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In this issue

November 04, 2025

Storm cripples sea, air travels

In Cebu, PAGASA forecasts stormy weather from 5:00 p.m. yesterday until 5:00 a.m. today. Winds will be strong to very strong coming from the north to northwest, and coastal waters will be very rough to high seas.

5 mins

Uy opens churches as shelters

The Archbishop directive came as local authorities began preparations for Tino's expected landfall early morning today (November 4), possibly over Bohol or northern Cebu.

2 mins

Mandaue City adopts measures vs panic buying amid typhoon

The Mandaue City Council has approved a resolution adopting emergency measures to prevent panic buying and hoarding and to stabilize the prices of basic goods and commodities during typhoons and other disaster-related incidents, particularly in light of typhoon Tino.

2 mins

Ouano orders evacuation in high-risk areas of Mandaue City

Mandaue City Mayor Thadeo Jovito “Jonkie” Ouano has ordered the preventive evacuation of residents living in high-risk areas as Typhoon Tino approaches.

2 mins

Lapu-Lapu City steps up disaster readiness

The Lapu-Lapu City Government has intensified its disaster preparedness efforts as typhoon Tino threatens Cebu and other parts of the Visayas.

3 mins

CCPO deploys 278 cops for typhoon response

As Cebu City braces for Typhoon Tino, the Cebu City Police Office (CCPO) has deployed at least 278 police personnel ready to assist and respond in case of emergencies.

1 mins

One dead, 2 hurt in Pasil shooting

A 44-year-old fisherman from Bohol was killed while two others were wounded after they were reportedly shot while aboard their pumpboat in Sitio Mahayahay 1, Barangay Pasil, Cebu City, last Sunday afternoon.

1 mins

CBRT inauguration pushed back by storm

The inauguration of the long-awaited Cebu Bus Rapid Transit (CBRT) is being pushed back anew, this time due to Typhoon Tino.

1 mins

Cops, city gov't assessment: Undas peaceful, safe, orderly

This year's Kalag-Kalag celebration in Cebu City was peaceful and safe.

2 mins

Some disasters are of our own making

Following the recent earthquakes that hit some parts of the country and the typhoons that hit other parts of the country, many of us may have been conditioned into believing that natural disasters are the only large-scale disasters we have to deal with.

1 mins

When the storm mirrors the mind

There’s something about a looming storm that brings back the same familiar unease that anxiety often does.

2 mins

The curse of the Philippine social cancer

What is happening to our country today has been foretold very accurately by the greatest Asian writer and political novelist, Dr. Jose Rizal in his immortal masterpieces, the “Noli me Tangere” and the “El Filibusterismo”.

3 mins

Cebuano R&B artist JET drops new single

Cebuano singer-songwriter JET (John Efraim Tirol) is ready to make listeners fall in love again with his newest single “All Day, All Night.”

1 mins

Ji Changwook’s ‘The Manipulated’ debuts Nov. 5

Framed for a crime he didn’t commit, a beaten and broken man will attempt to exact his revenge in “The Manipulated”, a 12-part Korean action-drama coming November 5, exclusively to Disney+.

1 mins

ON ITS 10TH ANNIVERSARY 'Hamilton' is worth seeing on the big screen or at home

Who's going to tell the story of Alexander Hamilton, one of the Founding Fathers of the United States? While everyone else celebrated the 10th anniversary of the critically acclaimed blockbuster musical “Hamilton,” it took 16 years for Lin-Manuel Miranda to transform his bulky biography into an epic, rap-driven spectacle.

3 mins

Meet the wives in The Beatles' biopics

BAFTA winner Mia McKenna-Bruce, four-time Academy Award Nominee and Golden Globe Award winner Saoirse Ronan, Emmy and Golden Globe Award winning Anna Sawai, and Emmy Award nominee and BAFTA TV winner Aimee Lou Wood are confirmed to star in Sony Pictures, Sam Mendes, and Neal Street’s The Beatles — A Four-Film Cinematic Event.

2 mins

AC Bonifacio joins cast of K-thriller movie 'Perfect Girl'

Former “Pinoy Big Brother: Celebrity Collab Edition” housemate AC Bonifacio is set to star alongside “K-pop Demon Hunters” actors May Hong and Arden Cho in an upcoming Korean thriller film.

1 mins

Beyond standout fashion and design

Much has been said of how evolved and evolving the creative leanings of Cebu's designers are, a state which has branded Cebu as one of the country's premiere centers of standout design.

1 mins

Cebu's residential landscape shifts towards vertical living

Cebu's residential landscape is undergoing a structural shift as condominiums surpass subdivisions to become the dominant housing type, reflecting the region's rapid urbanization and evolving consumer preferences.

2 mins

Net fuel price hike breaches P20 per liter in November

Drivers may want to gas up early, as another major fuel price hike is set to take effect on Tuesday, November 4.

1 mins

Utilities urged to boost disaster preparedness ahead of typhoon

With Typhoon Tino forecast to hit the Visayas, the Cebu Electricity Rights Advocates (CERA) has called on the province's power distributors to demonstrate stronger disaster preparedness and prevent a repeat of the widespread power crisis that followed Typhoon Odette in 2021.

1 mins

Phl factory activity rebounds in October

Philippine factory activity bounced back in October, despite a drop in new orders and production, S&P Global said.

1 mins

DPWH reduces costs of several building materials

The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) on Monday, November 3, announced reduced costs for several building materials after some were found to have been inflated by as much as 75%.

1 mins

Phl, US, Japan, Australia back plan for new defense council

AMID CHINA TENSIONS

2 mins

Inequality makes world vulnerable to pandemics

High inequality makes the world vulnerable to pandemics and creates a vicious cycle that puts public health and economies at risk, leading economists, health experts and the United Nations said Monday.

2 mins

Israel: Remains handed over by Hamas belong to captives

Israel confirmed Monday that remains handed over by Hamas the day before belonged to three hostages seized by Palestinian militants during the October 7, 2023 attack.

1 mins

Russia, China secretly tested nuke weapons

TRUMP CLAIMS:

2 mins

Xi jokes about spying with Chinese phone gift for South Korea's Lee

Xi Jinping joked about spying on South Korea’s president as he gifted him a pair of smartphones, telling him to “check if there is a backdoor” in a rare jest from the Chinese leader that made headlines in Seoul.

1 mins

Beermen notch third win in a row

Juami Tiongson came up with a timely fourth quarter explosion that helped San Miguel Beer rack up a third straight win with a 96-90 conquest of Converge in the PBA Philippine Cup on Sunday, November 2, at the Ynares Center in Antipolo.

1 mins

Pilots hand Bolts second straight defeat

Meralco dug itself a hole too deep to climb over and went all the way down against Taoyuan on Sunday night, 82-72, in the Home and Away Season 3 of the East Asia Super League in Taipei.

1 mins

OKC Thunder slams Pelicans to remain lone unbeaten team

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 30 points as the Oklahoma City Thunder thumped New Orleans 137-106 and emerged as the NBA’s only remaining unbeaten team after losses for San Antonio and Chicago.

2 mins

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The Freeman Description:

Publisher: Philstar-Daily-Inc.

Category: Newspaper

Language: English

Frequency: Daily

Founded in 1919, The Freeman - "fair and fearless" - is the oldest and most respected local newspaper in Cebu, or the "Queen City of the South". It is published daily in English and is also circulated in other major cities in the Visayas region, which is one of the country's major economic hubs. No one knows Cebu better than The Freeman.