Rama: Release financial assistance to Mambaling fire victims in 3 days

Delta Derycka C. Letigio 11/27/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu City Mayor Michael Rama ordered the release of financial assistance for the fire victims in Barangay Mambaling within three days. The mayor said in a press conference on Saturday, November 27, 2021,…

Rama may need to extend stay as acting mayor, Labella “stable”

Delta Derycka C. Letigio 07/22/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu City Mayor Edgardo Labella’s health is slowly improving, but he may not be strong enough to go back to work by July 25, 2021. This was the statement of City Administrator Floro…

Rama reconvenes Adhoc committee for CCMC completion

Delta Derycka C. Letigio 07/15/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu City Vice Mayor Michael Rama has reconvened the Adhoc committee for the Cebu City Medical Center (CCMC) to ensure that the building will be completed by 2022. Rama delivered a privilege speech…

Dizon wants free transport to vaccine sites

Delta Derycka C. Letigio 06/19/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu City Councilor Alvin Dizon is asking the Vaccine Advisory Board (VAB) to provide free transportation to the individuals scheduled for vaccination in the sites. The councilor said the city now operates four…

First dose vaccination in Cebu City resumes on June 17, still no A4

Delta Derycka C. Letigio 06/16/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The first dose vaccination for residents in Cebu City will finally resume on June 17, 2021, after being suspended for five days for lack of vaccines. Doctor Jeffrey Ibones, officer-in-charge of the City…

Cebu schools support bill amending new 25% tax policy on proprietary educational institutions

Delta Derycka C. Letigio 06/05/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu educational institutions, along with parents and teachers associations, are calling for the amendment of the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) Revenue Regulations No. 5–2021 that imposes a 25 percent tax rate on…

Dino to chief execs: Be patient, vaccines are coming

Delta Derycka C. Letigio 04/29/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Presidential Assistant to the Visayas, Secretary Michael Lloyd Dino is urging the local chief executives in the Visayas to be more patient with the vaccines. Dino said that he will be lobbying for…

Cebu City markets now open on Sundays

Delta Derycka C. Letigio 04/21/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu City markets are now open on Sundays after more than a year of closure on this day of the week for the regular disinfection. Mayor Edgardo Labella signed Executive Order (EO) No.…

Expert says Cebu’s COVID-19 situation less likely to end up like NCR

Delta Derycka C. Letigio 04/06/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) situation in Cebu is relatively better than that of the National Capital Region (NCR) due to the coordinated efforts of all stakeholders in the community to keep the…

Labella slams City Council: You gave authority to sign JVA

Delta Derycka C. Letigio 03/25/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu City Mayor Edgardo Labella said there is no impediment in the joint-venture-agreement the city undertook with Megawide Construction Corp. for the modernization of the Carbon Market. This was his response after the groundbreaking…

Rama disapproves groundbreaking of Carbon Market modernization

Delta Derycka C. Letigio 03/25/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu City Vice Mayor Michael Rama has expressed his disapproval over the groundbreaking for the Carbon Market modernization program in a privilege speech delivered shortly after what he called a “hasty” event. Rama,…

Walk-ins, anxiety, cause bottleneck in vaccine roll-out in Cebu City

Delta Derycka C. Letigio 03/24/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The vaccine roll-out among barangay health workers in Cebu City has been so far successful, but not without its challenges. City Health Department (CHD) officer-in-charge, Doctor Jeffrey Ibones, said that one of the…

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