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The Freeman
All set for inaugural Copa Cebu
It’s all systems go for the inaugural Copa Cebu 2025 football festival on June 13-15 at the Dynamic Herb-Borromeo Sports Complex in South Road Properties (SRP).
1 min |
June 12, 2025
The Freeman
Mayor Garcia defends City Hall's fiscal health
Cebu City Mayor Raymond Alvin Garcia has dismissed concerns that the city is facing a budget deficit, citing a recent recognition from the Bureau of Local Government Finance (BLGF) as proof of sound fiscal management under his administration.
3 min |
June 12, 2025
The Freeman
DZMM Radyo Patrol 630 launches new programming
DZMM Radyo Patrol 630 returned June 2 on AM radio with a new round-the-clock programming lineup, simulcast on DZMM Teleradyo on pay TV and online.
2 min |
June 12, 2025
The Freeman
Senate's job is to try Duterte, not question constitutionality
The Senate has no business raising the question of “constitutionality” about the impeachment complaint against Vice President Sara Duterte, constitutional framer Christian Monsod said.
2 min |
June 12, 2025
The Freeman
MCWD offers cash rewards against water meter thieves
The Metro Cebu Water District (MCWD) has ramped up its drive against water meter theft by offering cash rewards for information leading to the arrest of thieves. CONTRIBUTED
2 min |
June 12, 2025
The Freeman
Should Independence Day be on July 4 instead?
Are you convinced that Philippine Independence was attained on June 12, 1898? Or are you one with the many, including me, who still believe that July 4, 1946 was truly our Independence Day.
3 min |
June 12, 2025
The Freeman
HK warns downloading game could be nat'l security crime
Hong Kong police have warned downloading a mobile game in which players can attempt to overthrow a stand-in for China’s Communist Party could constitute a national security crime, as it vanished from Apple’s local App Store Wednesday.
1 min |
June 12, 2025
The Freeman
Tears, tattoos, Cartier watches: fan frenzy at BTS army discharge
South Korea's Yeoncheon county, just kilometers from the heavily fortified border with the nuclear-armed North, is best known for its honey.
2 min |
June 12, 2025
The Freeman
ICC rejects Duterte's request
BID TO DISQUALIFY TWO JUDGES
1 min |
June 12, 2025
The Freeman
Applications of non-academic achievers are accepted
Incoming Cebu City Councilor Nice Archival clarified that the transition team has also received applications from non-latin honors and non-board topnotchers.
2 min |
June 12, 2025
The Freeman
King Carlos
Be careful with what you wish for. Or in the case of Novak Djokovic, with what you see in the future. The greatest of all time, based on statistics at least, saw three men replacing his great trivalry with the kings of clay and grass. He lost to one of them in the semi-finals at the French Open.
2 min |
June 12, 2025
The Freeman
Which 'PBB Celebrity Collab' duos will make it to the Big Four?
Many viewers of “Pinoy Big Brother: Celebrity Collab Edition” think that the three-day final duo formation process could’ve been done in one episode.
5 min |
June 12, 2025
The Freeman
Trump deploys Marines as tensions rise in LA
President Donald Trump ordered active-duty US Marines and 2,000 more National Guard troops into Los Angeles on Monday, vowing those protesting immigration arrests would be “hit harder” than ever.
1 min |
June 11, 2025
The Freeman
Is it fair for all cops?
For its rank-and-file members to be able to apply for promotion in rank, the Philippine National Police is now requiring them to submit affidavits of arrest to serve as proof of accomplishment.
1 min |
June 11, 2025
The Freeman
Comelec-7 chief: BSKE to proceed on Dec. 1
Despite the “two conflicting bills from the Senate and the Congress,\" the Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections (BSKE) will proceed as scheduled on Dec. 1, 2025 as confirmed by the Commission on Elections (Comelec) 7 yesterday.
