BOC asks shipping firms to scrap port congestion fee

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 11/26/2014

The Bureau of Customs (BOC) in Cebu is asking shipping lines to stop charging the $200 port congestion fee that they impose on importers as there is no congestion in the Port of Cebu. Kenneth Sesante, BOC …

Int’l groups turn over relief goods to DSWD

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 11/25/2014

Two international donors turned over the relief goods intended to victims of supertyphoon Yolanda to the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) last week. Johan De Pelsmacker of Belgium and Afya Foundation, a US organization, signed…

Customs to auction off 120 vans of imported rice

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 11/25/2014

  The Bureau of Customs (BOC) will auction 120 container vans of rice on the second week of December. Kenneth Sesante, chief of staff of the BOC Port of Cebu, said the 120 container vans were part…

Over 30 thousand join Solemnity of Christ the King procession

Apple Ta-as, Edison Delos Angeles, Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 11/24/2014

No untoward incident with oversized crowd, preview to 2016 Int’l Eucharistic Congress Cebu’s faithful showed that the city is the cradle of Christianity in the country as tens of thousands flocked the streets yesterday for the Feast…

December deadline set for paperwork on Yolanda donations

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 11/23/2014

    The Bureau of Customs (BOC) Port of Cebu gave the consignees of donated goods for Yolanda supertyphoon victims until next month to file the necessary  documents so the shipments won’t be abandoned. Kenneth Sesante, BOC…

Malacañang sa Sugbo needed for berthing

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 11/22/2014

The Cebu Port Authority (CPA) and the Cebu Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCCI) requested President Benigno Aquino III requesting the return of the berthing spaces at Malacañang sa Sugbo (MSS). The letter was signed by CPA…

Madrigal irked by mayor’s FB post

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 11/20/2014

Former Capitol  security chief Loy Madrigal  last night fumed over a false report that he was arrested for estafa in the northern town of Daanbantayan, Cebu. He denied the report posted on Facebook by his nemesis  Medellin…

School backs cutting of trees for sports oval

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 11/19/2014

Officials of the Naga City Central School and its Parent Teachers Association aren’t objecting to the cutting of trees for the sports oval project in their area. “The construction of the track and field oval is an…

DENR set to issue permanent protection order for Naga trees

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 11/18/2014

Environment Secretary Ramon Paje said he  will issue a permanent protection order for the 21 trees that were spared from cutting when land was cleared for  a sports oval project of the Naga City government. “He (Paje)…

Court asked to protect 21 ‘saved’ Naga trees

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 11/17/2014

Parties opposed to the cutting of 58 trees in a lot being developed into an international standard athletic field in Naga City are elevating the issue directly to Environment Secretary Ramon Paje. This was confirmed by Winley…

Appeals court grants protection to Naga trees

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 11/16/2014

The Court of Appeals granted the Temporary Environmental Protection Order (TEPO) filed by Winley dela Fuente, president of the Parents-Teachers Association (PTA) of Naga City Central School last Thursday. The court decision was signed by lawyer Joseph…

Cayetano turns over P150K aid to Bogo City transport group

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 11/16/2014

Senate Majority Floor Leader Alan Peter S. Cayetano turned over P150,000 to fund a micro-financing program for a Bogo City transport group yesterday afternoon. Speaking to 1,500 public utility vehicle (PUV) drivers at the Bogo City Terminal,…

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