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Locals and tourists are now enjoying a newly-paved 1.38-kilometer, 2-lane road which leads to several tourist destinations in the coastal area of Aloguinsan, Cebu Province. Public Works and Highways Secretary Mark Villar said the completed tourism road project in convergence with the Department of Tourism (DOT) involves the construction of Barangay Malolos-Barili-Kantabugon Road which is […]
The Department of Agriculture (DA) has allocated a P454-million budget for Cebu’s agriculture sector for 2021, Secretary William Dar said during the launching of Cash and Food Subsidy for Marginal Farmers and Fisherfolk (CFSMFF) program recently in Pinamungajan, Cebu. Dar said that next year’s budget for Cebu has increased from P431 million and expressed DA’s commitment to further […]
The city government of Lapu-Lapu in Cebu has launched its free coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) swab testing for city residents. Mayor Junard “Ahong” Chan said that the goal of the mass testing is to know whether the city is now coronavirus-free. “The goal of the mass testing is to know whether the island city is […]
As coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases rise in the Visayas region, the Philippine Red Cross (PRC) has prepared a P42-million multipurpose cash grant (MPCG) to help 8,820 vulnerable families in Cebu, Lapu-Lapu – Cordova, Western Samar, and Leyte. PRC chairman and CEO, Senator Dick Gordon said the cash assistance will be directed to the most vulnerable. […]
Cebu and the Visayas islands have been named Top Island in Asia, leading three other Philippine islands in the Top 10 of the Condé Nast Traveler’s (CNT) 2020 Readers’ Choice Awards. Palawan, Siargao, and Boracay also made it to the Top 10 in Asia list, ranking fourth, fifth, and sixth, respectively, to give the Philippines […]
Environment and Natural Resources Secretary Roy Cimatu ordered that the operations of two dolomite mining firms in Alcoy, Cebu be suspended after an inspection conducted recently pending the results of investigation for alleged coral reef damage, water quality monitoring and ambient air quality monitoring. Cimatu suspended the quarry operations of the Dolomite Mining Corporation (DMC) […]
Mayor Michael Angelo Sestoso of the municipality of Alcoy in Cebu said dolomite has been quarried from his town for the past 39 years. As such, he said it is incorrect to say that dolomite was taken from the town just for the beautification of Manila Bay. Sestoso added he cannot recall any single environmental […]
San Miguel Corporation (SMC) said it has completed providing life insurance coverage to about 5,000 medical frontliners from 18 hospitals across Cebu, who are now insured for P2 million each. “We started this initiative several months ago, at the height of COVID-19 cases in Cebu, when our medical front liners there were really having a […]
Jesus Cortes now has a more compelling reason to expand his container vegetable garden. After winning the prize money of around P26,000, Cortes is now keen in growing a bigger garden at his house. He was one of the winners of the Cebu provincial government’s SugBusog (Sugbuanong Busog, Luwas ug Himsog), a food security program […]
Efforts to revive the heavily silted Mahiga River in Cebu province got a significant boost after the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) secured the commitment and support of 28 private companies and organizations through the agency’s Adopt-an-Estero/Waterbody Program. DENR Secretary Roy Cimatu, together with Mayors Edgardo Labella of Cebu City and Jonas Cortes […]