Nearly 300 wounded, ill, or injured active duty and veteran military members have gathered for the annual Department of Defense Warrior Games. These elite athletes are going head-to-head in adaptive sporting competitions, including wheelchair basketball, cycling, archery, wheelchair rugby, seated volleyball, track, field, swimming, and more. The Warrior Games is an annual event that celebrates the resiliency and dedication of wounded, ill, and injured active duty and veteran U.S. military service members from all branches of the U.S. military, including international allies and partners.
THE number 1 most wanted person in Cebu was arrested around 10 a.m. Thursday, August 11, 2022, in Sitio Tugasan, Barangay Guadalupe, Cebu City.The joint operatives from the Criminal Investigation Detection Group (CIDG) Cebu Province and the Regional Intelligence Unit in Central Visayas (RIU 7) served the warrant of arrest against the suspect identified as Rhommel Dano Estoquia, 21, in his residence.Judge Stephen Belacho of Cebu City Regional Trial Court Branch 22 issued the warrant after finding
THE Mandaue City Government is planning again to conduct another clearing operation to relocate families living within the three-meter easement of the different rivers in the city.Lawyer Jamaal James Calipayan, city administrator, told SunStar Cebu on Tuesday, August 9, 2022, that they started the clearing operations in 2012 but suspended it in 2020 to give the residents leeway due to the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) pandemic.Among the areas that were affected by the clearing operations were C
ANTI-NARCOTICS operatives revealed that a trustee of a drug lord is the alleged mastermind of two former inmates who were arrested in a drug bust at 9 p.m. Wednesday, August 10, 2022, in Sitio San Vicente, Barangay Bulacao, Cebu City.The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency in Central Visayas (PDEA 7), however, refused to give to the media the name of the drug lord, who operates in Cebu City, so as not to jeopardize their follow-up operation.The drug raid resulted in the arrest of Rey Steven Buena
THE inmates of the Cebu Provincial Detention and Rehabilitation Center (CPDRC) in Barangay Kalunasan, Cebu City are set to dance again on Friday, August 12, 2022.The CPDRC dancing inmates’ presentation is one of the highlights of the monthlong 453rd founding anniversary celebration of the Cebu Provincial Government.The Province hired Cebuano dancesport choreographer and former Cebu City Sports Commission chief Edward Hayco to train the inmates.“I would like to thank Ed Hayco for embracing this p
AFTER three days of relentless clearing operations, the Cebu City Government has cleared about 400 of the 600 illegal structures encroaching on the Kinalumsan River.The structures were situated along a two-kilometer riverbank in Barangays Duljo-Fatima and Mambaling, Councilor Jerry Guardo told SunStar Cebu Thursday, Aug. 11, 2022.Guardo said the clearing team did not encounter any resistance as some of the affected residents voluntarily demolished their structures.The clearing operation was cond
A SANITATION worker for a food manufacturing firm in Compostela town was arrested after he tried to sneak out a bottle of chlorine worth P61 from their plant on Thursday, Aug. 11, 2022.When local police asked him why he committed the crime, Florito Pelit, 28, said he only did so because he wanted to disinfect the rainwater stored in the concrete tank in his residence so it can be used by his two children.SunStar Cebu withholds the name of the firm pending its comment.Lt. Andrew Rellanos, Compost
An overseas Filipino worker died in a workplace-related accident in Macau. This is how the tragedy happened.
