Paying for land to live in

Editorial 10/30/2018

We hope the national government through its Department of National Defense, certify immediately an agreement signed between Cebu City Hall and the Capitol that would allow 4,000 residents to continue living on land that surrounds Camp Lapu-Lapu…

DPS seeks clarification on whether or not to stop paying for maintenance of city-owned police vehicles

Morexette B. Erram 08/27/2018

The Department of General Services is on a quandary as to whether or not to stop shouldering the maintenance expenses for city-owned police vehicles. DGS Head Ronald Malacora said there was an earlier order from Mayor Tomas…

Osmeña: Cebu City to stop paying for repair of city-owned police cars

Morexette Marie B. Erram 08/04/2018

SHORTLY after he accused the police of cuddling killers, Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña announced the Cebu City government will no longer shoulder the cost of repairs of around 90 city-owned vehicles that are assigned to the…

Paying vendors only for Mandaue market

Nestle L. Semilla 04/30/2018

NOT all vendors will be given space in Mandaue City’s new, smaller public market in Barangay Centro, Mayor Luigi Quisumbing said yesterday. He said 1,200 out of the 1,600 registered stall owners in Mandaue City will be…

Giving back and paying it forward

Cris Evert B. Lato-Ruffolo 09/17/2017

Ethelrida Camiguin Pajao A robbery incident in Cebu City in the mid-80s changed the life of a little girl named Ethelrida Camiguin, who was then living in Barangay Combado, Maasin City, in Southern Leyte. Her parents, Erlinda…

Broker claims paying P1M weekly to BOC’s ‘Davao group’

Inquirer.net 08/22/2017

Private broker Mark Taguba II on Tuesday claimed that he paid as much as P1 million a week to the “Davao group” of the Bureau of Customs (BOC). During the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee hearing on the…

On paying for the poor

Stephen D. Capillas 05/18/2017

A letter written by a certain Barbara Rank of Iowa in the US in response to her congressman who questioned why American men have to pay for “pregnancy insurance” under Obamacare caught my attention in light of…

Vendors want their spaces back, say they all need to earn a living

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 03/13/2017

MANDAUE CITY DEMOLITION Some 50 ambulant vendors trooped to the Mandaue City Hall on Monday to protest the demolition of their stalls last week. Donning black T-shirts, the vendors met with Acting Mayor Carlo Fortuna and City…

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