Philippines: Mactan-Cebu International Airport terminal inaugurated
In the Central Philippines, the Mactan-Cebu International Airport’s (MCIA) Terminal 2 (T2) building was inaugurated earlier this month. Image/CIA Construction of the new terminal building officially started in More...
Kim Chiu extends lead as ‘Most Beautiful Woman in the Philippines for 2014’ after one week of voting
Just days after bagging the Celebrity of the Year and the Actress of the Year awards, among others at the 2014 Yahoo! Celebrity Awards, “Bride for Rent” star Kim Chiu has extended her lead in early More...
Stephanie Tiro Sitoy of Cebu is crowned Mrs. Philippines Globe 2014
A 43-year-old physician who practices at Cebu Doctors’ University College of Medicine was crowned Mrs. Philippines Globe 2014, besting 22 other women Saturday night at the SMX Convention Center, SM Aura More...
Suspected typhoid outbreak in northern Cebu
The Regional Epidemiology and Surveillance Unit (RESU) of the Department of Health (DOH) 7 is monitoring suspected typhoid fever cases in Danao City in northern Cebu, according to a Philippines News Agency report More...
Philippines: Mass vaccination campaign launched in Tacloban, Cebu
In an effort to prevent infectious disease outbreaks among the vulnerable in the hardest hit areas of the Philippines in the wake of Super-Typhoon Haitan (Yolanda), the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Philippines More...
Philippines: Medical supplies arriving in Visayas, severe damage to the fisheries and agriculture sectors reported
Relief efforts are on the way in the areas in which Typhoon Yolanda ravaged, places like Tacloban and Cebu, to include food, water and medical supplies. Pray for the PhilippinesImage/Facebook The World Health Organization More...
Typhoon Yolanda makes it way through the Philippines, expected to leave PAR Saturday morning
The most powerful storm of the year made landfall Friday morning on the island of Samar with pounding rain and wind gusts up to 275 kph will soon be out of the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR) and headed More...
Typhoon Yolanda now a category 5 storm as it heads straight to the Central Philippines
The very powerful super-typhoon, Yolanda (International name: Haiyan) is on a collision course with the Eastern Visayas area of the Philippines packing maximum sustained winds of 215 kph, with gusts up to 250 kph, More...
Rescue efforts difficult after Philippines earthquake, death toll up to 144
The latest numbers reported from the Central Philippines post- earthquake reveal that the death count has risen to 144 victims, with hundreds reportedly injured. Image/CIA Specifically, at least 134 people died More...
Philippines: The ferry, MV Thomas Aquinas, collides with cargo ship near Cebu, 32 Dead And 170 Still Missing
In a maritime disaster on Friday, a ferry, carrying more than 800 passengers and crew crashed into a cargo ship just about one kilometer outside of Cebu, according to a Reuters report. Cebu, PhilippinesImage/Video More...
Virgin Mary statue reportedly ‘cries blood’ in Cebu, Philippines
Neighbors from around Barangay Tisa, Cebu City flocked to the home of Victor Jude Rayla Tuesday to see a 12 inch statute of the Virgin Mary, an icon found in many Filipino homes. Virgin Mary icon cries bloodImage/Video More...
Cebu reports typhoid fever in Badian town
Typhoid has sickened at least five people in the 3rd class municipality of Badian in southern Cebu, Philippines, prompting authorities to test the water supply that serves the area, according to a GMA News More...
Filipina, Rizzini Alexis Gomez, crowned Miss Tourism International 2012
Rizzini Alexis GomezImage/Rizzini Alexis Gomez Facebook page Just on the heels of Bataan’s Janine Tugonon’s second place showing at the Miss Universe pageant a little over a week ago, another Filipina More...
