Underpass project starts today

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 08/07/2017

Traffic will be heavy in Cebu City’s south district starting today as construction of the underpass project along N. Bacalso Ave. is set to begin after more than two months of delay. The northbound side of N.…

City Hall hands cash aid to families of fallen soldiers

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 08/07/2017

Her son has been dead for almost four months now, but 67-year-old Gaudencia Nazareno continues to wait for him to come home. Gaudencia would sit outside her house in Calape town, Bohol, every Saturday night to await…

Underpass construction stalled again

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 08/07/2017

The scheduled start of the underpass project along N. Bacalso Ave. in Cebu City tomorrow, August 8, will not push through. According to the Cebu City Transportation Office (CCTO), they found out that some of residents living…

Cebu City gives cash assistance to kin of fallen soldiers, cop

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 08/07/2017

The Cebu City Government handed P500,000 cheques to the kin of each of the four uniformed personnel who died in the encounter between government troops and the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) in Inabanga, Bohol last April. Mayor…

CPDRC OIC: All Cebu jail employees should not get their bonus

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 08/06/2017

The incentives of the administrative staff of the Cebu Provincial jail should also be withheld. Roberto “Bobby” Legaspi, officer-in-charge of the Cebu Provincial Detention and Rehabilitation Center (CPDRC), said this after Cebu Gov. Hilario Davide III announced…

Davide withholds P10K cash incentive for CPDRC jail guards

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 08/06/2017

In between jokes and before a crowd of expectant Capitol employees, Cebu Gov. Hilario Davide III expressed his dismay over the poor performance of provincial jail guards. As a consequence, all 63 jail guards of the Cebu…

Local execs, militants welcome strengthened anti-deposit law

Jose Santino S. Bunachita, Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 08/06/2017

RICHARD (not his real name) was rushed to a private hospital in Cebu City in 2013 after he fell down the stairs in a rented house in the city’s Barangay Capitol Site. He needed to be admitted…

Davide: No P10K incentive for CPDRC jail guards

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 08/06/2017

Jail guards will not be receiving any cash incentives from the province after police found illegal drugs and tally sheets for illegal gambling during a recent raid. Cebu Governor Hilario Davide III said all casual and regular…

Warden appeals for help to feed Cebu City inmates

Inna Gian Mejia, Jose Santino S. Bunachita 08/04/2017

If help is not given soon, close to 5,000 inmates of the Cebu City Jail may go hungry with no food to eat starting next month. Fearing that this may cause a riot, Cebu City Jail Warden…

Cebu City Jail food budget “not enough”

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 08/04/2017

The management of the Cebu City Jail is asking for the city government’s help as their budget for inmates’ food may be delayed starting next month. Cebu City Jail Warden Arnel Peralta said they were informed about…

Underpass project to start Aug. 8

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 08/03/2017

The Department of Public Works and Highways in Central Visayas (DPWH-7) and the Cebu City Transportation Office (CCTO) has agreed to already start construction of the N. Bacalso Avenue underpass on August 8. But project implementation will…

Tom orders 2 lechon branches closed for lack of biz permit

Inna Gian Mejia, Jose Santino S. Bunachita 08/03/2017

City Hall closed two branches of a local lechon chain for operating without a business permit, a violation of the Omnibus Tax Ordinance. Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña said the Rico’s Lechon branch along Panagdait Street in…

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