Cebu City OBO issues notice of illegal construction to 580 violators

Jasmin Meode 08/20/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Office of the Building Official (OBO) in Cebu City has identified over 500 construction projects here that violated the National Building Code of the Philippines. Architect Florante Catalan, OBO’s head, said that…

OCM destroys over 600 defective weighing scales

Jasmin Meode 08/19/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Office of the City Markets (OCM) destroyed on Monday over 600 defective weighing scales that they confiscated in the last two years. John Paul Amores, OCM’s spokesperson, said that these weighing scales…

Cebu Province inflation rate up in July

Jasmin Meode 08/15/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Inflation rate in Cebu Province soared up to 4.0 percent in July  from 3.5 percent in June 2024, according to the latest report by the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) Cebu. On Thursday, August…

Cebu City Public Library: Friendly space for visually impaired people

Jasmin Meode 08/06/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Cebu City Public Library (CCPL) is a friendly space for the visually impaired students and professionals, who would want to do research in a library. Leoniver Gaquing, acting head of CCPL’s Braille…

DepEd-7 says 1.7M students enrolled, hopes to still hit 2M target

Jasmin Meode 07/29/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Parents, whose children have not yet been enrolled for school year 2024-2025, are encouraged to enroll their children as soon as possible. This as the Department of Education in Central Visayas hopes to…

Avoid activities near rivers during rainy season, CCDRRMO says

Jasmin Meode 07/25/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Cebu City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (CCDRRMO) is warning the public to avoid activities near rivers as flash floods may occur anytime during the rainy season. In an interview with…

PSA-7 urges public to utilize the digital version of national ID

Jasmin Meode, Niña Mae C. Oliverio 07/24/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines — To those who registered for their national ID and still have not yet received their physical cards, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) has launched a solution for it. Last June 10, the PSA…

Carbon market vendors: P20 daily to help fund market improvements

Jasmin Meode 07/21/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines — At least 200 market vendors at the Carbon Public Market are doing their share to improve the Carbon Night Market and draw more customers to the area. This was after Maria Pino, United…

SK in Cebu City brgys: P1M each for youth programs, trainings

Jasmin Meode 07/21/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Cebu City government is giving each of the 80 Sangguniang Kabataan Councils in the city a P1 million assistance. This is to be used for the various programs and activities for the…

DOT-7: Creation of NIR will not affect CV’s tourism initiatives

Jasmin Meode, Shannah Rose Pardo 07/11/2024

CEBU CITY,  Philippines — The creation of the Negros Island Region (NIR) will not affect efforts to further boost tourism initiatives in Central Visayas. This was according to Judy Gabato, the Chief Tourism Operations Officer of the…

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