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NewsSunstarSeares: Rama warns on Cebu City's large Covid spending: 'We'll have a huge problem tomorrow.'
Next mayor: '... O ako ba'CEBU City Vice Mayor Mike Rama has not formally announced his plan for 2022: whether he'll run for mayor, instead of congressman or vice mayor again. But his public
SportsSunstarNaturalization of Ateneo’s Angelo Kouame already in the works
The process to naturalize Ateneo’s Ivorian big man Angelo Kouame is already underway.This was revealed by Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas (SBP) special assistant to the president Ryan Gregorio as they
SportsSunstarMeralco, NLEX aim for second straight win
The Meralco Bolts and the NLEX Road Warriors seek to keep within striking distance of the upper-tier teams in the leaderboard when they duke it out in the PBA Philippine Cup on Friday, October 23, 2020,
SportsSunstarChooks 3x3 commish Eric Altamirano issues stern warning to Chris Lalata for JGDL incident
Chooks-to-Go Pilipinas 3x3 President's Cup commissioner Eric Altamirano issued a stern warning to Bacolod’s Chris Lalata for the incident that involved him and Nueva Ecija’s Juan Gomez de Liano
SportsSunstarAlvin Pasaol embraces new facet of his game
Davaoeño Alvin Pasaol has made a name for himself in the country’s basketball scene for his innate ability to score buckets.In the first leg of the 2020 Chooks-to-Go Pilipinas 3×3 powered by TM last
NewsSunstar2 sitios under lockdown
AROUND 189 households in the small island-barangay of Hilotongan in Bantayan town, northern Cebu, were placed under granular lockdown starting Thursday, Oct. 22, 2020.This following an increase in Covid-19
NewsSunstarPope Francis favors same-sex civil unions
POPE Francis endorsed same-sex civil unions for the first time as pontiff while being interviewed for the feature-length documentary “Francesco,” which premiered on Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2020, at the
HealthSunstarCimatu to Cebu City: Have ‘zero cases’
AFTER Cebu City was able to bring down its number of active Covid-19 cases for several weeks, the next challenge given to City officials is to finally bring the cases down to zero.Environment Secretary
NewsSunstarPolice haul P160M shabu in Lapu, Cebu cities
THE police seized around P160 million worth of illegal drugs and caught eight persons in separate anti-narcotics operations in the cities of Lapu-Lapu and Cebu in the past two days.The biggest haul happened
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DPWH 7 to turn over dorms, isolation facilities
NEW healthcare facilities for treatment and isolation of Covid-19 patients will be inaugurated and turned over to their respective local government units in Cebu on Friday, Oct. 23, 2020.The facilities,
LifestyleSunstarNew eats around town
Despite many people still working and studying from home, there’s no shortage of new bites to try. Even business owners have made it even more convenient for us to have these food items delivered to
LifestyleSunstarManulife ambassador Sarah G. talks about better future
SIMILAR to many Filipinos, pop superstar and Manulife brand ambassador Sarah Geronimo-Guidicelli found herself worried and anxious, because of the Covid-19 pandemic.However, she discovered that, by taking
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BaiCon: Get ready for the space invasion
THE biggest gathering of creators and influencers in the Philippines is happening again this Oct. 23 to 24 with 67 plus creators and influencers from all over the world in attendance, including Erwan Heussaff,
BusinessSunstarOf 3,000 vendors who got swabbed for Covid-19, only 1 tests positive
ONLY one of 3,000 vendors who availed themselves of the Lapu-Lapu City Government’s free swab testing was found positive for the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19).Grace Mary Carungay, Lapu-Lapu City’s
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5 PDEA agents in Dumaguete relieved for illegal operation
FIVE members of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) in Dumaguete City, Negros Oriental have been relieved after it was discovered that they illegally arrested five targets during an anti-drug
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3 Del Mar bills seek to help poor families in severe hunger, prevent stunting of children
REPRESENTATIVE Raul del Mar of Cebu City’s north district has filed three bills that seek to help the poor, save families in severe hunger and prevent the stunting of children.The bills were filed with
SportsSunstarAlaska hands Rain or Shine first loss
THE Alaska Aces hung tough down the stretch to nip the previously unbeaten Rain or Shine Elasto Painters, 89-88, in the PBA Philippine Cup on Thursday night, October 22, 2020, at the AUF Sports Arena &
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Study shows students prefer online learning
MAJORITY of students feel that online learning is the way to go in continuing their education.This was the finding during the two-week active Learning Enrichment Program (LEP) organized by Thames International
NewsSunstarEditorial: Culture of corruption
The tragedy in all these is that they are so commonplace to have become an accepted fact of life—all the sloppy work of the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH). For decades, taxpayers have
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Malilong: The three G’s have landed in America
A burned ballot box . A fully-armed policeman donning a campaign propaganda while inside a voting center. Gun-brandishing private armies roaming the streets. Threats of death and physical harm. Black propaganda.
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Carvajal: Basic contradiction
In 2021 the Philippine Catholic Church is scheduled to celebrate 500 years of Christianity. Past and present realities, however, viewed through a secular sociological lens puts a celebration’s fit in
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Tell it to SunStar: Red-tagging by any other name
AN ARTISTS group slammed Antonio Parlade’s condescending statement on actress Liza Soberano as a shameful example of red-tagging instigated by a public official.In a public statement, Parlade warned
BusinessSunstarPork producers assure enough meat supply this Christmas
THE Central Visayas Pork Producers Cooperative (Cevippco) has assured consumers in the region that it has more than enough meat supply for the upcoming holidays.Cevippco president Paul Holaysan told SunStar
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Farmers, fisherfolks to receive cash assistance
SMALL rice farmers will receive cash assistance from the excess money collected from rice tariffs while fisherfolk, corn, coconut and sugar farmers, as well as indigenous peoples will receive cash and
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Cebu Landmasters logs P10.5B reservation sales
PROPERTY developer in VisMin Cebu Landmasters Inc. (CLI) has posted P10.5 billion in reservation sales in the first nine months of the year, a 14 percent increase year-on-year.The sustained demand is
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