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Different testimonies from students who experienced sexual harassment from their teachers testified before the hearing of a Senate committee. Read more details here.

KEY ISSUES. [1] A presidential executive order (EO) may affirm Cebu City Mayor Michael Rama’s EO on face masks but what if there are still differences in scope or application, whose order will prevail in this city?[2] Still to be resolved is the issue of national authority during emergency versus local autonomy. Laws are not clear or specific and there’s no jurisprudence that squarely applies.[3] But without serious enforcement, such as widespread arrests by police, disputes between national off

The LTO said that the computers causing high volumes of traffic in its online registration system are already in their custody. More details here.

LAPU-LAPU City Mayor Junard “Ahong” Chan has welcomed the decision of the Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases to lift the mandatory wearing of face masks in open spaces across the country.“Well, maayo na. It’s a good development ang face mask pwede na dili na isul-ob og mga outdoor,” Chan told reporters Thursday, September 8, 2022.Chan reiterated that some people have trouble breathing outdoors with a mask on due to the heat.“So, at least dili na kaa

THE Mandaue City Council will amend its face mask ordinance once President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. approves the Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases' recommendation of voluntary face mask wearing outdoors.Vice Mayor Glenn Bercede issued the statement on Thursday, September 8, 2022.Bercede said the council will wait for the IATF directive before deliberating the amendment of the City’s face mask ordinance."It is best that there is approval from

A video on Facebook and TikTok claims to show lawyers of four dissenting electoral commissioners being removed from Kenya's Supreme Court in Nairobi during a hearing challenging the outcome of the August presidential ballot. But this is false: the clip was filmed in 2020 and shows the removal from Kitui County Assembly premises of lawyers representing a former governor facing impeachment.The video shows a group of men dressed in suits being escorted from a gated building and was published on Fac

Everything seems to be running short these days in the Philippines after officials reported a shortage in salt amid supply issues and problems with local production. What's next?

WITH the success of the Night Market on Rizal Street, downtown Zamboanga City, the City Government is expanding operations to Baban Street in Baliwasan village.This, as Mayor John Dalipe issued Executive Order No. JD 2022-042, launching a night market along Ricardo Baban Street in Baliwasan and creating the Night Market Committee (NMC) tasked to regulate the operation of the same.Dalipe said in his EO that the second night market shall operate from 6 p.m. until midnight, Mondays to Sundays.It sa

THE Department of Tourism – Central Visayas’ (DOT7) DIVE7 set the region’s premier dive destinations before the local and international market with the highest participation rate among clustered areas at the just-concluded Philippine International Dive Expo (PHIDEX) 2022.DIVE7, together with cooperating stakeholders, staged well-explored and newly-discovered diving sites in a 45-square meter booth, the biggest at the event. Exhibiting with DIVE7 were Bohol Beach Club, Amigos Dive Center and Devo

Human Rights Watch said that the senseless killings have not stopped, and impunity continues to reign supreme in the Philippines. Will the ICC halt its investigation?

After news of a woman accused of killing two children in Ethiopia emerged in early September, social media in the country was awash with an image purporting to show the suspect. However, AFP Fact Check found that this is an old photo; it shows a woman who was detained by Ethiopian police in 2018 on suspicion of carrying explosives during a ceremony to welcome political activist Jawar Mohammed back home from exile. “This is the woman who tragically killed two children yesterday in Addis Ababa,” r

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The banker’s guarantee and performance bond needed to hire Filipino domestic workers has now been abolished. "Christmas in September" for Filipinos?

First a shortage, now a surplus

METROPOLITAN Cebu Water District (MCWD) chairman Jose Daluz III admitted that he personally prefers the nomination of former city administrator Floro Casas to be the new assistant general manager of the government-owned utility provider.In an interview with SunStar Cebu Wednesday, September 7, 2022, Daluz said that despite his preference, the decision remains with the general manager and the entire MCWD board of directors.Daluz also denied the allegations of the MCWD employee’s union (MEU) that

ELECTRIC tricycle (e-trike) drivers in Barangay Pooc, Talisay City who are often drunk, don’t bathe and are not presentable while taking passengers are now forewarned.This after officials of the coastal barangay recently approved an ordinance that will require e-trike drivers to follow basic hygiene practices such as bathing properly and applying deodorant if they want to keep their livelihood.Violators, especially those caught emitting foul body odor, will pay a fine of P100 for the first offen

The world mourns the passing of Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom.She was a constant in many people’s lives, having ruled for 70 years. She will be missed, even here in the Philippines, which has never been part of her realm.Her death on Thursday, Sept. 8, 2022, came as quite a shock, but it was inevitable. She was, after all, 96.And boy, what a life she had.Elizabeth Alexandra Mary ascended the throne during the height of the Cold War. She lived through the tumultuous 1960s and the “Me D

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THE Cebu City Government will demolish the regional offices of the Bureau of Fire and Protection (BFP) and the Land Transportation Office (LTO) on N. Bacalso Ave. to give way for the construction of the city’s command center and a wellness center.Gerry Carillo, chairman of the Cebu City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council told SunStar Cebu Friday, Sept. 9, 2022, he was tasked by Mayor Michael Rama to lead negotiations with the BFP and LTO Central Visayas offices to vacate the City Gov

WEARING of face masks inside public utility vehicles (PUVs) in Cebu and other parts of Central Visayas is still mandatory amid the easing of the face mask policy.This was the call of the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) 7 Director Eduardo Montealto Jr. to operators and drivers of PUVs.The Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) for the Management of Emerging Diseases has announced that it recommended the optional wearing of face masks in open spaces across the country to Presi