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Cebu

PB approves Cebu's P20B budget for 2023

November 28, 2022

CASH FOR WORK. Officials of 1Pacman Party-list provide assistance to the fire victims of Sitio Paradise in Barangay Looc through a cash for work program on Monday, Nov. 28, 2022. The group also provided other forms of assistance to the fire victims. / Mandaue City PIO FB page

Cebu

Mandaue fire victims set to be transferred to ‘transitory housing area’

November 28, 2022

Cebu

Rama: No public funds used during Singapore vacation

November 28, 2022

Cebu

Public warned of heavy traffic at SRP during ‘Jesus Reigns’ fete

November 28, 2022

Cebu

Mactan airport expects uptick in passenger traffic during holidays

November 27, 2022

Cebu

Anti-graft court affirms conviction of 2 ex-cebu lawmakers, 6 others

November 28, 2022

Cebu

Registry of Deeds lawyer nabbed for ‘accepting bribe’

November 28, 2022

Cebu

43 firecracker display areas identified in Lapu-Lapu City

November 28, 2022

Cebu

Payout for 1st batch of Tupad beneficiaries in Cebu City’s south district set on Dec. 1-3

November 27, 2022

Cebu

Anti-graft court affirms conviction of 2 ex-cebu lawmakers, 6 others

November 28, 2022

Cebu

PB approves Cebu's P20B budget for 2023

November 28, 2022

TEST FLIGHT. Philippine Airlines’ De Havilland Dash 8-400 New Generation aircraft lands on Monday, Nov. 28, 2022 at Loakan Airport in Baguio City. PAL will open the Cebu-Baguio route on Dec. 16. / PAL

Cebu

PAL conducts test flight for Cebu-Baguio route

November 28, 2022

Cebu

Taiwan's China Airlines to launch direct flight from Cebu to Taipei

November 28, 2022

Cebu

House bill seeking to impose excise tax on single-use plastic passed on 3rd reading

November 28, 2022

Cebu

Espina: The Tree of Hope

November 28, 2022

Cebu

Smell that school spirit

November 28, 2022

Cebu

CCMC contractor waiting for termination letter to rescind contact

November 28, 2022

Editorial Cartoon by John Gilbert Manantan

Cebu

Editorial: Bongbong’s war on drugs

November 28, 2022

Cebu

Live-in partner shoots, kills ex-convict in Alegria

November 28, 2022

Cebu

13 packs of shabu seized from minor

November 28, 2022

Cebu

Mendoza: Rolls Royce each for 23 Saudi football players

November 28, 2022

Cebu

EXPLAINER: Tax increases, P50 billion budget aimed to make Cebu City Singapore-like. President Marcos Jr. told the mayor, ‘Mike, you’re ambitious.’ It’s called vision, says Castillo. With a price tag: higher taxes on real properties, business, services.

November 28, 2022

Cebu

EXPLAINER: Mayor Mike Rama's rep Jerone Castillo argues the huge realty tax increase won't exceed legal limit. But bulky tax burden all at once can be like sledgehammer on some taxpayers. Rama's mission to make the city 'Singapore-like' is the excuse. 'Hinay-hinay lang,' councilors caution.

November 28, 2022

Cebu

EXPLAINER: Councilor de los Santos changes word 'punish' to 'charge' in proposed grant of contempt power to City Council. But ordinance seeks to punish disobedience to Sanggunian subpoenas, which Supreme Court ruling says local legislatures cannot do.

November 28, 2022

Cebu

EXPLAINER: Committee on laws says de los Santos ordinance granting subpoena-contempt powers for Cebu City Council is valid, doesn’t violate Constitution or law. But Gealon group wants more legal study, besides public hearing.

November 28, 2022

Cebu

EXPLAINER: Panglao, Bohol ex-mayor convicted of corruption but not of unlawful appointment. To avoid ban on poll losers, she hired four as job-order workers. Why Cebu City’s massive hiring of JOs isn’t like Panglao's.

November 28, 2022

Cebu

EXPLAINER: Cebu City ordinance, signed last August, punishes discrimination against, and creates a council for, LGBTQs. Pending ordinance seeks to create an office on gay rights. Opposers fear 'consequences' on non-gays.

November 28, 2022

Cebu

EXPLAINER: Probe of December 2021 murder attempt on Cebu radio commentator Rico Osmeña now a ‘cold case.’ SITG disbanded after 6 months, turns over inquiry to CIDG.

November 28, 2022

Cebu

EXPLAINER: Cebu City Council minority keeps on griping against spending measures but majority Barug more than before gets what it wants. The latest: P2M more for free coffins. Looks like Nestor Archival is the opposition councilor last standing, with little help from BOPK colleagues.

