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Enlight Migration Consultancy expands presence in Bohol
Enlight Migration Consultancy expands presence in Bohol
Enlight Migration Consultancy commemorates a new breakthrough with the opening of its first satellite office located at Miguel Parras St., Poblacion 2, Tagbilaran City in Bohol, in service from 9AM to 6PM on weekdays and 8AM to 12NN every (...)
Cebu Daily Mail - 3 May 2024
Cebu City Niños sees homecourt advantage in CVIRAA hosting
Cebu City Niños sees homecourt advantage in CVIRAA hosting
CEBU CITY, Philippines — The perennial champions and the host team of the Central Visayas Regional Athletic Association (CVIRAA), the Cebu City Niños, will field a total of 524 athletes for the week-long meet from May 4-9 in various venues, (...)
Inquirer.net - 3 May 2024
1st LD Writethru: 6.0-magnitude quake hits central Philippines
MANILA, May 3 (Xinhua) -- An offshore earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.0 rocked Leyte province in the central Philippines on Friday, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said. The institute said the quake, which (...)
Manila News - 3 May 2024
World Press Freedom Day
Delegates to the 1st Philippine Media Safety Summit join a rally during World Press Freedom Day at the Boy Scout Circle in Quezon City on Friday (3 May 2024). MindaNews photo by BOBBY TIMONERA
Minda News - 3 May 2024
Carpenters in Sibonga fight over unreturned borrowed work tools, 1 found dead
Carpenters in Sibonga fight over unreturned borrowed work tools, 1 found dead
CEBU CITY, Philippines — A 60-year-old carpenter was found dead at a dried-up riverbed in Sibonga town, southern Cebu on early Thursday morning, May 2, after engaging in a fistfight with a colleague over borrowed work tools which the victim (...)
Cebu Daily Mail - 3 May 2024
1st LD Writethru: 6.0-magnitude quake hits central Philippines
MANILA, May 3 (Xinhua) -- An offshore earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.0 rocked Leyte province in the central Philippines on Friday, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said. The institute said the quake, which (...)
Philippine Times - 3 May 2024
Maradona’s children want to transfer his body from cemetery to mausoleum
By ASSOCIATED PRESS BUENOS AIRES (AP) — Children of the late soccer star Diego Maradona have asked a court in Argentina to authorize the transfer of his body from the private cemetery where he is buried to a mausoleum under construction in (...)
Tempo - 3 May 2024
Person of interest in stabbing of drunk e-bike driver in Talisay taken into custody
Person of interest in stabbing of drunk e-bike driver in Talisay taken into custody
CEBU CITY, Philippines — Police in Talisay City, Cebu have taken into custody a person of interest linked to the fatal stabbing of a 32-year-old e-bike driver along the road in Barangay Dumlog, Talisay City, Cebu on early Friday morning, May 3, (...)
Cebu Daily Mail - 3 May 2024
CVIRAA unfolds at the SRP tomorrow
CVIRAA unfolds at the SRP tomorrow
CEBU CITY, Philippines — It’s all systems go for the Central Visayas Regional Athletic Association (CVIRAA), which will have its opening ceremony tomorrow, Saturday, May 4, at the Festival Grounds of the South Road Properties (SRP) at 6:00 p.m. (...)
Cebu Daily Mail - 3 May 2024
Cebu City Niños sees homecourt advantage in CVIRAA hosting
Cebu City Niños sees homecourt advantage in CVIRAA hosting
CEBU CITY, Philippines — The perennial champions and the host team of the Central Visayas Regional Athletic Association (CVIRAA), the Cebu City Niños, will field a total of 524 athletes for the week-long meet from May 4-9 in various venues, (...)
Cebu Daily Mail - 3 May 2024
NBI director: Cedric Lee in custody
NBI director: Cedric Lee in custody
MANILA, Philippines — Director Mendardo de Lemos of the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) has confirmed that businessman Cedric Lee is in the custody of the bureau. De Lemos said yes when asked in a Viber message by Inquirer if Lee was in (...)
Cebu Daily Mail - 3 May 2024
SWU-Phinma Cobras to exit Cesafi after 2023-2024 season
SWU-Phinma Cobras to exit Cesafi after 2023-2024 season
CEBU CITY, Philippines — One of the core members of the Cebu Schools Athletic Foundation, Inc. (Cesafi), the Southwestern University (SWU) Cobras officially announced one last season on Friday, May 3. A statement signed by Cheryl P. Chan, Chief (...)
Cebu Daily Mail - 3 May 2024
Shooter of minors due to ‘rude stare’: Murder raps set to be filed
Shooter of minors due to ‘rude stare’: Murder raps set to be filed
CEBU CITY, Philippines — Local authorities are preparing to file charges of murder against the identified shooter responsible in the death of a minor and the wounding of another in Cebu City last Wednesday, May 1. Furthermore, similar charges (...)
