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The Freeman
Archival, Soco want action on flood failures
Hisstatementcameaweek after Typhoon Tino battered Cebu, causing widespread flooding in several towns and cities—including Talisay, Consolacion, Mandaue, Cebu City, Balamban, Asturias, Compostela, Liloan, Danao, and Carmen.
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November 11, 2025
The Freeman
GSIS extends emergency loan payment period amid typhoons
The Government Service Insurance System has given a three-month grace period on emergency loan payments for members and pensioners in areas affected by Typhoons Tino and Uwan.
1 min |
November 11, 2025
The Freeman
Clearing, recovery operations in full swing across Cebu
Clearing and recovery operations are in full swing across Cebu as the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Region VII and the Coast Guard District Central Visayas (CGDCV) continue efforts to restore road access and assist communities affected by Typhoon Tino.
1 min |
November 11, 2025
The Freeman
183 nabbed in week-long anti-crime drive across CV
Police Regional Office-7 (PRO-7) arrested 183 individuals during a week-long intensified anti-criminality campaign from November 2 to 8, despite the devastation brought by Typhoon Tino.
1 min |
November 11, 2025
The Freeman
Cebu City enforces no-build zone policy
Most of the affected structures were located along riverbanks and coastal zones—areas long identified as danger zones due to flooding and storm surges.
1 min |
November 11, 2025
The Freeman
Telco restores most network services in Vismin after typhoon
Globe Telecom Inc. has restored most of its network services across the Visayas and Mindanao as it steps up relief and connectivity support for communities affected by Typhoon Tino.
1 min |
November 11, 2025
The Freeman
PhilSA confirms China rocket launch, warns of debris near Tubbataha anew
Debris from China’s Long March 12 rocket may have fallen within areas off Palawan after its launch from Hainan on Monday morning, November 10.
1 min |
November 11, 2025
The Freeman
FDI net inflows slump by 40.5% in August
Net inflows of foreign direct investments (FDI) into the Philippines slumped by 40.5% in August, amid a drop in net investments in debt instruments, the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) reported on Monday.
2 min |
November 11, 2025
The Freeman
Archival considers early release of CH workers' Christmas bonus
Cebu City Mayor Nestor Archival is open to releasing ahead of schedule the Christmas bonus and 13th month pay of City Hall employees—provided that the city government has sufficient funds to do so.
1 min |
November 11, 2025
The Freeman
Utility restoration efforts continue
Cebu's major power distributors and cooperatives are still working round the clock to restore electricity across the province following the onslaught of Typhoon Tino.
1 min |
November 11, 2025
The Freeman
Bacayan-Talamban bridge “not safe”
The Bacayan-Talamban bridge is structurally compromised, said Cebu City Mayor Nestor Archival, who added that if left unattended, the city’s daily garbage operations --amounting to moving 600 metric tons-- could grind to a halt.
2 min |
November 11, 2025
The Freeman
Corruption kills
Another truism, this time only two words, is: \"Corruption kills.\" And science backs this up.
1 min |
November 11, 2025
The Freeman
Cebu's pride Christwil Villanueva crowned national champion again
Decorated Cebuano rider Christwil “Bogart” Villanueva of EGS Racing Team showed nerves of steel under stormy conditions to emerge as overall champion in the Super Sport Bike SP class of the 2025 Motul MotoIR National Championship at the Tarlac Circuit Hill in San Jose, Tarlac last Sunday, November 9.
1 min |
November 11, 2025
The Freeman
Oktoberfest 2025 rocks Cebu
There is no party like a San Miguel Oktoberfest party. The most-anticipated beer festival took the show to the Queen City of the South last October 31 at the Queensland Manor along Rahman Street at the heart of Cebu City’s uptown area.
1 min |
November 11, 2025
The Freeman
Lapu-Lapu probes damage to Caubian seawall, corals
The Lapu-Lapu City Government has launched an investigation into the damage an abandoned vessel allegedly caused to the seawall and sea corals off Caubian Island after it drifted due to strong waves brought by the ongoing weather disturbance.
