LAPU-LAPU City Mayor Junard “Ahong” Chan drew flak after he issued an executive order in which a provision states that unvaccinated persons in the city will be barred from entering public and private markets, department stores and convenience stores starting on Aug. 25, 2021. The local executive said he will review his move after it […]
Category: People
Woman in viral video over unpaid food set to press charges against online seller
THE woman who went viral on social media for allegedly refusing to pay the balance of the bill for the food package she ordered is cooking legal action against the online seller for defaming her. Maria Amy Hofileña failed to slap Marjorie Abastas, the online food seller, with fish escabeche, but she is determined to […]
Population in CV grew to more than 8M, says PSA
CENTRAL Visayas’s population grew to 8.08 million as of last year, said the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA). The population in Central Visayas increased from 5.7 million in 2000, or by more than one million every decade. It grew by 685,000 from 7.4 million in 2015. Ariel Florendo, PSA 7 director, said CV’s population growth is […]
Udenna, 6 others investing on desal plants in Cebu
AROUND seven firms, including a firm owned by a Davao City-based businessman, are set to establish desalination plants in Metro Cebu by 2023. The Metropolitan Cebu Water District (MCWD) hopes that the seven firms can provide abundant water supply through desalination and ground well extraction projects in Metro Cebu. Lawyer Joey Daluz III, MCWD Board […]
Garganera appeals to residents to discipline selves as Covid spreads
CEBU City Councilor Joel Garganera, Emergency Operations Center (EOC) deputy chief implementer, has urged residents to avoid any form of mass gathering while coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) cases continue to rise in the city. On Tuesday, July 27, 2021, the City recorded 196 new cases. According to Garganera, the City has logged cases in the […]
Additional Pfizer doses arrive in CV
CENTRAL Visayas received on Monday night, July 26, 2021, a total of 51,480 fresh doses of Pfizer vaccine, said Mary Jean Loreche, Visayas Covid-19 Vaccination Operations Center spokesperson on Tuesday, July 27. This is in addition to the 293,670 doses of Pfizer separately delivered to the region as of July 22. Overall, the region has […]
Cebu mayors laud Duterte for infra
AS FAR as at least five Cebu mayors are concerned, President Rodrigo Duterte was able to deliver much of what he promised to the nation during his last five years in office. The mayors of three cities and two towns were interviewed by SunStar Cebu before the President’s State of the Nation Address (Sona) on […]
Various hospitals in Cebu ‘understaffed’
AMID the rising number of coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) cases in Cebu, the Philippine Nurses Association (PNA) Cebu chapter has acknowledged the lack of nurses in various hospitals. However, the group said the public should not blame nurses for choosing a better work opportunity during the pandemic. “Ang mga nurses, di baya pod ta kapugos, […]
Neri: Chris and Mirella’s wedding
The invitation to the wedding of Mirella B. Gallego and Christopher B. Gecha came with a bottle of wine. It read: “As much as we would like to celebrate our wedding day with you, we cannot be together at this time. We invite you to share our special day with us just the same. Please […]
Altering Dumaguete’s urban landscape
In spite of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic and the present state of work-from-home life, Dumaguete architect Ned Carlos displays no sign of deceleration. Case in point, is his relentless proposal to make Dumaguete City a walkable, functional, and healthy city for several years. Amid these is the LUNGS Urban Plan which highlights employing trees as […]
Cebu City bans serving of liquor, adjusts curfew to start at 10 p.m.; Lapu-Lapu City bars entry of unvaxxed to markets, stores, malls
THE Cebu City Government has reimposed the liquor ban and extended curfew hours starting Sunday, July 25, 2021, due to the steady increase in the number of positive coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) cases. Executive Order 136, Series of 2021 signed by Acting Cebu City Mayor Michael Rama states that the liquor ban will last for […]
‘Fighting my own government,’ Duterte says on his drug war
WHEN he said back in 2016 that he would eradicate the illegal drug trade in six months, President Rodrigo Duterte said he thought the fight would be no different from the one he waged in his hometown Davao City. “You can either coerce, intimidate or bribe them, or give them money and say, ‘Lumabas kayo […]
Rama: City Council must approve SB 1 to release salaries for CCMC’s contractual frontliners
AFTER reports circulated that nurses working under contractual basis at the Cebu City Medical Center (CCMC) have resigned after they have not received their salaries for four months, Acting Cebu City Mayor Michael Rama said the salaries of the disgruntled nurses are now in the hands of the City Council. Rama said the salaries can […]
‘Persons of interest’ identified by SITG
OFFICIALS of the Special Investigation Task Group (SITG) investigating the murder of radio blocktimer Reynante “Rey” Cortes said they have now identified possible “persons of interest” in the case. Though members of the SITG refused to identified the persons of interest, they believe that Cortes’ murder may be related to his work as a radio […]
Release swab test results early, DOH 7 urged
THE Department of Health in Central Visayas (DOH 7) has committed to the Mandaue City government to release the RT-PCR test results on the same day that the specimen was extracted. The commitment was made between the DOH 7 and Mandaue City’s Emergency Operations Center (EOC) following delays on the releasing of Covid-19 results on […]
Supporters push Leni to run for Pres
VETERANS of parliament of the streets have united and joined the clamor for the presidential run of Vice President Leni Gerona Robredo. The group, calling itself Leni Tanging Pag-asa 2022, warned that “another six years of mishandled governance will not only plunge our economy in the gutter of bankruptcy, but it will also tear down […]
Liquor ban, stricter border controls, curfew back in Mandaue
THE Mandaue City Government has reimposed the liquor ban and implemented stricter border controls, curfew and prohibition of non-essential public gatherings due to the steady increase in the number of Covid-19 cases in the city and neighboring areas. Mayor Jonas Cortes issued and signed Monday, July 26, Executive Order 22, noting that under the Local […]
Editorial: Delta in Sona
For something more glaring in the immediate present, we waited for the State of the Nation Address (Sona) to mention the Covid-19 crisis, particularly on the Delta variant and, perhaps, for the long haul, some legislation it would ask of Congress to ramp up the nation’s capacity to deal with a future health crisis. And […]
Cabaero: Online legacy
One memorable point in President Rodrigo Duterte’s State of the Nation Address (Sona) last year was his ultimatum to telecommunications companies to improve services or he will do it “without you.” His call was timely, as it still is, as most Filipinos have shifted to online in many of their daily activities. From taking classes […]
Briones: Covid pass
Okay, so I’m selfish. There. I’ve said it. The only reason I don’t want the Cebu City Government to shut down the Cebu City Sports Center is because I don’t want to go somewhere else to exercise. But I don’t see how the facility can effectively serve as a mega quarantine center if the acting […]