CEBU CITY—The Cebu City Council has endorsed eight bus stations for the “high-quality bus transport system” (HQPTS) route from the South Road Properties (SRP) to the North Reclamation Area (NRA) in Cebu City.

The police who will secure delegates of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation meeting in Bacolod City on Wednesday and Thursday, have been conducting dry runs since last week.

Prospects for more Negrense investment opportunities in the areas of food and tourism were once again strengthened with the participation of Negros Occidental province in the three-day Madrid Fusion Manila at the SMX Convention Center, Mall of Asia in Pasay City, Manila, that ended yesterday.

SM Supermalls and the Mathematics Trainers Guild-Philippines (MTG) have launched the 10th Philippine Sudoku Super Challenge (PSSC) and 2015 DepEd-MTG-SM-SHARP Math Trail and Problem Solving Competitions Northern Luzon Inter-Regional Finals.

04/24/2015 12:47 PM – QUANZHOU, China — A monument to Philippine national hero Jose Rizal stands here in the city of his ancestors, Jijiang, Quanzhou City.

April 23, 2015 12:00 am JST – MANILA — Ayala Land and SM Prime Holdings — two fast-expanding Philippine real estate developers — have different strategies for dealing with a slowing China. One says it is time to exit the Chinese real estate market; the other sees slowing growth as an opportunity to expand.

April 26th, 2015 – CABANATUAN CITY—One of the country’s biggest mall operators on Friday opened its 51st mall in the heart of this city.

April 26, 2015 – 12:00am – MANILA, Philippines – “The whole concept behind Madrid Fusión Manila is to get the best in the culinary arts to come to Manila, share their knowledge, and learn from our local culinary chefs at the same time,” said Tourism Secretary Ramon Jimenez Jr. “Not only are we excited to learn from the modern techniques, this event serves to challenge our food artisans to bring out the best in their craft and to start a crusade to make Manila the center of culinary excellence in this region.”

April 25, 2015 7:52am – Dishes from Luzon, the Visayas, and Mindanao will take center stage at the three-day gastronomy event called Madrid Fusion Manila at the SMX Convention Center.

April 26, 2015 – CITY OF SAN FERNANDO — What started as an experimental event to bring young music lovers together has now turned into a grand slam event as some 20,000 people flocked to this year’s Cast Away 2.0 Music Festival at SM City Pampanga’s Amphitheater.