Cebu Daily Mail - 3 May 2024
Dagupan, Aparri seen to have highest heat index at 47 °C on Friday – Pagasa
Dagupan, Aparri seen to have highest heat index at 47 °C on Friday – Pagasa
MANILA, Philippines — A highest heat index of 47 °C are expected to be experienced by Dagupan City and Cagayan’s Aparri town today, Friday, said the state weather bureau. Considered “dangerous”, the heat index in these two areas may cause heat (...)
Cebu Daily Mail - 3 May 2024
Israel builds ‘cyber dome’ against Iran’s hackers
Israel builds ‘cyber dome’ against Iran’s hackers
Israel’s Iron Dome defence system has long shielded it from incoming rockets. Now it is building a “cyber dome” to defend against online attacks, especially from arch foe Iran. “It is a silent war, one which is not visible,” said Aviram Atzaba, (...)
Cebu Daily Mail - 3 May 2024
Philippines sends message to China- Leave Scarborough Shoal now - BenarNews
Philippines sends message to China: Leave Scarborough Shoal now BenarNews
Manila News - 3 May 2024
Religious group engaged in investment solicitation says it’s selling rice at P20 per kilo
SAN FRANCISCO, Agusan del Sur (MindaNews / 3 May) — A group that local officials wanted to be investigated by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for possible violations of the Corporation Code and other laws, said they have been (...)
Minda News - 3 May 2024
Launching “Some People Need Killing” in the city of “The Punisher”
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 03 May) – The Philippine Book Tour of journalist Patricia Evangelista’s “Some People Need Killing: A Memoir of Murder in My Country” began in Payatas, Quezon City on April 8 where the author reunited with families of the (...)
Minda News - 3 May 2024
DA: Agri damage due to El Niño nears P6B
DA: Agri damage due to El Niño nears P6B
MANILA, Philippines — The ongoing El Niño drought is still causing serious damage to crops and animals nationwide, with losses now exceeding a third of what the Department of Agriculture (DA) reported just a week ago. As of April 30, the DA (...)
Cebu Daily Mail - 3 May 2024
A perfect storm for smuggling: New UNODC research on migrant smuggling in Southeast Asia reveals why people seek (...)
Bangkok (Thailand), 3 May 2024 - I left Myanmar because I felt unsafe. Ibrahim*, a Rohingya man in his twenties, said armed conflicts and intentional burnings of his village had forced everyone to flee. He's not the only one. New research from (...)
Philippine Times - 3 May 2024
China sending probe to less-explored far side of moon
TAIPEI, Taiwan - China is preparing to launch a lunar probe Friday that would land on the far side of the moon and return with samples that could provide insights into geological and other differences between the less-explored region and the (...)
Philippine Times - 3 May 2024
China sending probe to less-explored far side of moon
TAIPEI, Taiwan - China is preparing to launch a lunar probe Friday that would land on the far side of the moon and return with samples that could provide insights into geological and other differences between the less-explored region and the (...)
Manila News - 3 May 2024
‘Leave Scarborough Shoal,’ PH tells China in latest protest
‘Leave Scarborough Shoal,’ PH tells China in latest protest
MANILA, Philippines — The Philippines on Thursday urged China to leave Scarborough Shoal (Bajo de Masinloc) and nearby areas right away, following a water cannon attack by the Chinese coast guard on two Philippine government ships conducting a (...)
Cebu Daily Mail - 3 May 2024
Shabu worth P5.5M seized in Davao
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 3 May) – A total of 807.33 grams of shabu with an estimated value of around P5.5 million was seized in a joint buy-bust operation conducted by police and the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency-Davao around 1:00 a.m. on (...)
Minda News - 3 May 2024
Philippines summons Chinese envoy over South China Sea water cannon attack
New Delhi [India], May 3 (ANI): The Delhi High Court has viewed that there is an urgent need to rehabilitate and relocate the Ghazipur Dairy and Bhalswa Dairy, as they are situated adjacent to the Sanitary Landfill Sites ('SLFS'). The court (...)
Manila News - 3 May 2024
Philippines summons Chinese envoy over South China Sea water cannon attack
New Delhi [India], May 3 (ANI): The Delhi High Court has viewed that there is an urgent need to rehabilitate and relocate the Ghazipur Dairy and Bhalswa Dairy, as they are situated adjacent to the Sanitary Landfill Sites ('SLFS'). The court (...)
Philippine Times - 3 May 2024
Gov’t debt slightly drops to P14.93T
Gov’t debt slightly drops to P14.93T
The national government’s total debt dropped to P14.93 trillion as of the end of March, down 1.67 percent from the previous month’s P15.12 trillion. This was because more money was repaid for domestic government loans than was borrowed. The (...)
Cebu Daily Mail - 3 May 2024