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Stakeholders wondered whether heritage was a priority of Mayor-elect Nestor Archival, then he stood them up
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.
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Archbishop Palma’s statement: Encouraging but we need action
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.
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Cebu BPO linked to P2.5 billion scam victimizing elderly authors in US; 3 arrested
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.
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Gov Gwen to announce case against NMP; DOT offers help in return of stolen panels to Boljoon
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…
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TurboScribe vastly improves Bisaya transcription
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.