Cebu among areas getting US aid

CEBU – Washington said it is providing - through the U.S. Agency for International Development – additional P17.5 million ($350,000) to support ecosystem and community recovery and this brings the total U.S. government aid for Typhoon Odette relief and recovery efforts to nearly P1.1 billion ($21.54 million). 

Congress urged to fund NTF-ELCAC programs

CEBU CITY – Bohol Governor Arthur Yap has urged members of Congress to show their sincerity in resolving the decades-old old insurgency problems by approving the funding for barangay-level development projects.

1.8 million people vaccinated in Central Visayas

CEBU CITY – The Department of Health said at least 1.8 million people in Cebu, Bohol, Negros Oriental and Siquijor had been inoculated against the Covid-19 disease as mass vaccination continues in the region of about 5.6 million population.

‘Moalboal is top diving spot’

THE 2021 World Travel Awards has hailed the Philippines again as Asia’s leading beach and dive destination with Moalboal town in Cebu is among the top diving spots named by WTA along with the Tubbataha Reefs Natural Park in Palawan, Anilao in Batangas, Malapascua, and Balicasag, Panglao, and Anda in Bohol; and Puerto Galera in Oriental Mindoro.

16 Cebu, Bohol hotels secure WTTC Safe Travels Stamp

DOZENS OF Philippine hotels have so far secured the World Travel and Tourism Council (WTTC) Safe Travels Stamp, indicating an increase in tourism establishments that have adapted global health standardized protocols, Tourism Secretary Bernadette Puyat said.

Cebu, Visayas proclaimed Best Islands in Asia

CEBU PROVINCE proves to be a place which has stayed in the heart and mind of travelers when travel itself began to be out of reach in 2020 in the face of a pandemic.

Cebu City under ECQ

CEBU CITY has been placed under Enhanced Community Quarantine (ECQ) following a spike in coronavirus cases.

Bohol eyes economic zone fronting Cebu

BOHOL GOVERNOR Arthur Yap said the province has to diversify its economic activity, especially at this time of the coronavirus pandemic, instead of concentrating on tourism alone.

IATF eyes Bohol as model for business reopening

TAGBILARAN CITY – The impressive management against the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) situation in Bohol province has won the nod of the national government to make the province one of the models for the reopening of Philippine tourism and stirring back the economy.