| Type | Newspaper |
|---|---|
| Format | Tabloid |
| Political alignment | Independent |
| Language | English; Philippine languages |
| Headquarters | Cebu City, Philippines |
| Sister newspapers | Sun.Star SuperBalita |
| Website | www |
Sun.Star (also written Sun Star) is an English-language newspaper in the Philippines. The newspaper is based in Cebu City and is the only major national newspaper based outside Metro Manila.
English is a West Germanic language that was first spoken in early medieval England and eventually became a global lingua franca. Named after the Angles, one of the Germanic tribes that migrated to the area of Great Britain that would later take their name, England, both names ultimately deriving from the Anglia peninsula in the Baltic Sea. It is closely related to Frisian and Low Saxon, and its vocabulary has been significantly influenced by other Germanic languages, particularly Norse, and to a greater extent Latin and French.
A newspaper is a periodical publication containing written information about current events.
The Philippines, officially the Republic of the Philippines, is an archipelagic country in Southeast Asia. Situated in the western Pacific Ocean, it consists of about 7,641 islands that are categorized broadly under three main geographical divisions from north to south: Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao. The capital city of the Philippines is Manila and the most populous city is Quezon City, both part of Metro Manila. Bounded by the South China Sea on the west, the Philippine Sea on the east and the Celebes Sea on the southwest, the Philippines shares maritime borders with Taiwan to the north, Vietnam to the west, Palau to the east, and Malaysia and Indonesia to the south.
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Although the newspaper's main office is in Cebu City, Sun.Star also has various editions for different cities of the Philippines, each with content relevant to the area where the editions are published. Aside from the Metro Cebu edition, Sun.Star has editions for 11 other cities and areas.
Metropolitan Cebu, or simply Metro Cebu,, is the main urban center of the province of Cebu in the Philippines. Metro Cebu is located along the central eastern portion of the island including the nearby island of Mactan. It accounts for 20 percent of the land area and 61.5 percent of the population of the entire island of Cebu.
- City editions are published in Bacolod, Baguio, Cagayan de Oro, Davao City, Dumaguete, General Santos, Iloilo City, Tacloban and Zamboanga City.
- Provincial editions are published for residents of Pampanga and Pangasinan. However, city editions may also carry content relevant to the provinces where they are located.
- Regional editions are published for residents in Metro Cebu and Metro Manila. The Metro Cebu edition also carries content relevant to the province of Cebu.
Bacolod, officially City of Bacolod and often referred to as Bacolod City, is a highly urbanized city in the Philippines. It is the capital of the province of Negros Occidental where it is geographically situated but governed administratively independent from it.
Baguio, officially the City of Baguio and popularly referred to as Baguio City, is a mountain resort city located in Northern Luzon, Philippines. It is known as the Summer Capital of the Philippines, owing to its cool climate since the city is located approximately 4,810 feet above mean sea level, often cited as 1,540 meters in the Luzon tropical pine forests ecoregion, which also makes it conducive for the growth of mossy plants and orchids.
Cagayan de Oro, officially the City of Cagayan de Oro or simply referred to as Cagayan de Oro City, is a 1st class highly urbanized city in Northern Mindanao, Philippines. According to the 2015 census, it has a population of 675,950 people.
All editions also carry national content, usually the same across all newspaper editions.
The Sun.Star is published as a tabloid newspaper in Bacolod, Baguio, Cagayan de Oro, Davao, Metro Cebu and Pampanga. It is an exclusively online newspaper for residents of Dumaguete, General Santos, Iloilo, Metro Manila, Pangasinan, Tacloban and Zamboanga City.
A tabloid is a newspaper with a compact page size smaller than broadsheet. There is no standard size for this newspaper format.
