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AFTER more than a century since it started operation, the Vicente Sotto Memorial Medical Center (VSMMC) on B. Rodriguez Street in uptown Cebu City is now sporting a new look.The management of VSMMC headed by its medical chief, Dr. Gerardo Aquino, unveiled the tertiary hospital’s new facade and its giant logo located at the lower left of the main building on Friday night, May 27, 2022.“The unveiling of the new façade also entails the rebranding of the external appearance of VSMMC enhancing its re
CONGRESSIONAL funding is still needed before the old city jail facility in Mandaue City can be converted into the new campus of the city’s community college.This was what Mandaue City congresswoman-elect Emmarie “Lolypop” Ouano-Dizon said when SunStar Cebu asked her about the project on Friday, May 27, 2022.Dizon, who will represent the newly created Mandaue City lone district starting June 30, said she plans to seek funds for the transfer of the city’s jail from its current location in Barangay
Homegrown Filipino basketball talent Kai Sotto is projected as the 49th overall pick by the Sacramento Kings in Sports Illustrated's mock NBA draft.
Macmac Tallo hit the biggest shot of the tournament so far, as he made a deuce to give Cebu Chooks a thrilling 21-19 victory over Zavkhan MMC Energy to enter the 2022 Chooks-to-Go FIBA 3x3 World Tour Manila Masters playoffs on Saturday at Ayala Malls Manila Bay.The Philippines' top 3x3 player swished the game-winning deuce to put down the hard-working Mongolians, which led for most of the game before falling to Tallo’s heroics.Tallo finished with three points, three rebounds, and four assists in
TALISAY City and six other towns in Cebu Province remain under Alert Level 1 status starting June 1 to June 15, 2022.Dr. Mary Jean Loreche, chief pathologist of the Department of Health Central Visayas (DOH 7), said Talisay City and the towns of Alcoy, Borbon, Oslob, Pilar, Santander and Tudela will remain under Alert Level 1 status for the said period.Loreche clarified this on Saturday, May 28, a day after the Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) announced the alert level status of local government u
ABOUT 600 poll workers in Cebu Province who served during the recently concluded general elections have yet to claim their honararium and allowances.Lawyer Jerome Brillantes, acting elections supervisor of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) Cebu Provincial Office, told SunStar Cebu that about 95 percent or 11,400 poll workers were able to receive their honorarium, as of Thursday, May 27, 2022.Brillantes said the province has more than 12,000 poll workers who served during the May 9 polls.He s
Following her performance, Filipino-Japanese actress Stefanie Arianne told Yahoo Philippines that she hopes for "more Filipino representations in Hollywood."
SUN Savings Bank inked an additional P100 million loan facility with the state-owned Land Bank of the Philippines (Landbank) to assist public school teachers in Cebu Province to rebuild and repair their homes devastated by Typhoon Odette and fund their children's college education.The loan signing ceremony between Sun Savings Bank and Landbank was held at the Casino Español de Cebu in Cebu City, Friday, May 27, 2022.Present in the event were Sun Savings president and chief executive officer Fran
A joke post about the sprawling campus of the state-run University of the Philippines (UP) purportedly being converted into the world's biggest shopping mall was repeatedly shared on Facebook -- and misled some social media users. A university official told AFP the claim is untrue and "runs counter to UP's legal mandate"."U.P. Diliman Campus To Be Converted To The World's Biggest Mall!" reads a screenshot shared on Facebook on May 13.It features an image of a building in UP's main campus in Dili
While the world is slowly recovering from the pandemic, the entertainment industry is continuing to churn out its best work in recent years. Netflix has allowed the growth of regional projects outside of Hollywood, and the diverse line-up of shows make for a very entertaining viewing experience.Check out what’s coming in hot on Netflix this June (all dates subject to change without prior notice):“Peaky Blinders: Season 6” (June 10)This British drama has amassed hundreds of thousands of fans arou
THE Department of Health (DOH) has dismissed rumors that the government will give incentives and awards to individuals who have allegedly fallen victim or have had bad experiences with coronavirus disease (Covid-19) vaccines.DOH made the clarification in an advisory Thursday, May 26, 2022, after learning that there are messages circulating as false promises and offers of vaccine incentives.“We urge everyone to always check official DOH sources before forwarding anything," it said, as the departm
