CEBU CITY, PHILIPPINES — A total of 66 families from a community near the Mactan Expo—one of the main venues of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Leaders’ Summit on May 7 and 8—have been temporarily relocated to...
CEBU CITY, PHILIPPINES — The Cebu City Government is pushing to revive plans to establish its own city college following the Asian College of Technology (ACT) scholarship accreditation controversy, with Councilor Pastor M. Alcover Jr. proposing satellite campuses in...
CEBU CITY, PHILIPPINES — Cebu City Councilor Pastor Alcover Jr. has warned that alleged “ghost habal-habal drivers” are being inserted into beneficiary lists, cautioning that political maneuvering could undermine the integrity of the city’s ₱35-million aid program for motorcycle-for-hire...
CEBU CITY, PHILIPPINES — Senator Imee Marcos said the Philippines should seriously study the possibility of developing nuclear energy, citing Canada’s experience and other emerging energy alternatives, as she stressed the need to explore long-term solutions to the country’s...
CEBU CITY, PHILIPPINES — The modular shelter site at Bayanihan Village in Barangay Guizo is now among the largest in Cebu, with around 200 units established for families displaced by disasters, according to the Department of Human Settlements and...
CEBU CITY, PHILIPPINES — President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. will join fellow leaders of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) during the summit proper on May 8, 2026, alongside representatives from Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Malaysia,...
CEBU CITY, PHILIPPINES — The number of doctors deployed across Cebu provincial government-run hospitals has surged by 71 percent in less than a year, rising from 177 in July 2025 to 303 as of April 15, 2026, according to...
CEBU CITY, PHILIPPINES — Cebu Governor Pamela Baricuatro has urged the Department of Transportation (DOTr) to produce a mock-up or computer-generated design of the proposed Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) station in front of the Capitol to better assess its...
CEBU CITY, PHILIPPINES — Calls for world peace took center stage during the commemoration of the 505th Kadaugan sa Mactan yesterday, April 27, 2026, as Lapu-Lapu City honored its historic legacy at the Mactan Shrine. Around 2,500 spectators and...
CEBU CITY, PHILIPPINES — A rice weevil infestation, locally known as “bokbok,” has forced the Cebu City government to delay the resumption of its ₱20 rice program until next week. Mayor Nestor Archival, in a press conference at City...
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