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Lingua Franca filmmaker Isabel Sandoval to shoot her most ambitious film in Cebu Published April 22, 2021 2:33pm After releasing her record-breaking film "Lingua Franca," Filipina filmmaker Isabel Sandoval is on to what she calls her "most ambitious film" yet. In an episode of "The Howie Severino Podcast," Isabel said the movie will be based on Nick Joaquins "Tropical Gothic." Its going to be filmed in Cebu, and will be set in the first years of the Spanish regime in the country when "t...

Press Release April 19, 2021 Bong Go hails second batch of Visayan frontliners deployed to NCR, reaffirms govt commitment to ensuring welfare of medical workers Senator and Chair of the Senate Committee on Health Christopher "Bong" Go sincerely thanked the second batch of medical frontliners from the Visayas who volunteered to be deployed to overwhelmed hospitals and health care facilities in the National Capital Region following the rising number of COVID-19 cases in the region. On Friday, Apr...

LUZON REPRESENT Filipino-style beef bone marrow soup, Bulalo Because it is National Food Month, we should all try to venture out of familiar recipes and menus and try to know more about our country’s rich and diverse culinary heritage. Sisig, undoubtedly the country’s most popular pulutan, is fiercely protected by citizens and officials of Angeles City, where it was introduced in a barbecue stand by the railroad tracks in the 1970s. The local government even wants to legislate its recipe an...

Philippine province builds on lessons learned to grow ecotourism industry by Jun Aguirre on 14 April 2021 Antique province in the central Philippines is looking to boost local revenues through ecotourism, after the COVID-19 pandemic put the brakes on a thriving tourism industry. The province is home to a rich biodiversity, including the critically endangered writhed-billed hornbill, giant rafflesia “corpse flower,” and rare bowl corals. Taking a leaf from the experience of nearby Boracay, ...

SunStar Istorya Namon Subong: Narrative of Negrense art in lockdown BACOLOD. Elwah Gonzales in front of her work for Istorya Namon Subong (Our Stories Now). (Contributed photo) BACOLOD. Angela Silva in her home studio. (Contributed photo) BACOLOD. Angela Silva, Sugar Babies, 1937, 2021, Mixed media. (Contributed photo) BACOLOD. A studio portrait of Erika Mayo. (Contributed photo) BACOLOD. Josephine Turalba photographed at her studio. (Contributed photo) BACOLOD. Kari...

SunStar (File photo: Visayan Electric Company) + April 11, 2021 HEEDING the appeal of the business chambers in Cebu, the Visayan Electric Co. is set to renegotiate some of its power contracts in efforts to lower power rates in its franchise area. Visayan Electric president and chief operating officer engineer Raul Lucero announced that the electric utility has considered renegotiating its contracts with some of its power suppliers and is in fact already preparing to hold a competit...

SunStar + April 06, 2021 THE Mandaue Chamber of Commerce and Industry (MCCI) is calling on Visayan Electric Company to renegotiate its contract with power generators to lower the cost of electricity in their franchise area. The MCCI wants the Visayan Electric to renegotiate the prices of two of the highest power producers for the distribution utility--power generators Cebu Private Power Corp. and Green Core Geothermal Inc. “A year into the pandemic and everyone is still trying to...

SunStar Cebu Archbishop Jose Palma. (File photo) + March 17, 2021 IN HIS first public mass since he was released from the hospital after recovering Covid-19, Cebu Archbishop Jose Palma, on Wednesday, March 17, 2021, reminded the faithful that the life of San Pedro Calungsod is an inspiration in which the faithful can learn to be grateful and appreciate the gift of faith. The prelate, in his homily during the opening salvo mass for the 22nd annual fiesta in honor of the Visayan mart...

Published March 15, 2021, 9:45 PM NAVAL, Biliran – Travelers from here going to and from a number of Eastern Visayan areas will now have a comfortable, hygienic ride via a modern fleet of buses. The Visayas Liner, owned by the Visayas Ventures Inc. from Leyte, aims to provide safe and comfortable ride with its two-seater column with 37-seater capacity. During a presscon in Ormoc City, Rainier Mancera, president of the Visayas Ventures Inc., said the bus has a TV, Wi-Fi, charger, a comfort r...

Catholic missionization led by Father Diego Luis de San Vitores Artemia Perez, Juan San Nicolas, Lazaro Quinata and Manuel Cruz Commissioned by Kumision Estoria-Ta Editors note: Throughout the month of March, Mes CHamoru, the Pacific Daily News will be presenting I Hinanao-Ta: Our Journey, a work commissioned by Kumision Estoria-Ta with funding and support from the Humanities Guåhans CARES Act Emergency Relief Grant Program, the Young Men’s League of Guam, Guam Museum, Department of CHamor...