2 min |
November 11, 2025
The Freeman
Bolick powers NLEX, Stockton boosts Converge
NLEX rolled back on track with an emphatic 105-91 romp over Rain or Shine, rising to a share of No. 2 with its victim at 5-2 in the PBA Season 50 Philippine Cup on Saturday, November 8, at Ynares Center Antipolo.
1 min |
November 10, 2025
The Freeman
LUZ DE MARIA REVEALS : Instructions from Saint Michael - What to Do NOW to Protect Yourself
PART 3
6 min |
November 10, 2025
The Freeman
WHILE URGING ACTIONS VS FLOODING Gwen revisits controversial decision vs ALQC quarrying
Former Cebu Governor Gwendolyn Garcia has called on authorities to recognize the “inconvenient truth” behind the recent devastating floods in Cebu and take immediate action to prevent further loss of life.
3 min |
November 10, 2025
The Freeman
Mental check
A Cebu City councilor is highlighting the need for stronger mental health support, both for the city government workers and Cebu City residents in general.
1 min |
November 10, 2025
The Freeman
Developers fast-track renewable energy, industrial expansion
Cebu developers and energy stakeholders are accelerating plans for renewable energy parks and integrated industrial communities to address rising power demand and sustain the province's economic expansion.
2 min |
November 10, 2025
The Freeman
Madonna's 'Confessions on a Dance Floor' is still iconic, 20 years later
Before Madonna released her tenth album, “Confessions on a Dance Floor,” on November 9, 2005, her relevancy was up for debate once again.
6 min |
November 10, 2025
The Freeman
DOE eyes 170 MW for WTE auction
The Department of Energy (DOE) is gearing up to offer 170 megawatts (MW) of capacity under the special green energy auction (GEA) round for waste-to-energy (WTE) projects.
1 min |
November 10, 2025
The Freeman
US grounds MD-11 cargo planes after deadly crash
The US civil aviation regulator ordered Saturday that all MD-11 cargo planes remain grounded for inspections, after one of them was involved in a deadly crash in Kentucky this week.
1 min |
November 10, 2025
The Freeman
Syrian president arrives in US for landmark visit
Syria’s President Ahmed al-Sharaa arrived in the United States on Saturday for a landmark official visit, his country’s state news agency reported, a day after Washington removed him from a terrorism blacklist.
1 min |
November 10, 2025
The Freeman
Public urged: Don’t burn post-typhoon debris
Amid the recent weather disturbances, Super Typhoon Tino and Super Typhoon Uwan, the environmental watchdog, EcoWaste Coalition, has urged all communities to avoid burning post-disaster debris to protect public health and the environment.
1 min |
November 10, 2025
The Freeman
November's Wellness Movements
\"Movember\" and \"No Shave November\" are two annually-observed awareness campaigns that're anchored on not shaving, but there's more to them than what many widely presume.Here are quick takes on the movements - what they're about, how they've grown and why they matter as health-related, wellness movements.
2 min |
November 10, 2025
The Freeman
Labor group disputes PSA's jobless data
The militant labor group Partido Manggagawa (PM) has disputed the Philippine Statistics Authority's (PSA) report showing a lower unemployment rate, asserting that the number of Filipinos without jobs actually rose in September 2025.
1 min |
November 10, 2025
The Freeman
Obese Surpass Undernourished Youths
Obesity has skyrocketed among children and adolescents bombarded by \"unethical\" marketing of junk food, outpacing undernourishment to become the leading form of malnutrition worldwide for the first time among those age five to 19, UNICEF warned.
1 min |
November 10, 2025
The Freeman
How vertical dramas flipped Hollywood
In a faux castle atop a Los Angeles hill, a small film crew with their cameras flipped sideways squeeze into a bedroom and shoot a RAUNHY affair scene, under the gaze of their Chinese producer. This is the brave new world of “vertical dramas,” a multi-billion-dollar industry that has taken Hollywood by storm in just two years, churning out algorithm-driven movies that are watched in addictive 60-second installments on smartphones.
3 min |
November 10, 2025
The Freeman
Where were the congressmen at the height of Tino?
In times of serious emergencies and most especially, during disasters and calamities, the people expect their leaders to be on top of the rescue, relief, and assistance operations.
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