About the Author

Ms. Brojan was 20 when she started working as a reporter for a local paper in Cebu City in 1992 and later as correspondent of the Philippine Daily Inquirer, covering Cebu and Central Visayas.

Four years later, the Inquirer took her in as Chief of Correspondents, later Assistant Bureau Chief for the Visayas. In 2005, she was seconded to the now defunct Cebu Daily News, Inquirer’s sister publication as its editor-in-chief. In 2011, she returned to the Inquirer as Visayas Bureau Chief until June 30, 2025.

Ms Brojan received her Mass Communications degree from the University of the Philippines-Cebu College and Master’s Degree in Development Communication from UP-Open University.

Latest from the Author

1 day ago

Bakers bank on innovation, collaboration amid rising costs

By: Connie Fernandez-Brojan

CEBU CITY—Bakers have a recipe to cushion the impact of rising inflation and higher logistics costs on the industry: collaboration and innovation.

1 day ago

Cebu seen as a potential e-motorcycle manufacturing hub

By: Connie Fernandez-Brojan

CEBU CITY—Cebu has the potential to become a manufacturing and export hub for electric motorcycles if it streamlines regulations, develops battery-swapping infrastructure and attracts long-term investment in the emerging industry.

2 days ago

MICECON returns to Cebu after 13 years

By: Connie Fernandez-Brojan

CEBU CITY—Cebu has won the bid to host MICECON 2027, bringing the country’s largest gathering of professionals in the meetings, incentives, conventions and exhibitions/events (MICE) industry back to the province after 13 years.

2 days ago

Cebu business groups demand swift action on daily brownouts

By: Connie Fernandez-Brojan

CEBU CITY—The local business community is growing increasingly frustrated with the daily rotational brownouts that are driving up production costs, disrupting factory operations and discouraging foreign investors.

4 days ago

DOE sees relief from Visayas brownouts by Sept. 21

By: Connie Fernandez-Brojan

CEBU CITY—Cebuanos reeling from rotating brownouts will have to hang on a little longer.

5 days ago

Daily brownouts may persist as Cebu power supply stays tight

By: Connie Fernandez-Brojan

CEBU CITY—Rotational brownouts may become a daily occurrence for Cebuanos in the coming days as local energy officials remain uncertain when the Visayas grid will fully stabilize.

7 days ago

PATA urges East Asian destinations to join forces as ‘Super 10’

By: Connie Fernandez-Brojan

LAPU-LAPU CITY—From rival destinations to tourism partners working together as the “Super 10.”

4 Sep 2026

8:31AM

Daily brownouts put Cebu’s economic growth at risk

By: Connie Fernandez-Brojan

CEBU CITY—Business and local leaders have raised alarm over Cebu’s daily rotational brownouts as the outages are not only disrupting businesses and households but also undermine the province’s reputation as an investment hub.

3 Sep 2026

9:49AM

Central Visayas developers seek policy reforms to cut housing costs

By: Connie Fernandez-Brojan

CEBU CITY — Property developers in Central Visayas are calling for closer collaboration with the government on reforms to lower the cost of housing, as expensive land, high financing costs, rising construction expenses, and regulatory constraints continue to squeeze affordability across the region.