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THE Philippines added nine more gold medals in the 31st Southeast Asian (SEA) Games in Vietnam over the weekend.Olympian Ernest Obiena won the gold in the Men’s Pole Vault after setting a SEA Games record of 5.40 meters. Another Olympian, Carlos Yulo bagged his second gold medal after topping the Men’s Artistic Floor event in Gymnastics, beating Singapore’s Terry Wei-An Tay and Vietnam’s Trinh Hai Khan. Kim Mangrobang also won her second gold in the tournament after dominating the Women’s Indivi
It’s an exciting time for basketball fans in Metro Cebu. Not long after Luka Dončić and the Dallas Mavericks demolished the Phoenix Suns in their Game 7 matchup on May 16 (PH time), fans took to social media already sharing how they felt about the Mavs’ chances in the next—and last round—before the NBA Finals.Waiting for Dončić and the Mavericks? The battle-tested Golden State Warriors led by the half-court, do-it-all trio of Steph Curry, Klay Thompson and Draymond Green.Much to the delight of b
TWO men were arrested for allegedly stealing the cable wire of a telecommunications company in Sitio Sangi, Barangay Calajoan in Minglanilla town, Cebu on Sunday morning, May 15, 2022.Minglanilla police chief Maj. William Homoc identified the suspects as Jovel Laila Codera, who is 21 and a resident of Barangay Lahug, Cebu City, and Jesthier Anog Lindayao, who is 19 and a resident of Barangay Casuntingan, Mandaue City.Codera and Lindayao have six companions who eluded arrest.The suspects were cau
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A 46-YEAR-OLD “cult leader” was arrested after he shouted loudly while a Mass was ongoing in Barangay Mantalongon, Barili, Cebu Sunday afternoon, May 15, 2022.Police Major Felicisimo Aranas identified the suspect as Jerome Villarin, a faith healer and resident of Sitio Tagatay Barangay Vito, Barili, Cebu.Aranas told SunStar Cebu that around 4:15 p.m. Sunday, a concerned citizen called up to report that more or less 20 cult members were in the vicinity of the Mantalangon Parish Church.He said whe
PROPERTY developer Cebu Landmasters Inc. (CLI) is pouring in an estimated P8 billion in fresh investments for Cebu this year.During the first quarter investors’ and analysts’ briefing on Monday, May 16, 2022, Jose Franco Soberano, the company’s executive vice president and chief operating officer, said this new investment will finance three projects in Cebu—a P2 billion residential project in Danao, P4 billion mixed-use Pristina North project and P2 billion residential development in Casuntingan
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THE paragliding activity in Sitio Canan-aw, Barangay Poblacion, Oslob town, southern Cebu has been suspended.Maria Lester "Marty" Ybañez, head of the Cebu Provincial Tourism Office, said the suspension was made following an incident Sunday morning, May 15, that claimed that life of American paraglider Peter Clifford Humes, 63, an education and safety director of Paraglide Tandem International, which has branches in New Jersey, USA and Bangkok, Thailand.According to Ybañez, pilot error caused Hum
CHAMPION gymnast Carlos Yulo continued his stellar showing in the 31st Southeast Asian Games as he won gold medals in the floor exercise and rings events of the gymnastics competition at the Quan Ngua Sports Palace in Hanoi, Vietnam.As a matter of fact, gymnastics gave the Philippines’ campaign a boost as Fil-American Aleah Finnegan added the women’s vault gold to Team Philippines’ harvest, scoring her second victory after leading the women’s squad to the team title last Saturday, on top of a si
CEBU Gov. Gwendolyn Garcia exceeded the votes she received in the 2019 midterm elections after she got more than 500,000 votes in this year’s general election.The four-time governor was proclaimed winner on Tuesday, May 10, a day after the elections, after securing a historic 80.80 percent of the votes or 1,478,436 votes, beating former tourism secretary Joseph Felix Mari “Ace” Durano, who garnered only 18.66 percent of the votes or 341,155 votes, and Nito Magnanao, who got 0.53 percent or 9,812
THE Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) on Emerging Infectious Diseases has placed nine areas in Cebu Island under Alert Level 1, the lowest quarantine status in the country, from May 16 to 31, 2022.Under Level 1 are the cities of Cebu, Lapu-Lapu and Mandaue, and the towns of Alcoy, Borbon, Oslob, Pilar, Santander, and Tudela in Cebu Province. In Central Visayas, under the same level are the province of Siquijor; and the towns of Calape, Garcia Hernandez, San Isidro, and San Miguel in Bohol; and Baco