2 min |
June 11, 2025
The Freeman
Impeach trial will cross over to 20th Congress
MARCOS BELIEVES
2 min |
June 11, 2025
The Freeman
The fundamental principles of impeachment
Assuming the impeachment shall proceed, Filipinos should at least know the most basic nuances of impeachment.
3 min |
June 11, 2025
The Freeman
Glenn Soco, Team Mandaue winners take oath of office
Cebu Vice Governor-elect Glenn Soco officially took his oath of office yesterday in a ceremony held in Barangay Labogon, Mandaue City — the very place where his public service journey began where he was once the Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) Chairman.
3 min |
June 11, 2025
The Freeman
PBB Gen 11's Kolette Madelo dances through life in 'Sayaw'
\"Pinoy Big Brother: Gen 11” finalist Kolette Madelo marks the beginning of her journey as a recording artist with her debut extended play (EP) “Sayaw,” available on various streaming platforms.
1 min |
June 11, 2025
The Freeman
Pag-IBIG to venture into housing dev't
The Home Development Mutual Fund, commonly known as Pag-IBIG, will soon go beyond financing as it enters into production of homes via partnerships amid a downtrend in the supply of socialized housing.
2 min |
June 11, 2025
The Freeman
CH employees shift to tumblers in support of plastic-free initiative
A gradual shift toward using tumblers at Cebu City Hall has become more noticeable, thanks to the cooperation of several employees and the positive response from department heads, including Acting Mayor Donaldo “Dondon” Hontiveros.
1 min |
June 11, 2025
The Freeman
Philippines, US to cooperate on 'destabilizing actions' in SCS
Foreign Affairs Secretary Enrique Manalo and United States Secretary of State Marco Rubio have committed to ramping up cooperation to address Beijing’s “destabilizing actions” in the South China Sea.
2 min |
June 11, 2025
The Freeman
China, S. Korea must safeguard free trade
Chinese leader Xi Jinping urged South Korea’s new President Lee Jae-myung on Tuesday to work with Beijing to uphold free trade and defend “multilateralism”, state media said.
1 min |
June 11, 2025
The Freeman
Aventus opens 22nd clinic at Cebu IT Park
Outpatient healthcare service provider, Aventus Medical Care Inc., has opened its 22nd clinic in the Philippines, at Cebu IT Park, in a move that emphasized the group’s ambition to scale its tech-driven healthcare model across fast-growing urban centers nationwide.
2 min |
June 11, 2025
The Freeman
70 ex-gunsmiths now work as Danao's forest rangers
A total of 70 former gunsmiths graduated from the Project Trident: Livelihood Program, making them the first batch of former gun-makers who are now designated as forest rangers and eco-tourism guides under the local government unit (LGU) of the City of Danao.
2 min |
June 11, 2025
The Freeman
UN accuses Israel of 'extermination'
An independent United Nations commission said on Tuesday Israeli attacks on schools, religious and cultural sites in Gaza amount to war crimes and the crime against humanity of seeking to exterminate Palestinians.
1 min |
June 11, 2025
The Freeman
Archival urges flood measures as rainy season begins
Guardo stressed the need for a new study, noting that the last drainage master plan was created 20 years ago and that Cebu City has undergone major changes since then.
1 min |
June 11, 2025
The Freeman
CDO vs DPWH project extended
The cease and desist order (CDO) issued against the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) and its contractor, WTG Construction, for their project in Cogon Pardo remains in effect after it was found that certain requirements had not been met.
1 min |
June 11, 2025
The Freeman
After retaining most agency chiefs, Marcos to review undersecretaries
President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. said his administration’s performance review has expanded to undersecretaries across all government agencies after most Cabinet members passed his initial evaluation.
1 min |
June 11, 2025
The Freeman
Archival wants honor graduates, topnotchers
Less than a month before he officially assumes office, Cebu City Mayor-elect Nestor Archival is calling on Latin honor graduates and board topnotchers to join his transition team and help “re-engineer” the Cebu City Government.
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