Cebu, Philippines News

THE Lapu-Lapu City Government has awarded a mosaic artist and a professional skateboarder during its 52nd Charter Day celebration last Sunday night.

WHEN we come down to it, one cannot really equate the current ideological conflict with loyalty to one's country.

Eighteen Vietnamese crew members of a cargo ship have been detained after it ploughed into a coral reef in the central Philippines, the coastguard said Tuesday.

THERE was an eye-opening story in this daily yesterday. It was one that drew the attention of our people to the way legislators perceive their work as public service.

For Google's global creative team planning head Dr. Joe Adam Fry, being creative and original is not enough.

Some of the Philippines' biggest conglomerates have unveiled plans to push into power generation over the next five years, with investments seen reaching $9 billion.

MORE than 100 foreigners are monitored in Cebu for alleged sexual exploitation of young women, as the place continues to be one of the top sex tourist destinations in the country, a child protection advocate said.

THE Asean Business Advisory Council plans to bring in a series of road shows in Cebu and Davao within the year to boost awareness on the 2015 Asean integration.

IF YOU are a regular to music gigs happening in the city, it is likely that you have come across the name "Sonic Boom" at some point.

THE network of people with Rh negative blood in the Philippines recently gathered in Olongapo City and discussed how the group will strengthen their bond in helping one another.

The Philippines' budget carrier Cebu Pacific is looking into purchasing one of today's most advanced passenger jet liners, as it expands its fleet by buying new planes capable of longer flights to new markets.

HOW would you like to own your socialized residential condominium unit? If the pending bill in Congress filed by Bagong Henerasyon Party-list Representative Bernadette Herrera- Dy will become a law, condominium developers will be required to allocate twenty percent of their developed condominium project for socialized condominium units.

THE Department of Tourism in Davao Region said Friday that it met with four airline companies last June 1-2 in a bid to introduce Davao City as the next destination for South Korean tourists.

MORE than 100 fiddlers enthralled Cebuanos recently. No, they didn't play their music on top of the roof.For the first time in the Philippines, 152 fiddlers gathered together for a grand recital named "A String of Fiddlers."

Fathers may no longer have the excuse that they aren't born for child care. Actually, they're designed for it, according to a new study that finds a significant drop in testosterone levels in new dads, suggesting that men may be wired to nurture.

Police said Ramil Adaya, 14, was found by his neighbor past 7 p.m. hanging inside their kitchen.

MANILA, Philippines Almost 4,000 runners joined the Kapamilya Run to celebrate 18 years of service of DYAB 1512 as well as the "Silverasyon" of ABS-CBN Cebu.

MSGR. Vic Rivas said, during the Feast of the Sacred Heart celebrations, that he did not learn kindness only when he entered the seminary.

THE Department of Health yesterday launched the 3rd Asean Dengue Day at the Cebu City Hall in an effort to bring down dengue cases amid the rise of dengue cases in the Visayas and Mindanao.

OUTGOING Danao City Mayor Ramon "Boy" Durano Jr. is the richest mayor in Cebu's five component cities, according to his 2012 statement of assets, liabilities and net worth .