THE Commission on Elections (Comelec) has initiated the conduct of a probe into defective vote counting machines (VCMs) following the May 9 national and local elections and even before President Rodrigo Duterte’s pronouncement.“Even before the pronouncement of the President, we already initiated the investigation of the VCMs. In fact, the national tech support center was already reviewing the tickets... inannounce po ni Comelec Commissioner (Marlon) Casquejo na nag-meeting po ang project managem
ORGANIZERS of the annual Cebu Business Month (CBM) 2022 has outlined several business activities for six months starting June to make known that Cebu is back to business, stronger than before.Anchored on the theme, “Go Cebu!” with the tagline “Realign, Reinforce, Rebuild,” this year’s CBM 2022 envisions to help make businesses strong so it could create jobs and make a stronger local economy.“As we are all witnessing a transition into a post-pandemic society, we are inviting you to further Cebu’s
OUTGOING Lapu-Lapu City Rep. Paz Radaza has acknowledged the absence of outfall in all her drainage projects in the city but she stressed that it is still better than having no project at all to address the long-standing problem of flooding in the city.Radaza made the statement after reelected Mayor Junard “Ahong” Chan, whom she challenged in the mayoral race but lost, pointed out that the former’s drainage projects have no outfall, the place the drainage empties into a body of water—a sea, a ri
ON OCT. 22, 2021, a picture of then presidential candidate Bongbong Marcos being anointed by a well-known priest in Cebu went viral on social media.Msgr. Roberto Alesna, parish priest of the Archdiocesan Shrine of Sta. Teresa de Avila Parish in Talisay City, received heavy criticism for the act from people he knew and didn’t know, in public comments and in private messages.To them, he had breached the constitutional provision on the inviolability of the separation of the Church and State, and th
FORMER world champion Marlon Tapales made quick work of Mexican journeyman Jose Estrella after knocking him out in two rounds last Sunday, May 15 (PH time), at the Dignity Health Sports Park in Carson, California.The 30-year-old Tapales unleashed a vicious body shot that dropped Estrella to the canvas. Estrella tried to stand up but was counted out by referee Ray Corona at the 1:39 mark of the second round.Tapales won his third straight fight and improved to 36-3 with 19 knockouts.The 32-year-ol
OVER P800,000 worth of illegal drugs was seized during anti-narcotics operations in Talisay City, Cebu on Saturday, May 14, 2022.At 12:48 a.m., e-bike driver Junjie Labuca Cabuenas, 26, yielded 80 grams of shabu in Barangay Cansojong. The contraband’s value was pegged at P544,000.Talisay police chief Lt. Col. Randy Caballes said Cabuenas had been included in the list of personalities involved in illegal drug trade, or high value individuals. The suspect was caught in August 2019 for drug charges
A CEBUANA working student will graduate with flying colors as summa cum laude with a degree in accountancy at Kean University in New Jersey, USA.Wynell Omaña Morga, 22, of Green Village, Barangay Guadalupe, Cebu City, will receive the highest academic honor an institution can give for an undergraduate course during the university’s commencement exercise on May 19, 2022.“It was very unexpected, but it’s my ultimate goal. I just tried my best so that regardless of what the results were, I had no r
SEVEN barangay captains in Lapu-Lapu City, Cebu were arrested at 9:30 a.m. Monday, May 16, 2022 due to the oral defamation case filed against them by Mayor Junard “Ahong” Chan.Nabbed were Eduardo Cuizon, 63, of Barangay Bangkal; Eleonor Fontanoza, 57, of Barangay Gun-ob; Regina Ybañez, 63, of Barangay Looc; Triponia Abayan, 69, of Barangay Tungasan; Joselito Tibon, 56, of Barangay Subabasbas; Reynaldo Tampus, 60, of Barangay Canjulao; and Rosalino Abing, 63, of Barangay Maribago.They were arrest
IN A feat unheard of in modern Cebu basketball history, former Far Eastern University and Southwestern University star Monbert Arong scored an incredible 109 points in the Sure Cleaning Solutions-Hogs 151-126 win over the Chameleons in the Elite Basketball Cebu Season 18 on Saturday, May 14, at the Casals Gym.It was a breathtaking performance that obliterated the previous single-game scoring record of this league held by ex-University of San Carlos standout Jabby Bautista of 70 points.Arong, tho
