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Lawyer Aaron Pedrosa Jr. and Jessica Suniega posted bail of P6,500 and P1,500, respectively, at the Mandaue Hall of Justice yesterday morning. Prosecutor Felixberto Geromo found probable cause on the obstruction of justice case filed against Pedrosa…
About 37 families living inside the Doña Pepang cemetery in barangay Carreta in Cebu City will be relocated to neighboring barangay Tejero before the end of this month, Cebu City Hall’s Department for the Welfare of Urban…
Manlifa Zuniega quit her job as a saleslady at a mall to help her mother find a home before they are driven out of their shanty in sitio Mahayag, barangay Subangdaku, Mandaue City. Last Monday, her mother…
Vice President Jejomar Binay’s refusal to appear in last Thursday’s Senate blue ribbon committee hearing may or may not plunge his popularity to record low levels. But it will send the wrong signal to the public which…
Cebu City Mayor Michael Rama said the city government will allocate P500 million in the city’s proposed P18.9 billion 2015 annual budget to help occupants of province-owned lots under Provincial Ordinance 93-1. “This will be a buffer…
The Cebu City government will continue giving packed meals to fire victims in barangay Lorega until they are relocated, Cebu City Mayor Michael Rama said yesterday. In yesterday’s press conference, Rama said it would be unsafe for…
The Lorega fire tragedy adds a new twist as Cebu City Mayor Michael Rama intends to clear the old cemetery and use it as a resettlement site for thousands of residents displaced by the March 18 fire.…
The Cebu City Council yesterday passed a resolution declaring barangay Lorega under state of calamity after a 10-hour fire rendered over 7,000 people homeless last Tuesday. At least five people were injured. Authorities estimate the damage to…
Dura lex sed lex. The law is harsh, but it is the law. With this legal maxim, Judge Estela Alma Singco of the Cebu City Regional Trial Court Branch 12 yesterday denied the petition of 20 settlers…
At least 700 houses in seven sitios of barangay Lorega, Cebu City were destroyed by a fire that broke out at 4:55 p.m. yesterday. Smoke from the fire which some witnesses described as an “inferno” after it…
At least 51 urban poor communities in Cebu City face demolition with no available relocation sites for the affected settlers. Collin Rosell, head of the Department for the Welfare of the Urban Poor (DWUP), said the Cebu…
Cebu City Mayor Michael Rama called on the Cebu provincial government to turn over city-owned lots in order to help the city government relocate displaced families and settlers. “The province has so many properties. They can turn…
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