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The Freeman
Capitol assures year-end bonuses to employees
Under the proposed allocation, regular and casual employees will receive a combined total of P55,000, consisting of P30,000 from the Collective Negotiation Agreement (CNA), P20,000 under the Service Recognition Incentive (SRI), and P5,000 as Performance-Based Incentive (PBI).
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December 20, 2025
The Freeman
Mandaue City hall employees to receive incentive
Mandaue City Hall employees here are set to receive a P5,000 Productivity Enhancement Incentive (PEI) by January 2026, a city council official confirmed.
2 min |
December 20, 2025
The Freeman
Auto sales down 9% in November
The country's vehicle sales declined by nine percent in November from a year ago due to weak demand, but the industry remains optimistic about the final month of the year amid the holiday season.
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December 20, 2025
The Freeman
Border casinos caught in Thai-Cambodia fight
Thailand has struck multiple casinos linked to cyberscamming in neighboring Cambodia during an almost two-week-long border conflict, with the prime minister saying he would “take care” of fronts for fraud operations.
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December 20, 2025
The Freeman
Schools urged: Lead battle against garbage
Cebu City's classrooms are being pushed to the frontlines of a renewed campaign against the city's mounting garbage problem, as Mayor Nestor Archival urged schools to lead by example in strictly enforcing waste segregation.
2 min |
December 20, 2025
The Freeman
Christmas goes beyond shopping
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December 20, 2025
The Freeman
Bgy workers to get one-time assistance
Cebu City's barangay-based workers who have long been at the forefront of service delivery and disaster response have gained formal recognition from the City Council with the approval of an ordinance extending one-time assistance to them for 2025.
1 min |
December 20, 2025
The Freeman
Fragile truth, hot news cycle
The year 2025 will be remembered for the flood-control corruption scandal and the high-stakes power play that split an otherwise united political team into two.
3 min |
December 20, 2025
The Freeman
EU okays 90B euro loan for Ukraine
EU leaders struck a deal Friday to provide Ukraine a loan of 90 billion euros to plug its looming budget shortfalls -- but failed to agree on using frozen Russian assets to come up with the funds.
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December 20, 2025
The Freeman
An AI-Controlled Vertical Farm
The Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences' Institute of Urban Agriculture made waves in unveiling what's being called the first autonomous AI-controlled vertical farm in Chengdu, Sichuan Province.
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December 20, 2025
The Freeman
To our inspiring athletes: PADAYON!
Our athletes' commitment to excel and to represent our country is a far contrast to those undeserving legislators in Congress whose main agenda is personal, prioritizing their private interests for one's family and dynasty, never genuine public service for the Filipino people.
2 min |
December 20, 2025
The Freeman
Chase Tower Runs now 2-0
The Chase Tower Runs (CTR) dominated the previously undefeated Blancas Golden Knights, 87-76, to go 2-0 in the Cebu City Christmas Basketball Tournament 2025 on Thursday night, December 18, at the Cebu City Sports Institute Gym in Barangay Sawang Calero.
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December 20, 2025
The Freeman
Fireworks selling at SRP now open
Holiday fireworks sales officially opened yesterday at the bay area of South Road Properties (SRP), Cebu City's designated firecracker zone, as authorities also warned those who go beyond the authorized guidelines.
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December 20, 2025
The Freeman
Epstein files due as US confronts reckoning
The United States is poised on Friday to pry open one of its most closely guarded case files, as President Donald Trump’s administration prepares to release a long-suppressed cache of records tied to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
2 min |
December 20, 2025
The Freeman
'Call Me Mother' a 'deeply personal' film for director Jun Lana
Director Jun Robles Lana is known for his genre versatility.
5 min |
December 20, 2025
The Freeman
Gifting market: Perennial
United Kingdom alone, the “corporate gifting sector is estimated at US$43.6 billion in 2025 and is projected to reach US$92.5 billion by 2033, driven by a 9.87% CAGR.”
2 min |
December 20, 2025
The Freeman
Teenager Flagg leads Mavs to upset of Pistons
Cooper Flagg scored 23 points as the Dallas Mavericks dug deep to upset the Eastern Conference-leading Detroit Pistons 116-114 in a bruising overtime battle.
1 min |
December 20, 2025
The Freeman
ICC medical panel finds Duterte fit to stand trial
After months of debate and legal wrangling over his mental fitness, the medical verdict is in: Rodrigo Duterte can take part in pretrial proceedings.
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December 20, 2025
The Freeman
First Marriott-branded city hotel opens in Mactan
AppleOne Group has opened Fairfield by Marriott Cebu Mactan, the first Marriott-branded city hotel on Mactan island, adding capacity to Cebu's hospitality market as developers position the province for a gradual tourism recovery.
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December 20, 2025
The Freeman
Joshua takes huge weight advantage in fight versus Paul
Former world heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua will carry a massive weight advantage into his controversial Netflix-backed bout against YouTuber-turned-boxer Jake Paul in Florida on Friday (Saturday, December 20 Phl time).
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December 20, 2025
The Freeman
SoftBank to Acquire Robotics firm to Advance 'Physical AI'
Tech investment giant SoftBank Group said it will buy Swiss-Swedish firm ABB Robotics for nearly $5.4 billion as part of its plans to bring artificial intelligence into the physical realm.
1 min |
December 20, 2025
The Freeman
Pam suspends rollout of EV taxi units in Cebu
Under the agreement reached, the launch of the EV taxi operations will be deferred to allow a broader discussion on the potential impacts of the project on the province, particularly on existing transport operators and traffic conditions.
2 min |
December 20, 2025
The Freeman
Cebu's Fuschia Ravena to represent Phl in MGI All Stars
Transgender beauty queen Fuschia Anne Ravena will represent the Philippines at the inaugural All Stars edition of Miss Grand International (MGI).
1 min |
December 20, 2025
The Freeman
Business groups sound alarm as tourism growth slows down
Cebu’s business community is sounding the alarm over slowing tourism growth, warning that infrastructure gaps, policy constraints and weak supply-chain integration are eroding the province’s competitiveness as a regional travel hub.
1 min |
December 20, 2025
The Freeman
They should have known better
Sixteen policemen as well as their police chief have been removed from their posts after photos of them drinking alcohol in the Dolores Municipal Police Station in Eastern Samar came out online.
1 min |
December 20, 2025
The Freeman
Imee Marcos rejects proposed budget, cites waste and excess
Senator Imee Marcos on Thursday, December 18, said she could not support the proposed national budget, describing it as filled with “waste, excess, and deception.”
1 min |
December 20, 2025
The Freeman
DILG brings Amuma Program to barangays
Women from four barangays in Cebu City took center stage on Tuesday as the Department of the Interior and Local Government Region (DILG)-7 brought its AMUMA program to the Tejero Sports Complex, highlighting financial literacy, unity, and grassroots empowerment.
1 min |
December 20, 2025
The Freeman
Sotto belies pork accusations
Senate President Tito Sotto slammed claims that the Senate had inserted pork into the 2026 national budget, saying that the records were all there to prove that they did not.
1 min |
December 20, 2025
The Freeman
OpenAl partners with Broadcom to build Al chips
OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT, announced that it is teaming up with chip giant Broadcom to design and build its own specialized computer processors for artificial intelligence.
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December 20, 2025
The Freeman
DPWH mourns Cabral's death; ICI calls probe
The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) extended its deepest condolences to the family of former Undersecretary Maria Catalina Cabral, a central figure in the flood control corruption scandal, who was found dead after an alleged fall in Benguet.
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