THE lot issue between the Province of Cebu and the Old Philippine Railway Residents Association (Oprra) Inc. has not yet been resolved. According to documents provided by Oprra Inc. president Elroy Pintor, the Cebu Provincial Government and Oprra Inc. have a pending case at the Cebu City Regional Trial Court (RTC) Branch 8 pertaining to […]
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SunStar’s Best of Cebu 2022 winners (Part 5 of 7)
Now in its 10th year, SunStar’s Best of Cebu is back with a vengeance. Local businesses are slowly returning to form, allowing the Best of Cebu team to add more categories under lifestyle and travel, beauty and wellness, and shopping. From 78 awardees in 2021, SunStar’s Best of Cebu lists 118 winners for 2022. From […]
SunStar’s Best of Cebu 2022 winners (Part 4 of 7)
Now in its 10th year, SunStar’s Best of Cebu is back with a vengeance. Local businesses are slowly returning to form, allowing the Best of Cebu team to add more categories under lifestyle and travel, beauty and wellness, and shopping. From 78 awardees in 2021, SunStar’s Best of Cebu lists 118 winners for 2022. From […]
Task force eyes to build command facility in war on drugs
THE One Cebu Inter-Agency Interdiction Task Force is eyeing to build a modern command center in Cebu City during their full council meeting on Wednesday, January 25. The facility is where authorities can relay information and other updates about their anti-illegal drug operation. It was agreed during the meeting that the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency […]
SunStar’s Best of Cebu 2022 winners (Part 3 of 7)
Now in its 10th year, SunStar’s Best of Cebu is back with a vengeance. Local businesses are slowly returning to form, allowing the Best of Cebu team to add more categories under lifestyle and travel, beauty and wellness, and shopping. From 78 awardees in 2021, SunStar’s Best of Cebu lists 118 winners for 2022. From […]
SunStar’s Best of Cebu 2022 winners (Part 2 of 7)
Now in its 10th year, SunStar’s Best of Cebu is back with a vengeance. Local businesses are slowly returning to form, allowing the Best of Cebu team to add more categories under lifestyle and travel, beauty and wellness, and shopping. From 78 awardees in 2021, SunStar’s Best of Cebu lists 118 winners for 2022. From […]
Carcar eyes Cebu City’s Sinulog Festival in 2024
AFTER not joining the Sinulog in Cebu City on Jan. 15, 2023, the contingent from Carcar City in southern Cebu found its glory a week later up north—in the Sinulog sa Carmen. Carcar City bagged the grand prize of the Sinulog-based competition under the open category, a group of competing contingents from outside Carmen. Mayor […]
Pagasa Visayas exec: Be wary of landslides amid incessant rains
THE public is urged to take precautionary measures as landslides may occur amid the incessant rains in the Visayas, particularly in Cebu within this week. The state weather bureau’s Visayas chief Alfredo Quiblat Jr. told SunStar Cebu that the light to moderate rain that is currently affecting Cebu Island is due to the trough of […]
New campus opens in Cebu, offers niche, industry-demand courses
A MAKATI-BASED technology and design school has opened its newest campus in Cebu to offer specialized programs that meet industry demands. iACADEMY Cebu is located at the fifth floor of Filinvest Cebu Cyberzone Tower 2, Salinas Drive corner W. Geonzon St., Barangay Lahug, Cebu City. The school, known for its strong industry partnership that delivers […]
Briones: Ongoing legal battle of Maritima
The Compaña Maritima is a stone’s throw away from the new Cebu City Hall building. It’s not even a building anymore. It’s more of a shell of its former self after typhoon Ruping destroyed its roof. When it sustained structural damage during the earthquake in 2013, the City’s Department of Engineering and Public Works declared […]
7,000 witness ‘undressing’ of Sto. Niño
AROUND 7,000 devotees attended the traditional “Hubo” mass at the Basilica Minore del Sto. Niño on Friday, Jan. 20, 2023. The “Hubo” mass, or the annual tradition of the changing of the vestments of the image of the Sto. Niño, signified the end of this year’s Fiesta Señor. Fr. Nelson Zerda, the rector of the […]
UP Cebu blocks proposed ‘school safety’ ordinance
STUDENTS and faculty members of the University of the Philippines (UP) Cebu expressed their opposition to a proposed ordinance requiring schools and universities to submit a calendar of activities to the Cebu City Police Office (CCPO). A public hearing was held on Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2023 at the Cebu City Council’s session hall to tackle […]
Seares: Planners tag South Road Properties as Cebu City’s new central business district. The old CBD, the downtown area, where Colon St. is, designated heritage district… Colon fascinates poets too, as Bob Lim’s book ‘Batang Colon’ tells.
