Inflation hits new 9-year high in August

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 09/05/2018

  Inflation has reached a nine-year high of 6.4 for the month of August, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) announced. The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) still attributed the increase to problems on rice supply as well…

Cebu City’s year-long traffic fine collection hits P83M

USJ-R Intern 09/04/2018

The Cebu City Transportation Office (CCTO) has collected more than P83 million in fines for traffic violations from January to December 2017. A total of 3,601 violators were apprehended last year. The number has doubled compared to…

Binibining Cebu’s comebacking candidates

Michelle Joy Padayhag 08/28/2018

UNFAZED that they failed to win one of last year’s crowns, two ladies have returned to give the Bini-bining Cebu pageant a second try. Tracy Maureen Perez who represented Argao last year is now wearing the sash…

83-year-old Go is Bowler of the Year

Ray Charlie Diaz 07/25/2018

CERGE Go outclassed 34 others to bag the Philippine Senior Bowlers-Cebu (PSBC) 2017-2018 Bowler of the Year title last Sunday at the Gaisano Bowlingplex in Banilad, Cebu City. The 83-year-old Go had 197 pinfalls, defeating Lolong Uy’s…

Volunteer archaeologists find 560,000-year-old milk tooth in France

AFP 07/25/2018

FRENCH and Spanish volunteer archeologists have discovered a child’s milk tooth dating back 560,000 years in the mountains of southern France — an “exceptional fossil,” researchers said Tuesday. The fossil was discovered on Monday evening in the…

HIV cases up, AIDS cases go down in Cebu last year

Rosalie Abatayo 07/18/2018

Cases of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) went up in Cebu last year, more than double in 2016. Provincial Health Office HIV resource person Wilfredo Salgado Jr. said their records showed there were more than 700 HIV cases…

7-year-old boy dies after being hit by truck in Cebu City

Nestle L. Semilla 07/09/2018

A seven-year-old boy died after he was hit by a six-wheeler truck in Sitio Silangan 2, Barangay Tejero, Cebu City past 8 a.m on Monday, July 9. Personnel of Waterfront Police Precinct said the child (name withheld)…

Cebu’s 4th bridge eyed next year

Morexette Marie B. Erram 07/05/2018

As work on a third Cebu-Mactan bridge gets underway this year, a fourth bridge linking mainland Cebu and Mactan Island may begin next year. “And we’re hoping that its feasibility study and engineering design will be finished…

Results of Fourth Cebu-Mactan bridge study to be released before year ends

07/05/2018

Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Secretary Mark Villar assured that a fourth bridge connecting mainland Cebu and Mactan Island will push through. Villar made this announcement shortly after attending the ceremonial blessing of the third…

Economic managers: Inflation likely to hit 4.5% this year

Inquirer.net 07/02/2018

Economic managers on Monday conceded that inflation would likely breach the 2-4 percent target for 2018 as they adopted the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas’ (BSP) forecast of 4-4.5 percent for the entire year even though they expect…

19-year-old arrested for selling illegal drugs

John Michael Aroa 06/27/2018

A teenager was arrested in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Tangke, Talisay City around 6 p.m on Tuesday, June 26. SPO3 Yvonne Illustrisimo, investigator of Talisay City Police Station, identified the suspect as Christopher Badajod, 19, resident…

Osmeña vows to open SCR for Ironman next year

Rosalie Abatayo 06/25/2018

  Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña assured organizers of Ironman that he will allow them to use the South Coastal Road next year. He said he’s hoping that the organizer and participants of the annual race will…

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