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  • Stakeholders wondered whether heritage was a priority of Mayor-elect Nestor Archival, then he stood them upJune 15, 2025
    People started leaving one hour and 30 minutes after the scheduled start of Saturday afternoon’s forum on heritage with Cebu City Mayor-elect Nestor Archival. An academic and top university official I shared a table with said she, like many, was promptly at the venue on the scheduled start.
  • Archbishop Palma’s statement: Encouraging but we need actionFebruary 3, 2025
    Cebu Archbishop Jose Palma said the problem on sexual abuse by the clergy needs a “new paradigm.” Palma issued the statement in reaction to the publication by a US watchdog of a list of 82 priests and brothers publicly accused of the sexual abuse of minors. Of the 82, 10 have links to Cebu.
  • Cebu BPO linked to P2.5 billion scam victimizing elderly authors in US; 3 arrestedJanuary 19, 2025
    TWO executives of a Cebu-based business process outsourcing (BPO) company have been arrested along with a United States-based officer for allegations of defrauding elderly authors in the US of almost $44 million or more than P2.5 billion.
  • MEETING. Cebu Gov. Gwendolyn Garcia meets with representatives of the Archdiocese of Cebu to discuss the issue on the return of the Boljoon pulpit panels. (PHOTO BY MAX LIMPAG)
    Gov Gwen to announce case against NMP; DOT offers help in return of stolen panels to BoljoonJanuary 12, 2025
    Cebu Governor Gwendolyn Garcia will announce legal action against the National Museum of the Philippines (NMP) over four pulpit panels stolen from the heritage church of Boljoon in southern Cebu. Garcia will hold a press conference to make the announcement Monday noon. It will be streamed live over the Sugbo News Facebook page, in case… Read more: Gov Gwen to announce case against NMP; DOT offers help in return of stolen panels to Boljoon
  • TurboScribe vastly improves Bisaya transcriptionDecember 14, 2024
    I used TurboScribe.ai to automatically transcribe the press conference held by Cebu Archbishop Jose S. Palma Tuesday and was surprised at the high degree of accuracy in its Bisaya transcription.
  • Changes in COA annual audit publication helpful to journalistsDecember 12, 2024
    From mid-year releases, the annual audit report (AAR) of government agencies are now uploaded to the Commission on Audit (COA) website from December 1 to 15. They now also come with an update on what the audited agency has done to address findings.
  • We have to correct the error in Dalaguete’s patronage, church officials sayDecember 8, 2024
    The mix-up in the identity of the patron saint of Dalaguete should be corrected, its parish priest Father Prudencio Elbao told me on Saturday.
  • Sashimi and sushi.
    Sheraton Mactan does seafood rightNovember 24, 2024
    The Christmas tree lighting at the lobby of Sheraton Cebu Mactan Resort last Saturday evening reminded me why I love dining there. After the ceremonies, we had buffet dinner at 5 Cien and I gravitated, as is my wont, to the seafood station.
  • CEBU UPDATES, the former official Cebu City PIO page, this week raised questions on funds donated for the building of the Cebu City Medical Center. City Hall, under dismissed Mayor Michael Rama, filed charges against people involved with the page. The cases have been dismissed.
    Cases vs. operators of former Cebu City Government PIO page Cebu Updates dismissedNovember 18, 2024
    The cases against two men linked to the takeover of what used to be an official Cebu City Government Facebook page have been dismissed for lack of evidence after the complainant withdrew her charge with the change of leadership at City Hall, this writer has learned.
  • CONFIRMATION. Bishop Giacomo Ballini performs the sacrament of confirmation for children of the faithful in Cebu City. The rite was held at the DepEd Ecotech Center in Lahug last September 22. (Photo by Max Limpag)
    We are persecuted because we are telling the truth: Resistance bishop tells faithful in CebuNovember 16, 2024
    Pope Francis is “trying to destroy tradition” in his suppression of traditional Catholic practices such as the Latin Mass but his actions will only make it grow stronger, Italian Bishop Giacomo Ballini told this writer in an interview.
  • ARRESTED. Police officers surround and restrain lawyer Collin Rosell as handcuffs are put on him prior to his detention. (SCREENSHOT FROM FACEBOOK LIVE VIDEO OF CEBU CITY PIO RAMIL AYUMAN.)
    A surprise press conference, an announcement, and an arrest: all in a day at Cebu City HallNovember 12, 2024
    The press conference by the camp of Michael Rama was scheduled for 10 am Friday at La Fortuna Bakery near the Basilica Minore del Santo Niño. I wanted to interview lawyer Collin Rosell for a separate story that was only tangentially connected with the conflict at city hall.

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