P3B Mandaue loan for one-stop-shop center project defended

Mary Rose Sagarino 09/05/2024

MANDAUE CITY, Philippines — Acting Mandaue City Mayor Glenn Bercede has defended the city’s P3 billion Development Bank of the Philippines (DBP) loan to finance the one-stop-shop government center. Bercede said that the city would need a…

Coalition questions P3B loan for Mandaue City gov’t center

Mary Rose Sagarino 09/04/2024

MANDAUE CITY, Philippines – Members of the ‘Save Mandaue Coalition’ (SMC) have expressed their strong objection to Mandaue City’s P3 billion DBP loan intended to fund the new government center at the former Cebu International Convention Center…

Dengue claims two more lives in Mandaue City, Cebu

Mary Rose Sagarino 09/03/2024

MANDAUE CITY, Cebu–Just about two weeks after the last death was reported here, two more individuals have died due to dengue. As of September 1, 2024, the city’s total number of dengue cases has risen to 520…

6 suspected cases of mpox in Mandaue City, Cebu

Mary Rose Sagarino 09/02/2024

MANDAUE CITY, Cebu–The Mandaue City Health Office said that they have recorded six suspected cases of mpox in the city. Debra Maria Catulong, head of the MCHO, said  these individuals were already advised for home isolation and…

Mayor Jonas Cortes seeks reconsideration of one year suspension

Mary Rose Sagarino 08/31/2024

MANDAUE CITY, Cebu – Suspended Mandaue City Mayor Jonas Cortes has filed before the Office of the Ombudsman a motion to seek reconsideration of his suspension for one year. According to Atty. Jamaal James Calipayan, Mandaue City’s…

135 Mandaue tanods deputized, can now issue citation tickets

Mary Rose Sagarino 08/30/2024

MANDAUE CITY, Philippines — Barangay Task Force members in Mandaue City were deputized by the Traffic Enforcement Agency of Mandaue (TEAM) allowing them to issue citation tickets for illegal parking and illegal vendors. Some 135 barangay tanods…

Mandaue City breaks ground for One-Stop-Shop gov’t center at CICC

Mary Rose Sagarino 08/29/2024

MANDAUE CITY, Philippines — The Mandaue City Government has broken ground on its “long-dreamed” One-Stop-Shop government center at the Cebu International Convention Center (CICC) Grounds on Thursday afternoon, August 29. The government center will house local government…

Leptospirosis cases in Mandaue: How to be protected

Mary Rose Sagarino 08/29/2024

MANDAUE CITY, Philippines — Acting Vice Mayor Nerissa Soon-Ruiz, the chairperson of the Committee on Health and a doctor, is asking residents to take precautionary measures against leptospirosis. The call is in line with the recent rise…

21 fake driver’s licenses seized in Mandaue City

Mary Rose Sagarino 08/28/2024

MANDAUE CITY, Philippines — At least 21 fake licenses were confiscated by the Traffic Enforcement Agency of Mandaue (TEAM) from January to August this year. TEAM Assistant Head and Legal Division Chief Hyll Retuya said on Wednesday,…

Soon-Ruiz promises to prioritize Mandaue’s 2025 budget review

Mary Rose Sagarino 08/28/2024

MANDAUE CITY, Philippines – Shortly after she assumed as the acting vice mayor of Mandaue City, Nerissa Soon-Ruiz said that she will consider the review of the 2025 budget proposal as her top priority. Soon-Ruiz said she…

Cortes accepts suspension, questions implementation

Mary Rose Sagarino 08/27/2024

MANDAUE CITY, Philippines — Suspended Mandaue City Mayor Jonas Cortes has accepted the suspension order despite raising questions about the procedure of its implementation. Cortes stated that while he will comply with the order, he is confused…

Mandaue logs 11 cases of leptospirosis, 1 death from Jan to Aug.

Mary Rose Sagarino 08/26/2024

MANDAUE CITY, Cebu – The Mandaue City Health Office (CHO) has recorded 11 cases of leptospirosis with one death from January 1 to August 18 this year. The cases were from Brgys. Paknaan, Alang-Alang, Guizo, Tingub, Casuntingan,…

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