IN A Cebu City Council session last January 6, 2023, urban planners gave a glimpse of the city’s comprehensive land use plan (CLUP) and zoning ordinance, as “envisioned” by Mayor Mike Rama for the next 10 years. Architect Ann Marie Cuizon, officer-in-charge of the City Planning Development Office, said “development directions will be integrated.” FIVE […]
5 Cebu City contingents may join Carmen’s Sinulog
CARMEN town will celebrate its 50th Sinulog Festival in honor of the Sto. Niño with 28 contingents from different barangays and other parts of Cebu province expected to participate, including six contingents from Cebu City, according to its tourism officer Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2023. Tobias Maximino Villamor, the town’s tourism officer, named the six Cebu […]
PB asks for sea water transport to address Cebu commuter hell
IN LINE with its aim to ease the traffic congestion in Metro Cebu, the Cebu Provincial Board has approved a resolution requesting the Department of Transportation (DOTr) and other government agencies to pursue the inter-intra island sea water transport project in the island. Cebu Sixth District Board Member Glenn Anthony Soco, author of the resolution, […]
Cebu City VM wails CPA’s ‘dastardly’ move to reclaim Compaña Maritima
CEBU City Vice Mayor Raymond Alvin Garcia has called out the Cebu Port Authority (CPA) for initiating legal action to assert its claim on the century-old Compaña Maritima and its surrounding area. In a privilege speech during the City Council’s regular session Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2023, Garcia criticized the CPA, adding that its current legal […]
Probe on abduction of activists in Cebu includes alleged cops’ involvement — PNP
AN INVESTIGATION is underway on the recent abduction of two activists in broad daylight at a Cebu port, including the possible involvement of cops in the crime, the Philippine National Police (PNP) spokesperson said on Tuesday. “The Cebu City police office is currently coordinating with the families of the missing activists,” PNP Spokesperson Jean S. […]
Man nabbed for P7.1 million shabu in Liloan town
A 21-YEAR-OLD man was arrested in a drug bust in Barangay Tayud, Liloan town, northern Cebu for having in his possession P7.1 million worth of illegal drugs. Operatives of Provincial Intelligence Unit of the Cebu Police Provincial Office (CPPO) headed by Lieutenant Colonel Lester Eteroza conducted the operation that led to the arrest of Rafael […]
CCPO: 3 million people join solemn foot procession
THE Cebu City Police Office estimated the crowd who joined and witnessed the solemn foot procession on Saturday afternoon, January 14, to reach 3 million people. The procession kicked off at exactly 12 noon at the Basilica Minore del Santo Niño de Cebu. CCPO Chief Colonel Ireneo Dalogdog they already anticipated a lot of devotees […]
Cebu media loses veteran journalist Elias Baquero [1959-2023]
Cebu Citizens-Press Council’s official statement Saturday, January 14, 2023 *** CEBU just lost a multi-media practitioner whose work in community media had spanned more than three decades. Elias O. Baquero died of cardiac arrest Saturday, January 14, 2023. He would’ve turned 64 this July 10. Elias O. Baquero (EOB) was one of a few Cebu […]