November 28, 2022

Photos from Facebook pages of Richard Yap and Niña Mabatid

Cebu

EXPLAINER: Richard Yap-vs-Niña Mabatid case is not your ordinary cyber-libel. Venue is major takeaway: Ex-city councilor sued in Taguig by entertainer-politician when offense was committed in Cebu. And alleged defamatory posts were done during political campaign.

November 28, 2022

Cebu

EXPLAINER: Law that Councilor Mary Ann de los Santos cited in complaint vs Perpetual Succor Hospital specifies transfer of patient, not admission. And her aunt, 91, was refused, not for non-payment of deposit but for lack of health workers.

November 28, 2022

Cebu

EXPLAINER: Ruckus over arrest of DYHP’s Arnold Bustamante: Cybercrime Group tagged him a 'wanted person' (he wasn’t, under PNP rules) and claimed a 'Tracker Team' was needed to catch him (probably not). Central issue remains: Did he utter libelous words in his radio program?

November 28, 2022

Cebu

EXPLAINER: Proposal in Cebu City Council seeks to grant itself power to investigate, subpoena persons and documents, punish with contempt. Councilor Mary Ann de los Santos filed ordinance; laws committee chief Rey Gealon backs it. Problem: Is it within Sanggunian’s powers?

November 28, 2022

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Sikatuna Bridge II

Karaang Taytayan sa Sikatuna

USA. Gas lamps illuminate St. Louis' Gaslight Square on April 2, 1962. "Gaslighting" — mind manipulating, grossly misleading, downright deceitful — is Merriam-Webster's word of 2022. (AP)

Network

'Gaslighting' Merriam-Webster's word of 2022

November 28, 2022

Cebu

London-based blogger names Kawasan one of world’s best falls

November 24, 2022

BOHOL. Governor Erico Aristotle Aumentado takes his oath as the new chairman of the Regional Development Council-Central Visayas on Monday, November 21, 2022. (Benjie Talisic)

Cebu

Bohol’s tourism industry ‘almost back to pre-pandemic levels’

November 21, 2022

Manila

Marcos updates list of holidays for 2023

November 16, 2022

Manila

From a barrio boy to a Doctor to the Barrio

November 10, 2022

Cebu

Bzzzzz: It's official: The first Cebu-Mactan bridge is now Serging Osmeña Bridge, named after the son, not Don Sergio. Raul del Mar bill lapsed into law... Cordova mayor's office stripped of all furniture, which ex-mayor Sitoy-Cho says are hers.

July 04, 2022

Cebu

Bzzzzz: Cris Saavedra pushes 'offer to help' Marcos Jr., seeks OPAV or PACC post, also writes Imee Marcos for 'second opinion.' Mayor Frasco is DOT secretary... Bea Osmeña says her family to keep on serving Cebuanos.

May 30, 2022

Cebu

Bzzzzz: State of calamity in 36 barangays declared by 4 City Council members. Coral reef off SRP coast 'alive and kicking' even as Odette damaged other coral reefs in Cebu. Dairy News 'breaking story.'

April 22, 2022

Cebu

Bzzzzz: Why the 230 contact tracers when Covid cases are down. Archival kids about getting a few as BOPK 'canvassers.' Miguel Osmeña on wife Bea and Heart. Pitch from Guv Gwen, daughter Christina.

April 07, 2022

Cebu

Bzzzzz: BOPK rally drew 13,000, minus 'short' people, minors. BBM's 'secret alliances' with Mike Rama. Cebu thrift bank latest of 5 banks shut down. Guanzon and Tomas.

April 04, 2022

Cebu

Bzzzzz: Who'll dominate next Sanggunian? BOPK packs north with veterans, south with newbies; Barug has 9 oldies, 7 rookies in two teams.

March 14, 2022

Cebu

Bzzzzz: Does Supreme Court rule barring Covid-positive bar examinees violate Cebu City ordinance? Councilor Dizon invokes local law on discrimination. Sanggunian limits help to expressing request.

February 04, 2022

Cebu

Bzzzzz: After blind item on 'cocaine user,' Duterte lobs 'most corrupt' tag on a presidential wannabe... Cebu City north House bet Piramide pitches skill in codifying ordinances.

