1+ day, 7+ hour ago   (167+ words) Lucia Sisic, the reigning Miss Austria, has died at the age of 22. On Monday, Sept. 7, 2026, Mission Austria, the organization behind the Miss and Mister Austria competitions, confirmed Lucia’s sudden passing. “It is with great shock and deep sadness that we…...

4+ day, 55+ min ago   (295+ words) DEFENSE Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr. has accused China of “actual coercion, bullying, and aggression” after a note, apparently from China, was handed to him during a regional security forum in Seoul, South Korea. Teodoro was discussing the importance of compliance…...

4+ day, 36+ min ago   (841+ words) The worsening garbage crisis in Cebu City is infuriating — not only because the waste is piling up, but because city officials would rather point fingers than deliver a real solution. Whether the problem arose from the closure or failure of…...

4+ day, 22+ hour ago   (664+ words) Cebu City officials warned during a Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2026, council meeting that the Binaliw landfill may still be unsafe despite the Environmental Management Bureau 7 lifting its cease-and-desist order in August. City inspectors flagged missing fire equipment, early-warning systems, gas vents, and…...

5+ day, 21+ hour ago   (549+ words) The Environmental Management Bureau 7 recorded a fine particulate matter Air Quality Index of 143 in Metro Cebu at 4 p.m. on September 7, 2026, placing air quality in the “Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups” category due to Indonesian forest fires. EMB 7 Air Quality Specialist Arthur Calupig…...

6+ day, 2+ hour ago   (180+ words) A total of 7,343 families or 26,322 people remain in evacuation centers in Pampanga as flooding continues to affect communities across the province, according to the latest report of the Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (PDRRMO). The figure was recorded…...

6+ day, 2+ hour ago   (106+ words) Five people died in drowning and landslide incidents in Pampanga amid rains, the Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (PDRRMC) said on Monday, September 7. In Guagua, 24-year-old Jhony Layug and eight-year-old Xander Jace Puno reportedly drowned in two separate…...

6+ day, 9+ hour ago   (811+ words) There is perhaps no people in the world more capable of getting behind a Filipino athlete than us Filipinos. Give us someone carrying a Philippine flag, and we will cheer. Give us someone of Filipino descent, and we will claim…...

1+ week, 21+ hour ago   (281+ words) Cebu City Councilor Dave Tumulak warned that the City Government may run out of funds for garbage hauling and disposal due to spending millions of pesos daily to transport waste to Aloguinsan. Mayor Nestor Archival previously indicated that garbage funds…...

1+ week, 22+ hour ago   (209+ words) SunStar Publishing Inc. THE week began with a moment of remembrance and reflection as the Cebu City Government, through the Cultural and Historical Affairs Commission, held a wreath-laying ceremony at the monument of national hero Jose Rizal in Plaza Sugbo…...