It was at Casino Español 13 years ago that I first saw Antonio L. Aldeguer get emotional. It was the Sportswriters Association of Cebu (SAC)-San Miguel Sports Awards and Z Gorres, one of his favorite boxers, nay people, of all time, was to receive the Presidential Award after surviving life-threatening conditions in his last fight […]
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Star-studded Amsterdam merges facts, fiction and teamwork
LONDON — Director David O. Russell got his starry cast involved in the creation of his new crime drama Amsterdam. The five-time Oscar nominee reunited with his The Fighter and American Hustle star Christian Bale to develop the movie, with the duo getting together in diners over several years to bounce ideas off each other. […]
F.C.C. TSR Honda France Fights Back to Win Second FIM Endurance World Championship Title
Le Castellet, France, Sep 19, 2022 – (JCN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – F.C.C. TSR Honda France, running second in the 2022 FIM* Endurance World Championship (EWC), made a comeback to win this year’s championship in the final round, the Bol d’Or 2022, held at Circuit Paul Ricard on September 17 – 18. The team has […]
Senate targets passage of 2023 budget bill by mid-December
THE SENATE is hoping to pass its 2023 budget bill by mid-December, according to the senator who chairs the upper chamber’s Finance Committee. “We start the DBCC hearings on Tuesday… and hope to finish our committee hearings in early to mid-October; then plenary debates in early to mid-November leading up to the passage of the […]
SunStar Cebu, Primary Homes team up anew for Best of Cebu 2022
FOR the second year running, Primary Homes Inc. has signed on as one of the official co-presenters for SunStar’s annual Best of Cebu.The major real estate developer recognizes the importance of identifying the best establishments in the province and believes that this year’s Best of Cebu aligns with its dedication towards addressing the needs of […]
EJ Obiena beats Chris Nielsen to rule Jockgrim event in Germany
IN THE absence of the world’s top pole-vaulter Armand Duplantis, World Championship bronze medalist EJ Obiena was given the chance to best his next best rival — World No. 2 Chris Nilsen of the United States. EJ Obiena, the World No. 3 and Asian record-holder did that with flying colors as he blew away the […]
CebuDoc marks 50 golden years in healthcare industry
IN CELEBRATIBG 50 long years of dedicated service and providing innovative healthcare facilities both in Visayas and Mindanao, the CebuDoc Group held a thanksgiving event on August 21, 2022 in Robinsons Galleria Cebu.The thanksgiving served as a way for the institution to pay tribute to the Cebuano community, for continuously seeking out its stellar services […]
LT Group swings to profit, earns P8.9B
LT Group, Inc. (LTG) posted an attributable net income of P8.87 billion in the second quarter, reversing last year’s net loss of P2.76 billion, as its topline increased by 7.3% to P23.65 billion. In the first half, its net income attributable to parent firm equity holders rose to P15.4 billion, more than four times last […]
Pilmico celebrates 24 years of providing total solutions for animal nutrition
IN its 24th year, Pilmico Animal Nutrition Corporation (Pilmico) looks back on its beginnings as a hog-raising business and how it has transformed into a total solutions provider for farmers.Pilmico started its first commercial swine farm in 1998 with 1,500 pigs flown from the United States. As business grew, Pilmico ventured into other areas in […]
Entertainment News (08/05/22)
1 of 5 Tala Gil, cherry soda New single by Stela Cole EMERGING singer/songwriter Stela Cole has released a new single, “Rhapsody In Pink,” a gritty track about knowing your self-worth. A pop and hip-hop interpolation of George Gershwin’s “Rhapsody In Blue,” the track includes bursts of horns, steady claps, and bass-heavy beats. This is […]
Therapeutic Goods Administration Grants Provisional Approval for Moderna’s COVID-19 Vaccine in Children Aged Six Months to Five Years
Cambridge, MA, Jul 19, 2022 – (ACN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – Moderna, Inc. (NASDAQ:MRNA), a biotechnology company pioneering messenger RNA (mRNA) therapeutics and vaccines, today announced that the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) in Australia has granted provisional registration for the use of Moderna’s mRNA COVID-19 vaccine, Spikevax, in a two-dose series of 25 ug per […]
LANDBANK launches P10-B loan facility for rural banks affected by typhoon
Land Bank of the Philippines (LANDBANK) has launched a lending program to aid the recovery of countryside financial institutions (CFIs) that were affected by typhoon Odette last year. The bank’s loan program named Countryside Financial Institutions – Rehabilitation and Support to Typhoon Odette-Affected Areas or CFI-RESTORE aims to strengthen rural banks by providing additional capital […]
US says convicted R&B singer R. Kelly deserves more than 25 years in prison
NEW YORK — US prosecutors on Wednesday said the multiplatinum R&B singer R. Kelly deserves to spend more than 25 years in prison after being convicted of sex trafficking. In a filing in Brooklyn federal court, prosecutors said Kelly exploited his stardom and wealth over a quarter century to lure women and underage girls for […]
Bea Alonzo, Alden Richards are the faces of Century Tuna’s healthy living campaign
ACTORS Bea Alonzo and Alden Richards are the new ambassadors for the food and beverage company Century Tuna. Mr. Richards was a Century Tuna endorser in 2020, and is now joined by Ms. Alonzo for the “Love Strong” campaign which connects a healthy lifestyle with the pandemic. “As we are living through the pandemic, we […]
FACE-OFF: Cebu City VM bets eye infra, barangay services, education
IT’S a three-way race for Cebu City vice mayor as Councilors Raymond Alvin Garcia and Franklyn Ong square off with urban poor leader and former Cebu City administrator Francisco “Bimbo” Fernandez for the role in the May 9 elections.Name: Raymond Alvin Neri GarciaAge: 45Highest educational attainment:- Bachelor of Laws, University of San Carlos- Masters in […]
North Cebu gears up for Little League Baseball
THE North Cebu baseball team composed of players from the municipalities of Carmen, Asturias, Sogod and Tuburan is set to play its very first major tournament since the Covid-19 pandemic put the sporting events at a standstill for two years.The North Cebu Charter will host the Little League Baseball Philippine Series 2022 Visayas Qualifier at […]
Manila International Auto Show nets better-than-expected 120K visitors
1 of 2 PHOTO FROM WORLDBEX SERVICES Organizers and exhibitors of the 2022 MIAS pose at the opening. — PHOTO FROM WORLDBEX SERVICES THE FIRST physical staging of the 2022 Manila International Auto Show (MIAS) since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic proved better than anticipated, as people trooped in droves to the World Trade […]
‘Buhing Kalbaryo’ organizers assure health protocols are met during performance
ORGANIZERS of this year’s Buhing Kalbaryo in Cebu City have assured they will continue to implement health protocols to ensure that their performance would not be become the stage for Covid-19 transmission.To achieve such, they have required their performers and crew to be fully vaccinated.Elmer “Jojo” Labella, the creative and artistic consultant for this year’s […]
Creamline battles sister team Choco Mucho in semifinals
By Joey Villar CIGNAL tries to sustain its magical run as it clashes with Petro Gazz even as sister teams Creamline and Choco Mucho collide on Friday at the start of the Premier Volleyball League (PVL) Open Conference semifinals at the Filoil Flying V Center in San Juan. Coming into the season as underdogs after […]
Batuhan: Both sides of the story
Who could forget the 25th of February 1986?At least to those of the Martial Law generation, it was Nirvana and The Rapture all rolled into one, an experience so cathartic for the Filipino nation, it had to be illegal for causing the ultimate high.And why wouldn’t it be?The Marcos years were the darkest this country […]