TALISAY City Mayor Gerald Anthony “Samsam” Gullas Jr. denied allegations he did not endorse Vice Mayor Alan Bucao to be their party’s standard bearer in next year’s elections. Gullas, who heads the administration Alayon Party, said he initially endorsed Bucao to run for mayor following an agreement that he and his grandfather, Cebu Rep. Eduardo […]
vivo X70 now available in the Philippines
Co-engineered with ZEISS, new vivo X70 highlights state-of-the-art mobile photography technology Global brand vivo remains top of mind when one thinks of premium imaging technology. Now the brand takes the game to new heights with the release of the all-new vivo X70 in the Philippines. The latest flagship phone, co-engineered by leading optics company ZEISS, […]
2 hikers rescued in Cebu City after rushing waterfall sweeps them away
AN OFFICIAL of the Cebu City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (CCDRRMO) reminded trail hikers and campers to be extra careful when traveling in the city’s hinterlands. This after two hikers camping in the vicinity of Tinisig-Uwang falls in Barangay Budlaan, Cebu were rescued on Friday, Oct. 15, 2021, after a heavy downpour caused […]
5 arrested in Subangdaku drug den raid
FIVE people were arrested and close to half a million pesos worth of illegal drugs were confiscated after anti-narcotics operatives raided a suspected drug den located in Sitio Lower Nawanao, Barangay Subangdaku, Mandaue City on Friday night, October 15, 2021. Operatives of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency-Central Visayas (PDEA 7) arrested drug den maintainer Ivy […]
100 vendors show support for Carbon modernization
MORE than 100 vendors have showed their support for the continued modernization of the Carbon Public Market on M.L. Quezon Blvd. where 544 stalls of ambulant vendors will be built. Zosimo Potot, president of the Landing Vendors Organization (LAVO) seaside, led Friday, October 15, 2021, the rally of its members, who temporarily stopped selling to […]
10 sure winners, 17 reelectionist mayors in Cebu
AT LEAST 10 candidates for the 2022 elections in Cebu are considered sure winners after data from the Commission on Elections show they are running unopposed. The Certified Lists of Candidates gathered by SunStar Cebu so far also show that at least 17 mayors in Cebu are running for reelection while at least three mayors […]
DOH target: Tetanus, measles vaccine for 444K kids in CV
THE Department of Health (DOH) in Central Visayas is targeting to immunize 443,926 children in the region with the measles-rubella and tetanus-diphtheria (MR-Td) as part of its catch-up immunization, which was held back by the rise of Covid-19 cases. Dr. Joan Antonette Albito, medical coordinator of the DOH 7’s National Immunization Program, said the catch-up […]
Cebu City targets 65K unvaxxed college students
SOME 65,000 college students enrolled in different colleges and universities in Cebu City are still unvaccinated against Covid-19, which officials said could delay the resumption of face-to-face classes. The Cebu City Health Department (CHD) and the Commission on Higher Education (Ched) 7 are already coordinating with each other for the planned Covid-19 vaccination program for […]
FinTech Executives Boost Investor Confidence with NovationWire’s FinTech Distribution in USA
Los Angeles, CA, USA / NovationWire / FinTech shares soared as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. Investors will be closely monitoring the tech sector and C-suite FinTech executives will be looking to make every effort to boost brand perception. With NovationWire‘s FinTech Distribution Platform, FinTech leaders can effectively distribute their company news, updates and performance […]
NBA preseason winds down, and regular season awaits
LET the (real) games begin. The NBA preseason finales were Friday night, the end of a two-week slate of exhibitions featuring more than 500 players—from 18-year-old Josh Primo in San Antonio, to 41-year-old Udonis Haslem in Miami—and some relatively unusual events. n A game in Memphis between the Grizzlies and Milwaukee was stopped after three […]
Cebuano eye surgeon conquers London Marathon
ON his 74th Marathon, renowned ophthalmologist, Dr. Potenciano “Yong” S.D. Larrazabal finishes in sub4 active time the biggest virtual marathon in the world as recorded by Guinness World Record with over 50,000 runners all over the world—the Virgin Money London Marathon 2021. New marathon landscape When the pandemic hit the world in 2020, the marathon […]
Pages: Furious and Wild, Part 3
Atty. Jingo Quijano, my neighbor on these back pages, wrote an insightful piece on last Sunday’s heavyweight bout between Tyson Fury and Deontay Wilder. I agree with Jingo and immensely enjoyed that slugfest between the “Gypsy King” and the “Bronze Bomber.” I’ve been a lifelong boxing fan dating back to the days of Marvelous Marvin […]
UpBots Launches Version 2.0 of its Crypto Trading Platform
NEW YORK, Oct 16, 2021 – (ACN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – UpBots has launched Version 2.0 of its crypto trading platform, and will be giving away 50,000 UBXT and an exclusive one of a kind NFT to celebrate the launch of its Version 2.0 platform interface, where users can use free accounts to trade manually […]
Minglanilla cemeteries closed Nov. 1-2
THE municipal government of Minglanilla, southern Cebu will allow its residents visiting the public and private cemeteries in the town to stay for only an hour. Minglanilla police officials said the cemeteries will be closed during All Saints’ and All Souls’ Days on November 1 and 2, 2021 to prevent mass gatherings in cemeteries. However, […]
Cebu, Mandaue brace for quakes
EIGHT years after a 7.2 magnitude earthquake hit Bohol and Cebu on Oct. 15, 2013, disaster offices in Cebu still need more personnel, training and better coordination with other government units to better respond to another earthquake. In Mandaue City, the earthquake damaged two big structures, the Cebu International Convention Center and the Mandaue public […]
UpBots Launches Version 2 of Its Crypto Trading Platform
New York / SEAPRWire / October 15, 2021 / – Recently, UpBots has launched Version 2.0 of its crypto trading platform. UpBots is giving away 50,000 UBXT and an exclusive one of a kind NFT to celebrate the launch of its version 2 trading platform interface, where users can use free accounts to trade manually or with trading bots in a […]
Half of senior citizens must be vaxxed before minors
THE vaccination of minors 12 to 17 years old in Central Visayas will proceed only after half of the senior citizen population in the region is inoculated, the Visayas Vaccination Operations Center (VVOC) said Friday, Oct. 15, 2021. As of Oct. 14, only 37.7 percent, or 224,097 senior citizens, in Central Visayas have been fully […]
Vax trial participants not entitled to perks
PARTICIPANTS to the clinical trials being conducted by the WestVac Biopharma Co. Ltd. are not entitled to privileges granted to fully vaccinated persons, Cebu City Health Department head Dr. Jeffrey Ibones said Friday, October 15, 2021. They will not also be eligible to receive the vaccines being administered by the Cebu City Government against coronavirus […]
Mandaue City 97.5 percent compliant
MANDAUE City barangays have been compliant in submitting reports to the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) regarding their monthly sidewalk and road clearing operations from March to August 2021. According to a DILG memorandum, Mandaue City had a 97.5 percent compliance rate, surpassing the cities of Cebu and Lapu-Lapu. The memorandum addressed […]
Daluz denies taking ‘bribes’ for road project
METROPOLITAN Cebu Water District (MCWD) Chairman Jose “Joey” Daluz III has belied the accusations of Benito Aratea, a quarry operator, that he allegedly received under-the-table payments for a diversion road project from Barangay Pardo to Barangay Toong in Cebu City. “Never. We never discussed that. We only said that you take care of the lot […]