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Strawberries are being grown in a pioneer farm in the west coast town of Balamban. The plants bear fruit between January and April.

A 500-square meter strawberry farm sits on a mountain slope in sitio Putol, barangay Magsaysay, about 64 km from Cebu City.

The farm houses almost 5,000 strawberry plants of different varieties. The three-year old project, is still in the experimental stage, but it has shown a lot of business potential, according to Jose Bebelonio Pepito, chairman of the Barangay Unity Key to Integrated Development Multi-Purpose Cooperative (Bukid-MPC), which operates the farm. More…

Cebu will expect more international flights starting this year, as the Department of Tourism (DOT) seriously sees the need for the province to add connecting flights in prospective tourism markets abroad.

“Cebu lacks international flight connectivity, which makes Cebu an expensive tourism destination,” said DOT chief Joseph Ace H. Durano.

According to Durano adding international flights is an urgent need for Cebu these days in order to sustain its attractiveness to the foreign tourists. The Freeman