January 25, 2022

Cebu

Editorial: Bongbong’s war on drugs

November 28, 2022

PREVENT SELF-HARM. The emotional, cognitive, social and holistic wellness of students is still being tested even as the educational system gradually returns to the traditional and the mainstream. (SunStar file)

Cebu

Editorial: Center on mental wellness of students

November 28, 2022

Cebu

Editorial: Fast-track delivery of physical national IDs

November 28, 2022

Cebu

Editorial: Probe vaccine wastage

November 28, 2022

FILTERS FOR LIFE. Kidney diseases, particularly End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD), are the seventh leading cause of death among Filipinos, reveals the NKTI, the tertiary medical specialty center that is the center for referral of kidney patients from regional hospitals in the country. (Gilbert Manantan)

Cebu

Editorial: Prioritize kidney health

November 28, 2022

MILK OF NURTURE AND KINDNESS. In our concern for the welfare of the vulnerable among us, we should never cease to seek out and embrace dogs and cats as deserving of homes as humans. (SunStar file)

Cebu

Editorial: Seeing humanity in animal welfare

November 28, 2022

Cebu

Editorial: Delay in CCMC completion

November 28, 2022

Cebu

Editorial: New home for Bonbon

November 28, 2022

Cebu

Editorial: Questions from Bilibid

November 28, 2022

Cebu

Editorial: Rightsizing Cebu City Hall

November 28, 2022

Cebu

Editorial: Search for justice

November 28, 2022

DO NOT GAG.. The Department of Education has recently released Order 49, which seeks to create a culture of professionalism, especially among teachers and school officials. It will take political will and personal resolve to uproot decades of corruption and mediocrity and replace this with a meritocracy that truly serves the Filipino. (SunStar file)

Cebu

Editorial: Recoding DepEd culture

November 28, 2022

Cebu

PAL conducts test flight for Cebu-Baguio route

November 28, 2022

Cebu

Taiwan's China Airlines to launch direct flight from Cebu to Taipei

Cebu

House bill seeking to impose excise tax on single-use plastic passed on 3rd reading

Cebu

Acer welcomes the holiday season with bigger and better surprises in ‘Unbox the Holidays with Acer’ promo

November 20, 2022

Cebu

Savoy Hotel Mactan Newtown offers exciting deals in celebration of its third anniversary

Cebu

bai Hotel Cebu celebrates its 5th anniversary with an ultimate sale

Cebu

'Brand new' Xiumin set to perform in Cebu

November 23, 2022

Cebu

See U-KNOW YUNHO in Cebu

Cebu

BoA stuns fans in comeback teaser

Cagayan De Oro

Shearwater CPO® to host face-to-face recruiting event for healthcare professionals

Cebu

Acer welcomes the holiday season with bigger and better surprises in ‘Unbox the Holidays with Acer’ promo

Cebu

Savoy Hotel Mactan Newtown offers exciting deals in celebration of its third anniversary

Cebu

bai Hotel Cebu celebrates its 5th anniversary with an ultimate sale

Cebu

DHL Express celebrates the holidays with ‘Share Hope Campaign’ in partnership with Kythe Foundation

Editorial: Bongbong’s war on drugs

Nearly five months into the administration of President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr., the Philippine National Police has reported that law enforcement agencies have killed 46 drug suspects. But...

Bong O. Wenceslao

Wenceslao: Shoutout to the NCCA

I chatted a few days ago with Cebuano writing OG (a person who is incredibly exceptional) Lamberto Ceballos. The elder statesman of Cebuano literature have followed my columns in SunStar Cebu for...

Tell it to SunStar: Red-tagging is violence

The Justice secretary must have meant well beyond wanting to improve the country’s forensic pathology when he invited the United Nations special rapporteurs to our country during the recent UN Human...

Editorial: Center on mental wellness of students

The resumption of face-to-face classes has been embraced by students and their families and educators as a sign of the return to the “normal.”The pandemic’s social isolation and consequent...

Nini Cabaero

Cabaero: Case against online bully

A court decision that convicted a man for insulting and threatening a government official in Africa may seem far off from the Philippine setting. Still, it sends cyberbullies and trolls the message...

Publio J. Briones III

Briones: Preventing the spread of HIV/Aids

Getting alarmed because of the number of HIV (human immunodeficiency virus) cases in Cebu City doesn’t address the problem.Nor does asking the City Health Department (CHD) for an update on how many...

Melanie T. Lim

Lim: Moving forward

Eight weeks ago, I boldly ventured out of my cave for a longer walkabout. As you know, I was afflicted with FOGO (fear of going out) for quite some time.I was scared to death of unnecessarily stepping...

Editorial: SunStar at 40: Breaking boundaries

It’s been a tumultuous 40 years—the country rocked by revolutions, scandals and economic turmoil, though grace also came in periods of prosperity and innovation, and the triumph of the human...

Delta Dyrecka Letigio

Letigio: Cebu lifestyle is back

The past few weeks have been exhausting for me socially because of the numerous activities that have been going on all around Cebu.I may have forgotten how active Cebu’s lifestyle can be due to two...