Guido Van der Valk pulled off all the stops down the stretch to take down Miguel Tabuena in sudden death and capture the title in the ICTSI Splendido Taal Championship on Friday in Laurel, Batangas.Van der Valk sank an incredible birdie putt from way out on the 72nd hole to tie then took advantage of Miguel Tabuena’s pulled drive in sudden death to pull off the title-clinching win.Van der Valk pulled through on an early blast to battle back from 2-down to 2-up over Clyde Mondilla but lost a two-
FOUR individuals got injured in a road accident along the national highway in Barangay Buanoy, Balamban town, southwest Cebu on Saturday morning, May 28, 2022.Staff Sergeant Readan Lara, investigating officer of Balamban Police Station, said the incident took place when a certain Perlito Villahermosa, 35, branch manager ofTranscycle Mart, of Barangay Cabiangon, Pinamungahan town, southwest Cebu, lost control of his motorcycle as he overtook another vehicle, hitting the motorcyclefrom the opposit
A SECURITY guard was arrested for allegedly molesting a minor in Sitio Fatima, Barangay Jubay, Liloan town, northern Cebu on Thursday evening, May 26, 2022.Master Sergeant Girlie Echaluce of the Women and Children's Protection Desk of Liloan Police Station identified the suspect as Fermen Abear, 38, a security guard from Queen Capila Agency, and a native of Argao town in southern Cebu but currently residing in Barangay Basak, Mandaue City.Echaluce told SunStar Cebu that the mother called for hel
THE Central Visayas Football Association (CVFA) U-19 team will be competing in a series of friendlies in preparation for its campaign in the Philippine Football Federation (PFF) U-19 National Championship 2022 Second Division.The CVFA squad is scheduled to play against Negros Occidental Football Association U-19 team on May 29 in San Carlos City. The squad will travel to Bacolod City and face Negros United the next day.On May 31, CVFA takes on Dolphins FC and then finally against CVFA’s U-17 tea
The judge presiding over the Johnny Depp and Amber Heard defamation trial said mobile phone alarms that interrupted the closing arguments were an "Amber alert" warning of a child in danger, a claim that immediately started trending on Twitter. But the ringing was actually a warning sent by the National Weather Service in Fairfax County, Virginia where the trial was held."An AMBER alert interrupted Amber Heard's closing argument — you can't make this stuff up. Think the universe is on point with
DEON Motors and the ARQ Builders got their respective campaigns in the 1st Mayor Michael Rama Inter-Commercial Basketball League 2022 off to victorious starts as they put down their respective opponents on Friday, May 27, 2022, at the Cebu City Sports Institute.Deon Motors defeated Truck N Trail Transport Services, 74-68, while the ARQ Builders beat Fighter Fifty, 94-86.It was a close game between Deon Motors and Truck N Trail but the former made their move in the third, and led, 61-53, heading
A 23-YEAR-OLD motorcycle rider died after hitting a fire hydrant along the national highway in Barangay Cogon, Bogo City at 2:10 a.m. Friday, May 27, 2022.The victim identified as Jhon Pagubo Nuñez, a construction worker from Purok 1, Tagnonok, Barangay Salag, Tabogon town, reportedly overtook a tanker truck but instead crashed into a fire hydrant after losing control of his motorcycle, according to Lieutenant Colonel Florendo Fajardo, chief of Bogo City Police Station.The victim, who was not we
THERE are no expiring vaccines in Central Visayas for the month of June 2022.Dr. Mary Jean Loreche, chief pathologist of the Department of Health (DOH) in Central Visayas, said they received about 11,083,947 doses of vaccines and that 10,036,335 doses have so far been distributed to different local government units (LGUs) in the region, as of Friday, May 27, 2022.Loreche said the 1,047,612 doses are currently in the custody of DOH-Central Visayas for the vaccination of the national government ag
FOR the first time in Cebu’s political history, a married couple will sit as members of the House of Representatives at the same time.Cebu congresswoman-elect Daphne Lagon and her husband, reelected Ako Bisaya Party-list Rep. Sonny Lagon, won in their respective races in the May 9, 2022 polls.Daphne, a neophyte politician, got 82,443 votes in a five-way race for the Cebu 6th District congressional seat. She will succeed outgoing Cebu Rep. Emmarie “Lolypop” Ouano-Dizon, who won the congressional
