Cemetery in lot swap agreement

Doris C. Bongcac 11/02/2014

DOÑA Pepang cemetery, where the Osmeña Mausoleum is located, occupies a  9,282 square meter lot in barangay Carreta in Cebu City. The property used to be owned by the Cebu Archdiocese. On January 2011, the Cebu City…

Sirao flowers in demand

Doris C. Bongcac 11/01/2014

Cut flowers from the mountain backyard of Cebu City are in demand for this solemn weekend’s visits to family graves. Elber and Nelinia Bontilao were busy packing yellow Chrysanthemums on Thursday to meet bulk orders by vendors…

Official spooked by ‘haunted car’

Doris C. Bongcac 10/31/2014

Have you ever taken a ride in a haunted car? Barangay chairperson Marjorita Cangmaong of the mountain barangay of Malubog in Cebu City had such an experience after she accepted a vehicle assigned to her by the…

Fire highlights lack of equipment

Doris C. Bongcac, Jhunnex Napallacan 10/30/2014

Cebu City’s fire chief admitted their limitation in responding to the fire at the Cebu Doctors’ University Hospital that resulted in the evacuation and transfer of more than 200 patients to other hospitals last Tuesday night. Chief…

Cebu City lawyers prepare to parry off Mandaue

Doris C. Bongcac 10/26/2014

CEBU City Mayor Michael Rama called for a meeting with City Hall lawyers together with the head of the city’s slaughterhouse  on Monday to prepare their response to the Mandaue city government’s claim that  the  slaughterhouse in…

Piston to commuters: Brace for Monday’s protest

Doris C. Bongcac, Jose Santino S. Bunachita, Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 10/25/2014

If plans push through, commuters will have to endure the difficulty of finding jeepneys to ferry them to and from Cebu City on Monday. This is because members of the Cebu group of the Pagkakaisa ng mga…

Scheme to make senior citizens ‘donate’ P1,700 to CCMC reconstruction fund bared

Doris C. Bongcac 10/25/2014

Retirement bliss may turn to blues for elderly residents of Cebu City after a plan to forfeit a portion of their cash allowances was revealed yesterday. A leader of a senior citizens group said that weeks before…

Cebu City elderly get P2K today

Doris C. Bongcac, Jose Santino S. Bunachita 10/24/2014

Cebu City’s senior citizens will receive another P2,000 cash assistance to be distributed in barangay gyms starting at 8 a.m. today. Acting Cebu City Treasurer Diwa Cuevas said this brings to P7,000 the total amount of cash…

Drivers to City Hall: Check your vehicles first

Doris C. Bongcac 10/23/2014

Imposition of any fines will only be an added burden to drivers. And before Cebu City Hall sanctions drivers for emitting thick black smoke, it should inspect its own trucks first. Greg Perez, Piston Cebu head, said…

Rama allocates P40M to fund aid program

Doris C. Bongcac 10/23/2014

Cebu City Mayor Michael Rama has a change of heart and included a P40 million allocation for solo parents in his 2015 budget proposal even after he vetoed an ordinance that would grant them cash assistance. Rama…

CCCI supports measure aimed at reducing unemployment

Doris C. Bongcac 10/23/2014

The Cebu Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCCI) has expressed its “conditional support” to the proposed legislation by Councilor Alvin Dizon that would require contractors to employ city residents in their construction sites. Businessmen are asking the…

‘I just want to be happy’

Doris C. Bongcac 10/21/2014

This was the last message that florist, Daniel Jun Cañete posted on the social networking site, Facebook, the night before he was killed inside his flower shop in Sikatuna St. in Cebu City. Earlier on Sunday, he…

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