Owner of closed bikini bar applies for new Cebu City business permit

Julit C. Jainar 05/29/2016

THE owner of a bikini bar, which was shut down last year after three of its workers were found guilty of human trafficking, has applied for another business permit. This time, the business establishment’s name is not…

4 councilors can hold session, but can’t tackle budget

Julit C. Jainar 05/27/2016

EVEN with just four members left following the suspension of 12 councilors, the Cebu City council can reach a quorum and hold a session, according to the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG). But acting Vice…

GSO looks for two new Monteros

Julit C. Jainar 05/27/2016

Four Sports Utility Vehicles (SUV) were delivered to the Cebu City Hall in April but only two of these could be accounted for. Acting Mayor Margot Osmeña said they are still trying to locate the whereabouts of…

Flood hits Cebu and Mandaue cities as rainy season begins

Jhunnex Napallacan, Jose Santino S. Bunachita, Julit C. Jainar, Michelle Joy L. Padayhag, Victor Anthony V. Silva 05/25/2016

The rainy season that has just began brought relief to the parched farms and aquifers of Cebu but it also carried a bane that a densely populated metropolis like Cebu has been experiencing: flash floods. The heavy…

No session, no bonus

Julit C. Jainar 05/25/2016

THE MIDYEAR bonus for Cebu City Hall employees as well as the additional honoraria for teachers serving as Board of Election Inspectors (BEI) are currently on hold as the council failed anew to hold a session yesterday.…

Malversation charge against village chiefs in blotter entry

Apple Ta-as, Julit C. Jainar 05/25/2016

Cebu City Acting Mayor Margarita Osmeña had 40 barangay captains entered into the police blotter citing them for malversation of public funds and property for their failure to comply with the May 24 deadline to return their…

No extension for return of government-issued vehicles

Julit C. Jainar 05/24/2016

ACTING Cebu City Mayor Margarita “Margot” Osmeña is not extending the deadline for the turnover of government-issued vehicles and motorcycles even as more than half of Cebu City’s 80 barangays have defied her order. Apas Barangay Captain…

Over 170 get cervical cancer screenings

Julit C. Jainar 05/24/2016

A TOTAL of 172 women from the different barangays in Cebu City received free cervical cancer screenings at the City Central School on Sunday morning. The activity was conducted by the Philippine Obstetrical and Gynecological Society (POGS),…

Pro-poor groups laud moratorium on demolitions in Cebu City

Julit C. Jainar 05/24/2016

AT least seven pro-poor and militant groups lauded Cebu City Acting Mayor Margot Osmeña for suspending the implementation of all pending demolition orders involving vendors and informal settlers occupying public places and city-owned properties. Tadeo Navea, of…

Margot suspends demolition of vendors, illegal settlers

Julit C. Jainar 05/24/2016

ACTING Cebu City Mayor Margot Osmeña yesterday issued a memorandum ordering the suspension of all pending demolitions targeting vendors and informal settlers occupying city-owned properties until June 30. The suspension will not apply if there is an…

Rama to seek help from Duterte

Julit C. Jainar 05/24/2016

ELECTION PROTEST AFTER filing an election protest against Mayor-elect Tomas Osmeña before the Commission on Elections (Comelec) in Manila Friday last week, suspended Cebu City Mayor Michael Rama said he would ask help from incoming President Rodrigo…

Plan to reopen landfill draws mixed reactions

Carmel Loise Matus, Julit C. Jainar 05/23/2016

THE plan of Cebu City Mayor-elect Tomas Osmeña to reopen the Inayawan sanitary landfill has drawn varied reactions from stakeholders. William Cuñado, Environmental Management Bureau (EMB) regional director, said the landfill may be reopened, but Cebu City…

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