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Espinoza: Reviving the tartanillas for tourism
4+ hour, 41+ min ago (700+ words) I arrived in Cebu City in 1970 after graduating from high school in Cagwait, Surigao del Sur, to pursue my college education. Coming from a remote town in Mindanao, city life was both exciting and unfamiliar. I lived along Sanciangko St.,…...
Tell it to SunStar: The changing face of Filipino nationalism
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (188+ words) By Dale Mykho Baylon Filipino nationalism has always evolved. It has changed through time, a product or response to the country's history and to what challenges each generation had to face. From the colonial times up to the present digital…...
PH bans pork imports from Taiwan
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (222+ words) THE Philippines has ordered a temporary ban on the importation of live pigs, pork meat, pig skin and other pork-based products from Taiwan following the confirmation of an African swine fever (ASF) outbreak there. Agriculture Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel Jr.,…...
Valencia City declares insurgency-free
3+ mon, 3+ week ago (347+ words) VALENCIA CITY, Bukidnon " The Local Government Unit (LGU) of Valencia City officially declared the city insurgency-free through Resolution No. 153-2025 during a ceremony held at the City Hall Gymnasium on October 10, 2025. The declaration was made after the city " through close partnership…...
Over 300 Antique students hospitalized after inhaling ‘chemical fumes’
7+ mon, 1+ day ago (344+ words) (UPDATED) MORE than 300 students from Pis-anan National High School in Barangay Pis-anan, Sibalom, Antique, were rushed to hospitals after allegedly inhaling a "guava-like" odor believed to be from an insecticide spray around 7:30 a.m. Wednesday, July 2, 2025. The incident was reported to have…...
No tourist ban in south Cebu
11+ mon, 2+ week ago (605+ words) THERE is no ban on day trips and walk-in customers at tourism sites in southern Cebu, but only a "structured approach" to allow for better crowd management and tour coordination. Only on Saturday morning did Sugbo News release an official…...