Cebu City,officially known as the City of Cebu,is a 1st class highly urbanized city in the Central Visayas region of the Philippines and capital of the Cebu Province. According to the 2020 census,it has a population of 964,169 people, making it the sixth-most populated city in the nation and the most populous in the Visayas.
Talisay,officially known as the City of Talisay,is a 3rd class component city in the province of Cebu,Philippines. According to the 2020 census,it has a population of 263,048 people.
The Chiong murder case was a trial regarding an incident on July 16,1997 in Cebu,the Philippines,in which sisters Marijoy and Jacqueline Chiong were kidnapped,raped,and murdered. Francisco Juan "Paco" Larrañaga,a man of dual Filipino and Spanish citizenship was,along with six others,convicted of murder,and sentenced to death by lethal injection on February 3,2004. Capital punishment in the Philippines has since been abolished. As of 2019,the Chiong sisters were never found.
JoséSerofia Palma O.P. is a Filipino prelate and a professed member of the Dominican Order who is currently serving as the Archbishop of Cebu since 15 October 2010. He had previously served as Archbishop of Palo in Leyte. He also served as president of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines from 2011 to 2013.
Naga,officially known as the City of Naga,is a 5th class component city in the province of Cebu,Philippines. According to the 2020 census,it has a population of 133,184 people. Naga City is bordered to the north by the town of Minglanilla,to the west is the city of Toledo,to the east is the Cebu Strait,and to the south is the town of San Fernando.
SM Seaside,also known locally as Seaside,is a large shopping mall owned and developed by SM Prime Holdings in Cebu City,Philippines that opened on 27 November 2015,exactly 22 years after SM City Cebu,which opened in 1993. It is the centerpiece of the SM - Ayala Land Joint Venture Estate called South Coast City,a 30-hectare mixed-use development at the South Road Properties.
Local elections was held in the Province of Cebu last May 13,2013 within the Philippine general election. Voters will select candidates for all local positions:a town mayor,vice mayor and town councilors,as well as members of the Sangguniang Panlalawigan,the vice-governor,governor and representatives for the six districts of Cebu. Incumbent governor Gwendolyn Garcia is barred for seeking another term because she is limited to three terms only.
Sara Zimmerman Duterte-Carpio,commonly known as Inday Sara,is a Filipino politician who is the 15th and current vice president of the Philippines. She is the third female vice president,the third vice president to come from Mindanao,and the youngest vice president in Philippine history. Duterte is also the secretary of education,holding the post in a concurrent capacity. A daughter of former president Rodrigo Duterte,she previously served as the mayor of Davao City from 2016 to 2022,and from 2010 to 2013. She was also Davao City's vice mayor from 2007 to 2010.
The mayor of Cebu City is the chief executive of the government of Cebu City in the Philippines. The mayor leads the city's departments in executing ordinances and delivering public services. The mayorship is a three-year term and each mayor is restricted to three consecutive terms,totaling nine years,although a mayor can be elected again after an interruption of one term.
On September 20,2018,a landslide caused by heavy rainfall and quarrying operations by Apo Land and Quarry Corporations (ALQC) in Naga,Cebu,Philippines,killed 78 people. Five others are missing. This is the second deadly landslide to occur in the country in five days;the first occurred in Itogon,Benguet,on September 15,triggered by Typhoon Mangkhut (Ompong),leaving at least 35 dead.
Local elections were held in Cebu City on May 13,2019 within the Philippine general election. Registered voters of the city elected candidates for the following elective local posts:mayor,vice mayor,district representative,and eight councilors at-large for each district. There are two legislative districts in the city.
Julian Bacus Daan,popularly known as Esteban "Teban" Escudero after a character he played in a radio drama,was a Filipino Cebuano film,local TV,stage,and radio writer,director,actor,comedian,and politician from Cebu,Philippines. He served six terms as member of the Cebu Provincial Board representing the first legislative district. He was serving his second term as councilman for Talisay City at the time of his death.
Edgardo Colina Labella was a Filipino politician and lawyer who served as the mayor of Cebu City from 2019 until his death in 2021. Prior to becoming mayor,he was the city's vice mayor from 2013 to 2019 and was a member of the Cebu City Council from 1998 to 2001 and again from 2004 to 2013.
The Cebu Provincial Board is the Sangguniang Panlalawigan of the Philippine province of Cebu.
Valdemar "Val" Mendiola Chiong is a Filipino politician who is the incumbent mayor of Naga,Cebu,Philippines. He previously held the position twice,first from 2006 to 2016 when he assumed the position after the death of his brother and then mayor Ferdinand Chiong and went on to serve for three consecutive terms,and from June 30,2019,to March 16,2020.
The COVID-19 pandemic in Central Visayas is part of the worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2. The virus reached Central Visayas on February 5,2020,when the first case of the disease was confirmed in Bohol. As of October 19,2021,there have been 149,915 cases in Central Visayas with 4,213 deaths.
Local elections were held in Cebu City on May 9,2022 within the Philippine general election. Registered voters of the city will be electing candidates for the following elective local posts:mayor,vice mayor,district representative,and eight councilors at-large for each district. There are two legislative districts in the city.
Katipunan Street is a national tertiary road in Cebu City,Cebu,Philippines. It commences at the corner of N. Bacalso Avenue and V. Rama Avenue in Barangay Calamba,passes through the junctions of A. Lopez and Salvador streets and ends at the junction of F. Llamas Street in Barangay Tisa.
Alvin Biaño Garcia is a Filipino politician and lawyer who served twice as the Mayor of Cebu City from 1995 to 1998 and from 1998 to 2001. He served as the vice mayor of the said city from 1988 to 1995 alongside the mayor at the time:Tomas Osmeña. He is also the founder of Kugi Uswag Sugbo (KUSUG),a local political party based in Cebu City.
