CEBU CITY, PHILIPPINES — Cebu City North District Representative Rachel Marguerite “Cutie” del Mar has filed House Bill No. 6535, also known as the “Estate Tax Abolition Act of 2025,” seeking to repeal all provisions in the National Internal...
CEBU CITY, PHILIPPINES — The Cebu Provincial Board has urged Governor Pamela Baricuatro to provide financial assistance to nine churches severely damaged by the 6.9-magnitude earthquake that struck northern Cebu on September 30, this year. Under the PB proposal,...
CEBU CITY, PHILIPPINES — For the third time in a span of less than a month, Byron Garcia filed a criminal-complaint against Cebu Governor Pamela Baricuatro, this time over the ongoing renovation of the Governor’s Office at the Capitol’s...
CEBU CITY, PHILIPPINES — The Commission on Audit (COA), in its 2024 audit of the Cebu City Government, has flagged billions of pesos in irregular expenditures, ballooning garbage costs, idle medical equipment, unliquidated barangay and NGO funds, questionable procurement...
CEBU CITY, PHILIPPINES — The Cebu City government has approved its 2026 Budget of ₱13.4 billion, the lowest in four years and a clear signal of the Archival administration’s pivot to fiscal restraint. The appropriation, passed after more than...
Capitol officials, led by Governor Pamela Baricuatro, celebrate the supposed turnover of the controversial sea ambulance. Contrary to earlier reports, Baricuatro later clarified that the vessel is only a prototype lent to the provincial government, with no formal procurement...
Tropical Depression Verbena left Poblacion, Carcar City flooded, with homes, businesses, and roads affected. The city is just one of the areas severely hit by Verbena. In neighboring islands, such as Negros Occidental, there have also been several reports...
This is the satellite photo of Tropical Depression Verbena as it moves northwestward towards the Negros Island Region, issued earlier today at 5 a.m. on the DOST-PAGASA Facebook page. | Photo from DOST-PAGASA CEBU CITY, PHILIPPINES — It may...
CEBU CITY, PHILIPPINES — Cebu Archbishop Alberto S. Uy presided over the eucharistic celebration marking the reconsecration and reopening of the San Fernando Rey (SFR) Parish in Lilo-an, Cebu, nearly a month after the church was rendered desecrated and...
CEBU CITY, PHILIPPINES — Cebu Governor Pam Baricuatro stated yesterday that the photo—depicting her in a SWAT uniform—is not an authentic photograph but rather an AI-generated image. This image was cited in a complaint filed by Byron Garcia with...
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