City ordinance to guard relocation, housing fund

Doris C. Bongcac 10/05/2014

Cebu City Councilor Alvin Dizon is proposing an ordinance to permanently allocate funds for site development and lot acquisition for urban poor housing so that the money won’t be spent for other purposes. In a draft presented…

Three fires in Cebu, Mandaue cities

Anie M. Paujana, Bjorn Abraham Tabanera, Doris C. Bongcac, Melissa Q. Cabahug 10/04/2014

  A house in Sitio lower Careta, barangay Careta caught on fire at past 7 a.m. today. Home owner Alex Morimon was reported to be cooking rice in his kitchen when a nearby container caught fire, he…

‘I want her terminated’: Tomas files 12 admin plaints vs city treasurer

Doris C. Bongcac 10/04/2014

Former Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña want acting city treasurer Diwa Cuevas kicked out of City Hall for alleged  “acts of omission” which resulted in adverse audit opinion from government auditors in the last three years. Osmeña…

Cebu City Council to resolve committee revamp on Tuesday

Doris C. Bongcac 10/03/2014

The Cebu City Council will meet this coming Tuesday to discuss plans by Team Rama allies to call for a reorganization of committee chairmanships. Acting Mayor Edgar Labella, the council’s presiding officer, said it won’t be healthy…

4-day work week needs further study

Doris C. Bongcac 10/03/2014

A plan to change the work schedule of government employees to only four days a week be studied well, said acting Cebu City mayor Edgar Labella. Labella said he would rather adopt a flexible time scheme for…

Film on child prostitution to be shown in Cebu

Doris C. Bongcac 10/02/2014

Growing up in Manila’s slum area, Lilet had dreamed of becoming rich and famous. But her parents pushed her to become a commercial sex worker, leading her to a lifetime of waste and rebellion despite the intervention…

DA to deputize NGOs for animal protection

Doris C. Bongcac 10/01/2014

The Department of Agriculture  is tapping non-government organizations to advance animal welfare and protection. Dr. Arvin Serrano of the DA Committee on Animal Welfare said they wanted to “localize” implementation of Republic Act 10631 which contains amendments…

PUJ protest fails to paralyze Metro Cebu

Apple Ta-as, Doris C. Bongcac 10/01/2014

Drivers allied with the Pagkakaisa ng mga Samahan ng Tsuper at Opereytor Nationwide (Piston) stopped plying their routes but still failed to paralyze mass transportation in Cebu City and neighboring cities and towns yesterday. Cebu City Councilor…

City Hall assesses road share trial; Intersections ‘not designed’ for it

Aileen Garcia-Yap, Doris C. Bongcac 09/30/2014

Cebu City officials are assessing feedback on Sunday’s road-sharing experiment amid complaints of traffic congestion in four major roads where half of the lanes were reserved for pedestrians from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. Acting Mayor Edgar…

Rama’s staff nabbed for brandishing gun

Doris C. Bongcac, Melissa Q. Cabahug 09/30/2014

An executive assistant of Cebu City Mayor Michael Rama was arrested after scaring off customers in an eatery where he showed up drunk and brandishing a gun in barangay Labangon Saturday evening. Dennis Jabonero, 61, was disarmed…

Coop asks Capitol for Kalunasan property title

Doris C. Bongcac 09/29/2014

A water service cooperative in barangay Kalunasan, Cebu City is asking the Cebu provincial government to allow them to acquire the 30-square meter property that they now occupy. Engr. Antonio Canoy, chairman of the Langub Kalunasan Multipurpose…

Heavy traffic in south as Alay Lakad passes SRP

Apple Ta-as, Doris C. Bongcac 09/28/2014

Traffic congestion was felt in the southern corridor of Cebu City with the closure of the south-bound lane of the South Coastal Road in order to give way to the annual Alay Lakad activity yesterday afternoon. Traffic…

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