Kobe Bryant wows Filipino fans
NBA Superstar Kobe Bryant surprises fans as he wears the FEU jersey as a teammate of the UAAP All-Stars and plays against the SMART Gilas team in their exhibition game. Photos by Jerome Ascano/NPPA Images.
THE Department of Public Works and Highways in Central Visayas (DPWH 7) has secured funding for the repair of the unfinished road project near the Marcelo Fernan Bridge along UN Avenue in Mandaue City.DPWH 7 Planning and Design Division Chief Nonato Paylado said Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2022, that their central office has allocated P13 million for the repair of the dilapidated road.The agency will conduct a public bidding and the winning contractor will carry out the repair.Paylado, an engineer, said th
A COMPANY based in Australia has proposed to the Cebu City Government the construction of a US$1 million modular waste-to-energy (WTE) facility that it claims can clean tons of waste that are still stuck in the closed Inayawan Sanitary Landfill.The NRG Group Australia stated in its unsolicited proposal that it will build the WTE facility at no cost to the City Government, but the project will be carried out through a joint venture agreement (JVA).Anthony Aucone, the company’s executive director,
I write this as a rejoinder to Nini Cabaero’s Sunday column, “Retirees Money,” which talks about the creation of Maharlika Investment Fund (MIF) through an act of Congress using, among others, contributions from members of the Government Service Insurance System and Social Security System.Accordingly, a bill is now in the House of Representatives, filed by no less than the Speaker of the House and the presidential son. The bill aims to establish the said fund, which will put the Chief Executive
TRADE Secretary Fred Pascual has signed the Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR) of Republic Act (RA) 11904, otherwise known as the Philippine Creative Industries Development Act (PCIDA).The PCIDA, which lapsed into law on July 28, 2022, mandates the development of a vibrant Philippine creative industries by protecting and strengthening the rights and capacities of creative firms, artists, artisans, creators, creative workers, indigenous cultural communities, creative content providers, and
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A CEBU-BASED businessman has been appointed by President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. as the new presidential assistant for the Visayas.Terence Calatrava formally took his oath of office before Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin at Malacañang on Tuesday, December 6, 2022.In a statement sent to SunStar Cebu, Calatrava will serve as head of the Office of the Presidential Assistant for the Visayas (OPAV), representing the President in Western, Central and Eastern Visayas regions, and coordinate
“... I was in prison and you visited me.” Matthew 25:36In the gospels, Christ specifies that visiting prisoners is one work of mercy that helps one get admitted into the kingdom of heaven. Judging, however, from the notoriously subhuman conditions in our prisons, taking care of prisoners would look to be the least of predominantly Christian Philippine society’s concerns. Not that it cares for the other works of mercy (clothing the naked, healing the sick, feeding the hungry) either.It is this wr
CHONG Hua Hospital (CHH) of Cebu City was recently recognized by the Department of Health (DOH) as one of the country’s top hospitals in the 2022 Hospital Star Awards.At the award ceremony held at JPark Island Resort and Waterpark in Lapu-Lapu City, CHH received the DOH’s Exemplary Covid-19 Pandemic Responders award. CHH was among the only five hospitals nationwide with this accolade.The Hospital Star Awards is an annual DOH-hosted ceremony that aims to appreciate medical institutions that striv
CEBU City Mayor Michael Rama sees the impending acquisition of Filipino billionaire businessman Enrique Razon’s firm of a local waste management company as a positive development in the quest to solve the city’s garbage issue.If ever the Razon group would enter a business deal with the City Government, Rama said in a press conference Monday, Dec. 5, 2022 that he would endorse the matter to the City Council for its approval.Prime Integrated Waste Solutions Inc. (Piwsi), a Prime Infra subsidiary,
MODERN public utility jeepneys (MPUJs) that have been issued a special permit by the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) can travel again.Eduardo Montealto Jr., LTFRB 7 director, said he allowed MPUJs to travel under special permits following the request of local government units (LGUs) due to the increased number of passengers especially this holiday season.“We have sent them all back. Some have returned on Friday, but this is only a special permit, not their route,” sa
