino 01/06/2022

MANDAUE CITY, Philippines — The Mandaue City government is set to give satellite phones to its 27 barangays. After distributing heavy-duty generator sets to all its barangays to help address their lack of electricity and water, the…

#CDNPaskoSaSugbo: Hinabang sa Sugbo’s P100 challenge for kids in Buhisan

Immae Lachica 12/05/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines— Your 100 pesos can go a long way this Christmas season.  Hinabang sa Sugbo aims to make 100 kids from Barangay Buhisan happy this December 12 as they bring food and presents to their…

Mandaue deploys personnel at city’s cemeteries

Mary Rose Sagarino 10/22/2021

MANDAUE CITY, Philippines — The Mandaue City government has started deploying personnel at the city’s cemeteries on Friday, October 22, 2021. Buddy Alain Ybañez, head of the City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office, said that they…

Mandaue still under blue alert until 8 a.m. of Feb. 23

Mary Rose Sagarino 02/22/2021

MANDAUE CITY, Philippines — Mandaue City is still under blue alert until 8 a.m tomorrow, February 23, 2021. Even if the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAG-ASA) has lifted all storm signals in Cebu and…

Capitol Tourism Officer assures safety of Cebu’s water adventures

Rosalie Abatayo 01/13/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Cebu Provincial Tourism Office (PTO) has assured the public that safety measures are in place in the different water adventure destinations here in the province. PTO Chief Maria Lester Ybañez said tour…

240 participants expected for Suroy Suroy Sugbo Northern Escapade

Rosalie Abatayo 01/10/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Provincial Tourism Office will already stop accepting payments for the Northern Escapade package of Suroy Suroy Sugbo on Friday, January 10. The tour, which will cover 15 out of 16 towns in…

Tourism officer Ybañez: Suroy Suroy Sugbo Northern Escapade minus Danao City

Rosalie Abatayo 01/02/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Suroy-Suroy Sugbo will be going up north this January minus Danao City. Provincial Tourism Officer Maria Lester Ybañez said the city declined to be part of the tour on January 22 to 24,…

A Mantalongon farmer’s Christmas wish, dreams, hopes and challenges

Doris Mae Mondragon 12/23/2019

DALAGUETE, CEBU, Philippines — As early as 5 o’clock in the morning, Cornelio Ybañez is already up carrying on his shoulders a bamboo container and a sharp razor “sanggot”(scythe) to collect coconut sap. After that, he would…

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