Cebu, Philippines News

TOURISM stakeholders in Cebu appealed to the government to immediately solve through diplomatic channels the strained relationship with Taiwan to save trade and tourism relationship of both countries.

CBCP News quoted Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines and Cebu Archbishop Jose Palma as saying that he received a request from the Vatican to move the International Eucharistic Congress to a much earlier date.

THE honorarium of some teachers in Central Visayas who served as members of the Board of Election Inspectors were already distributed, said an education department official.

DEPARTMENT of Education -Central Visayas Director Carmelita Dulangon said Tuesday that the "Brigada Eskwela" or the National Schools Maintenance Week will be extended in Metro Cebu until the last week of May this year.

AT least from a mainstream point of view, Manila has always been the center of attraction when talking about the filmmaking industry.

FOR three years now, government has been trying to get a P580-million loan to dredge and deepen the sea near Cebu City's port, so that larger cargo vessels and cruise ships can dock there.

JAPANESE fashion brand Uniqlo is expanding its store network in the country on the back of the thriving retail industry.

I THINK it's time for her critics to loosen up on Vice President Jejomar Binay's daughter Ma.

THE Department of Environment and Natural Resources is urging electoral winners to clean up the after-election mess, and clean up intelligently.

THE Philippines' largest national flag carrier, Cebu Pacific announced it will begin direct flights from Manila to Phuket, Thailand, starting August 16, 2013.

WE VOTED for you Monday as the "lesser evil." Thus, congratulations still stick in our craw.

SM Prime Holdings' P5.7-billion upscale civic center in Taguig City officially opened its doors to the public yesterday.

A POLICE officer died after five men repeatedly shot him near an illegal cockfight arena in Barangay Looc, Danao City late yesterday afternoon.

Jeffry Leanu Perez, age 81, passed away Sunday evening, May 12, 2013. Jeffry was born September 23, 1931, in Cebu, Philippines.

Sun.Star editor Nini Cabaero will spend one school year at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, to study journalism innovations as a member of the 76th Nieman Class.

Suspended Cebu Governor Gwendolyn Garcia leads the congressional race over Geraldine Yapha in the third congressional district, as all election returns from the seven towns and one city were transmitted to the provincial board of canvassers Thursday.

Over sushi and tempura, I caught up with former Canadian Ambassador Robert Collette, who has retired from government and was transiting Manila on private business.

THE appointment of University of Cebu's chancellor as Cebu's Norwegian consul is seen to further strengthen Philippine bilateral relations with Norway.

THE recent investment upgrades of the country will benefit small business players but the country needs to work for it to happen, officials said.

The business community in Cebu expressed their satisfaction with the way the mid-term elections were carried out peacefully in the province and in many other parts of the country.