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Where fine wine meets the front row: Polvanera and Speakerbox launch ‘The Night of 14’

In the heart of Bangkok’s bustling music circuit, a new rhythm is taking shape. While beer has long been the default companion for a night of live performances, a new collaboration is challenging that tradition. Polvanera, the renowned organic winery from Puglia, Italy, has announced a long-term partnership with Speakerbox, starting with a special event …

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DepEd-7 taps Learning Continuity Spaces to ease classroom shortage

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Department of Education (DepEd) Region 7 is tapping the Learning Continuity Spaces (LCS) to help prevent learning disruptions caused by natural disasters and classroom shortage. The initiative comes as public schools across Central Visayas continue to face a shortage of about 10,000 classrooms. DepEd-7 earlier reported that Cebu lacks 8,287

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Benhur Abalos Jr. appointed as cabinet secretary

MANILA, Philippines — President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. has appointed former Interior Secretary Benhur Abalos Jr. as Cabinet secretary, Palace press officer Claire Castro announced on Wednesday. Castro said Abalos, who served as chief of the Department of the Interior and Local Government from 2022 to 2024, is set to take his oath of office before

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Visayas grid faces 1st red alert in July

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Consumers and residents in Cebu should brace for potential rotational brownouts on Wednesday, July 8.  The Visayas power grid was placed under red alert Wednesday afternoon after a transmission line fault and an emergency plant shutdown pushed available capacity below peak demand, the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) said. The

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PSC, Hayco leads Southeast Asia youth crime prevention meeting

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) Commissioner Edward Hayco led this week’s Sports and Youth Crime Prevention (SYCP) meeting in Manila, bringing together representatives from Southeast Asian nations to strengthen the role of sports in youth development and crime prevention. Hayco, a former longtime chairman of the Cebu City Sports Commission (CCSC) and

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Kumong Bol-Anon 25: Gentallan eyes statement win vs Chinese foe

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Nearly two years after suffering the lone defeat of his professional career against a Chinese opponent, Boholano boxer Shane “Sugar Shane” Gentallan gets an opportunity to close that lingering chapter when he squares off with China’s Xiaokang Song in Kumong Bol-Anon 25 on Saturday, July 11, in Tagbilaran City. For Gentallan,

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Ex-DBP chair Philip Lo named presidential adviser for Visayas

MANILA, Philippines — President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has appointed Cebuano businessman and former Development Bank of the Philippines (DBP) chair Philip Lo as the new presidential assistant for the Visayas. Palace Press Officer Claire Castro announced the appointment on Wednesday, when Lo is also expected to take his oath of office before Marcos in Malacañang.

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Sandiganbayan orders PNP to submit reports on Marcoleta’s status

MANILA, Philippines — The Sandiganbayan Third Division on Wednesday ordered the Philippine National Police (PNP) to submit reports on Sen. Rodante Marcoleta’s current condition. Marcoleta faces a plunder case before the anti-graft court’s Third Division over the P75 million campaign donation he received while serving as a party-list lawmaker, which, according to state prosecutors, was

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DepEd sets ‘active shooter drills’ after deadly Tacloban incident

MANILA, Philippines—The Department of Education (DepEd) will roll out safety drills to prepare students for violent incidents in school campuses, following the Tacloban City incident that killed three students and wounded at least 20 others. “We are adjusting because we have the first-ever school shooting, which means students were the shooters. So we are now

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8 survive landslide in Bukidnon town

VALENCIA CITY, Bukidnon — Eight people narrowly escaped death after a landslide buried two houses in Purok 2, Barangay Tawas in Kitaotao, Bukidnon last Sunday night as continuous heavy rains triggered by the enhanced southwest monsoon affected parts of the province, belated reports reaching here on Wednesday said. Generose Amistoso, Municipal Disaster Risk Reduction and

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