Barangay chiefs told: Prepare disaster plans

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 09/06/2017

Better be safe than sorry. This was the advise of Cebu City Councilor Dave Tumulak to the city’s barangay officials whom he asked to already start preparation of their respective disaster preparedness plans. Preparedness, Tumulak said, will…

CCMC’s home visit program turns 1

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 09/06/2017

Mario Lastimosa, 62, has been suffering from diabetes since the ’90s. But it was only in April this year when he was rushed to the hospital after his leg was wounded and has swollen. He was brought…

Council wants names of politicos who hired him

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 09/05/2017

MERCADER ADMISSION THE Cebu City Council has joined calls for deeper investigation into the statements of self-confessed hitman Jinnefer Mercader that he was hired by politicians as a gunman in 2004. During their regular session yesterday afternoon,…

New village ordinance mandates P10 daily market fees in Ermita

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 09/05/2017

As officials of Barangay Ermita continued to lock horns with City Hall over the collection of P10 daily from vendors of the Carbon Public Market, a new barangay ordinance was passed making the so-called “voluntary donations” mandatory…

Ermita officials, workers undergo surprise drug test

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 09/05/2017

MORE than a hundred officials and workers of Barangay Ermita were made to undergo a surprise drug test, Tuesday morning, by the Cebu City Office for Substance Abuse Prevention (Cosap). Cosap announced the surprise drug tests after…

K-Pop duo AA enthralls Cebu

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 09/05/2017

FANS of Korea’s hit reality survival program “Produce 101” were treated to a special show on Sunday afternoon by K-Pop duo AA for the grand store launch of Korean eyewear brand Ironic Iconic by Verona Optical at SM…

Tumulak disagrees with shame campaign

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 09/05/2017

CEBU City Councilor Dave Tumulak said the shame campaign initiated by Barangay Pajo in Lapu-Lapu City is ineffective and cannot be replicated in Cebu City. Tumulak, also concurrent deputy mayor on police matters, said instead of labeling…

Ermita employees told to cease fees collection or face arrest

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 09/04/2017

Barangay Ermita employees caught collecting “voluntary” contributions from Carbon Market vendors will have to risk arrest. Francisco Fernandez, executive assistant for Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña, said City Hall is also studying the possibility of filing robbery…

CALLS MOUNT TO PROBE HITMAN CLAIM

Jose Santino S. Bunachita, Morexette Marie B. Erram 09/03/2017

The confession of Barangay Captain Jinnefer Mercader of Lugo, Borbon, that he was a hitman for some politicians in Cebu has rekindled interests into the unsolved deaths of over a hundred victims of extrajudicial killings (EJKs) in…

Cebu City Council places Sirao under state of calamity

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 09/03/2017

WITH continued ground movement in the mountain barangay of Sirao in Cebu City, the City Council has declared the barangay under a state of calamity. The declaration was also recommended by the Cebu City Disaster Risk Reduction…

WITHHOLDING OF ALLOWANCES

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 09/01/2017

  Barangay officials whose allowances were withheld by Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña should be afforded due process before city hall implements policies that would affect them, said some councilors allied with Barug Team Rama. They lamented…

Osmeña, Soon, ready to accept nomination

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 09/01/2017

TWO initial choices to replace the seat to be vacated by Cebu City Councilor Hanz Abella at the City Council have expressed their willingness to accept the nomination. Inayawan Barangay Captain Lutherlee “Lotlot” Ignacio-Soon and Renato “Junjun”…

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