New PDEA-7 director to prioritize drug rehabilitation

Morexette B. Erram 08/08/2018

Lawyer Wardley Getalla, the new director of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency in Central Visayas (PDEA-7), plans to establish drug reformatory facilities in the region. Getalla said that arresting drug users and sellers is not enough to…

City government stops payment for police car maintenance

Morexette B. Erram 08/08/2018

Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña has issued a formal order for the city’s Department of General Services to stop shouldering the expenses for the maintenance of city-owned police cars on Wednesday (August 8). Osmeña said he may…

NEDA-ICC urges DOTr to fast-track implementation of BRT

Morexette B. Erram 08/07/2018

The National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA)-Investment Coordination Committee has once again urged the Department of Transportation (DOT) to expedite the implementation of the Cebu Bus Rapid Transit (BRT). The BRT is part of the transport department’s…

Tomas confirms receiving text warnings on ambush

Morexette B. Erram 08/06/2018

Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmena claimed that he still continues to receive texts from ‘a qualified source’, stating that he, and some of his allies – Tejero village councilman Jessielou Cadungog and Cebu City Councilor Dave Tumulak…

DWUP: ‘Only 93-1 beneficiaries may rebuild homes’

Morexette B. Erram 08/06/2018

Only 93-1 beneficiaries will be allowed to rebuild their homes in Barangay Kamputhaw, Cebu City. Genevieve Alcoseba, operations officer of the Cebu City Government’s Department of Welfare and the Urban Poor (DWUP), said informal settlers who lost…

Cebu City Government, DTI to establish monitoring portal on erring establishments

Morexette B. Erram 08/06/2018

The Cebu City government has partnered with the Department of Trade and Industry in Central Visayas (DTI-7) to provide a data-sharing portal that will help them monitor and intensify the former’s campaign against erring business establishments. Pilot…

Rama willing to give way for Labella in mayoralty bid

Morexette B. Erram 08/01/2018

Former Cebu City Mayor Michael Rama is willing to give way and support the mayoralty bid of Cebu City Vice Mayor Edgar Labella. “If the consensus of Barug Team Rama is for Vice Mayor Labella, then I’ll…

CA overturns Ombud’s dismissal ruling against former Dumanjug Mayor Gica

Morexette B. Erram 07/31/2018

Former Dumanjug town mayor, Efren “Gungun” Gica, may have a chance to return as the local chief executive of this southwestern Cebu town. This developed after the Court of Appeals (CA) reversed the decision of the Office…

Tomas: ‘Approval of land swap deal to secure 5,000 families’

Gerard Vincent Francisco, Morexette B. Erram 07/31/2018

The approval of the land swap deal with the Cebu Provincial Government will ensure the security of tenure of 5,000 Cebu City families who now occupy around 32-hectares of province-owned land, said Mayor Tomas Osmeña. Osmeña said…

Tomas to CIDG-7: ‘Make a fool of yourselves’

Morexette B. Erram 07/31/2018

“Go ahead and make a fool out of yourselves”. This was the response of Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña to the plan of Criminal Investigation and Detection Group in Central Visayas (CIDG-7) to file a case against…

COA questions P6.7M unliquidated cash advances

Morexette B. Erram 07/30/2018

STATE auditors called on the Cebu City government to explain the failure of their officials to liquidate cash advances worth P6.7 million since November 2017. In their audit observation, the Commission on Audit (COA) found out that…

Labella to take legal action against Osmeña amid vote-buying accusations

Morexette B. Erram 07/30/2018

Cebu City Vice Mayor Edgar Labella is eyeing to take legal actions against Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña after the latter accused him of allegedly participating in a vote-buying scheme among barangay captains in Cebu City. Labella,…

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