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TOP eyes fresh funding to fuel expansion plans

Cebu-based Top Line Business Development Corp. is gearing up for a significant capital-raising push after shareholders approved the reclassification of 800 million unissued common shares into preferred shares—paving the way for fresh funding to accelerate fuel importation, depot expansion, and retail network growth.

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1 min

December 04, 2025

The Freeman

The Freeman

Teen flood hero in Liloan gets national recognition

Nearly a month after Typhoon Tino ravaged parts of Cebu, a 15-year-old boy from Liloan is being hailed as a young hero after risking his life to rescue neighbors trapped by rapidly rising floodwaters, earning him national recognition.

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2 mins

December 04, 2025

The Freeman

City's ban on e-bikes, e-trikes gains traction from LTO order

This was confirmed during Senate budget deliberations, where the Department of Transportation (DOTr) and LTO committed to stricter regulation. Senator JV Ejercito, who sponsored the DOTr budget, relayed that violators would face automatic impounding of their units once the directive takes full effect.

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4 mins

December 04, 2025

The Freeman

PRO-7 starts security preps for Sinulog, ASEAN meetings

In preparation for the Sinulog 2026 celebration and the ASEAN meetings in January next year, the Police Regional Office-7 conducted full-scale simulation exercises (SIMEX) to assess regionwide interoperability and security readiness.

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2 mins

December 04, 2025

The Freeman

OCULAR CONFLUENCE

The Cebu-headquartered Portrait Artists Society of the Philippines Inc. (PASPI) and Galerie Raphael red-lettered November's calendar of creative fetes in Cebu with “Ocular Confluence” — an art-for-a-cause exhibit that pledged funds to benefit Typhoon Tino survivors.

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1 mins

December 04, 2025

The Freeman

Carla engaged to non-showbiz partner

Weddings bells will indeed be ringing soon for actress Carla Abellana and her non-showbiz boyfriend. Marriage rumors stirred after Carla posted on social media a photo of her left hand sporting a diamond ring, and a man's hand clasping her fingers.

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1 min

December 04, 2025

The Freeman

The Freeman

Flood scandal backfires as Marcos ratings dive

Despite ordering an investigation into corruption-tainted flood control projects, President Bongbong Marcos Jr. continues to face an erosion of public support.

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1 mins

December 04, 2025

The Freeman

The Freeman

Cebu City okays P13.4B budget

FOR 2026

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1 min

December 04, 2025

The Freeman

Weak peso fuels government debt to P17.56 trillion

The country’s outstanding debt exceeded this year’s full-year projection by more than P200 billion following the peso’s record-low performance against the dollar.

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1 mins

December 04, 2025

The Freeman

A sign of survival

The recent natural calamities that ravaged many parts of Cebu island and brought unquantifiable misery to many Cebuano families also affected the trees that I have planted in Barangay Paril here in Cebu City.

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2 mins

December 04, 2025

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