CEBU Governor Gwendolyn Garcia will hold a design competition for floating cottages that will be built off the coast of Cordova town on Mactan Island.Garcia has formed a group that will look into the rehabilitation of Cordova waters, as the Province and Cordova Municipal Government prepare for the reopening of the town’s floating cottages to tourists.“I’m going to form this group that will lay down the guidelines because we are going to launch a competition for the design and total masterplan of
THE Cebu City Police Office (CCPO) and Cebu City Government have decided to file an alarm and scandal charges against the two groups that were involved in a riot on Gen. Maxilom Avenue around 4 a.m. Saturday, December 3, 2022.A video of the incident was uploaded by a certain Grace Panugaling on her Facebook page and it later went viral.The two groups were summoned to the office of CCPO Chief Police Colonel Ireneo Dalogdog in the afternoon of the same day and it was found out that jealousy was th
THE Department of Education in Central Visayas (DepEd 7) said Christmas parties within schools, both public and private, must be voluntary.DepEd 7 Director Salustiano Jimenez told SunStar Cebu on Monday, December 5, 2022, that they will be giving schools full discretion if they want to organize Christmas parties.Jimenez reminded those schools that opted to have Christmas parties to observe the proper guidelines, particularly the health protocols, such as proper distancing, hand washing, and sani
WORLD—RATED Joey Canoy got a huge boost in his goal for a world title shot after winning the vacant Oriental and Pacific Boxing Federation (OPBF) light flyweight strap with a seventh round technical knockout of experienced Japanese Kenichi Horikawa on Dec. 4 at the Edion Arena in Osaka, Japan.The 29-year-old Canoy destroyed Horikawa with a vicious left uppercut to the jaw that knocked him out cold. The referee didn’t bother to count and waved off the fight in the 1:01 mark of the seventh stanza.
MORE than 100 police personnel and force multipliers will be deployed to 35 Catholic churches in Cebu City to ensure security during the Simbang Gabi, which will start on December 16, 2022.Police Colonel Ireneo Dalogdog, chief of the Cebu City Police Office (CCPO), said they will intensify the security in the city’s churches, as hundreds of people are expected to flock to these areas for the dawn masses.“We have identified 35 big or major churches dito sa area of responsibility namin, and we wil
NO ILLEGAL drugs, weapons and gadgets were found during separate surprise greyhound inspections conducted by the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency in Central Visayas (PDEA 7) at the Cebu City Jail Male dormitory and at the Medellin District Jail in Medellin town, northern Cebu on Tuesday dawn, Dec. 6, 2022.Unlike the previous operations where narcotic agents seized contraband, PDEA 7 information officer Leia Alcantara said during the two operations, they had not confiscated any except for a sma
AT LEAST three persons of interest in the shooting of a policeman in San Remigio town in northern Cebu were subjected to paraffin testing to determine the presence of gunpowder residue.Police Major Wendell Abellana, chief of San Remegio Police Station, said in an interview with SunStar Cebu that they are now waiting for the result of the test to determine who among them had fired a shot.Abellana said they have also three to five witnesses who could give information on the shooting of 38-year-old
THE chief of Talamban Police Station admitted having a hard time resolving the case involving six persons from Ozamis City who went missing on September 26, 2022 after checking in at a motel in Barangay Talamban, Cebu City.Police Major Alvin Llamedo, Talamban police chief, said nobody came to their office yet, including the one who sought the help of Senator Raffy Tulfo, to ask their assistance in locating the missing individuals.The group reportedly went to Cebu City to accompany a patient who
The role of architects in creating built environments that are deeply rooted to the communities that they are in is something people should learn to appreciate. These buildings should not only tell vibrant stories of people and their aspirations in different timelines but must also clearly mirror the design innovations, which are products of numerous lessons picked up through history.Putting “excellent” design into the psyche of society allows people to give it relevant value. Aimed to recognize
NO DRUGS, weapons and gadgets were found during the surprise greyhound inspections conducted by the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency in Central Visayas (PDEA 7) at the Cebu City Jail Male dormitory and the Medellin District Jail in Medellin town, northern Cebu on Tuesday dawn, December 6, 2022.Unlike the previous operations where narcotic agents seized contraband, PDEA 7 information officer Leia Alcantara said that in Tuesday’s (December 6), operations they had not confiscated any except for a