No Quick Fix for Cebu’s Brownouts: New Power Plants Won’t Arrive Until 2028

Public high schools across Cebu Province were set to receive at least 600 metal detectors as the provincial government expanded efforts to address school violence and strengthen campus security. Read more »

Metro Cebu’s air quality is deteriorating, but the problem is not coming from forest fires in Indonesia. Read more »

Sugarcane farmers and plantation workers in Capiz affected by the red-striped soft scale insect (RSSI) infestation are beginning to receive emergency financial assistance. Read more »

The Catholic Diocese of Kalibo has restated its opposition to gambling on Boracay, calling on provincial and municipal officials to weigh the welfare of families above the revenue a newly opened hotel-casino on the island may bring. Read more »

More than 300,000 workers in Central Visayas will see their daily minimum wage increase by P42 beginning October 13, following the approval of a new wage order for the region Read more »