You know you’re getting old, my favorite law professor Teddy Almase once told me, when you start missing some steps that you used to make even with your eyes closed around the house. It starts with your eyesight, former Talisay City mayor Delia Bacaltos Tiu said on another occasion, and it goes downhill from there.I had sage advice about getting old. Nobody taught me what it was like when you got there.I turned 70 this year. Along the way, I had angioplasty, dealt with a volatile blood pressure
THE Department of Tourism (DOT) is eyeing to establish four tourist rest stops in Cebu for travelers to have a place where they can stay and rest during their visit to tourist destinations in the province.This was announced by Tourism Secretary Christina Garcia-Frasco during the Go Explore Cebu: Summit at the convention hall of SM Seaside City Cebu on Thursday, Aug. 11, 2022.Frasco said two rest stops will be constructed in southern Cebu and two in northern Cebu, and these will be managed by DOT
HARNESSING modern technology—such as cashless payment systems and digitalization—is the future of the travel and tourism industry in the Philippines, stakeholders said.Carl Bryan Enerio, regional business head for enterprise sales at Maya Business, said e-wallet and other cashless modes of payment are the future of the tourism industry.Enerio said it is much easier for merchants and business owners to shift from physical transactions to e-commerce especially in the mode of payment.He said most F
TALISAY City Councilor Eduardo “Digul” Gullas III is eyeing to replicate the Sugbo Mercado at the Cebu IT Park in Cebu City as part of his city’s tourism attractions.However, Gullas, the younger brother of Mayor Gerald Anthony “Samsam” Gullas Jr., said they still have to find a suitable area where they can establish the food park.Gullas, who chairs the committee on trade and industry; livelihood, labor and employment, told reporters that the proposal aims to promote the city’s culinary ventures
Social media posts in Nigeria are sharing an image of a group of armed officers alongside a claim that the country’s secret service had besieged the home of Yusuf Datti Baba-Ahmed, the Labour Party’s pick as deputy to presidential candidate Peter Obi. However, the image was actually taken in 2018 when armed agents from the Department of State Services (DSS) blockaded parliament in the capital Abuja. There is also no evidence they recently surrounded Baba-Ahmed’s home.“My house has been surrender
ON August 8, 2022, Acer Day 2022 ambassadors, led by P-pop kings SB19 performed to a huge crowd at the SM MOA Arena but what made the event even more special is that the Acer Day 2022: The Green Mark Concert was for a good cause—to help save the environment.The event was a huge success and made the good kind of noise from start to finish. #AcerDay2022 trended locally and worldwide on Twitter and has over 2.4 million views on TikTok!Instead of selling tickets to the concert, Acer enjoined fans to
The TNT Tropang Giga blasted the Magnolia Hotshots, 102-84, in Game Four to move a win away from booking a spot in the PBA Season 47 Philippine Cup finals on Wednesday night at the Smart-Araneta Coliseum.Big man Poy Erram secured a double-double of 18 points and 13 rebounds, while Cebuano wingman Roger Pogoy had 18 points of his own as TNT took a 3-1 advantage in the best-of-seven series.Mikey Williams also came alive in the fourth, where he scored 12 of his 15 total points, after a listless fir
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AROUND 89,000 senior citizens in Cebu City are set to receive their monthly financial assistance amounting to P3,000 starting Saturday, August 13, 2022.Ester Concha, head of the city’s Department of Social Welfare and Services (DSWS), said Thursday, August 12, that 89,281 elderly will receive their P1,000 cash aid for the months of June, July, and August.The City Government has allocated P257 million worth of funds for the program, she added.Concha also reminded the elderly that authorization le
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AYALA-LED Globe Telecom announced Friday, Aug. 12, 2022, that it will sell its 7,000 towers across the country whose proceeds will be used to fund capital expenditures and pay maturing debts through 2023.Of the total tower assets up for sale, 66 percent are located in Luzon, 19 percent in Mindanao and 15 percent in the Visayas. These are made up of 79 percent ground-based towers and 21 percent rooftop towers.These assets have been grouped into three portfolios assigned to three different tower c
A 23-YEAR-OLD farmer who could no longer bear the verbal attacks shot his 75-year-old neighbor in Purok 3, Barangay Esperanza, Aloguinsan town, midwest Cebu around 7:45 a.m. Friday, August 12, 2022.Staff Sergeant Marvin Hubahib, desk officer of Aloguinsan Police Station, identified the victim as Exequiel Yami, 75, also a farmer, and the suspect as Ricardo Dequiado.Yami was brought to Carcar District Hospital after sustaining two gunshot wounds. He is now in stable condition.Hubahib said the susp
The United Nations will conduct a human rights review by the last quarter this year. Will the Philippines get favorable results?