Why Gwen, Capitol wanted Barangay Luz lot cleared

Rosalie Abatayo 03/03/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Fighting cocks and not fire victims occupy most of the Capitol-owned lot in Barangay Luz in Cebu City. This is one of the reasons the Capitol wanted to clear the lot of structures.…

Capitol offers P30K for every firearm surrendered

Rosalie Abatayo 03/02/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu Governor Gwendolyn Garcia has offered to give P30,000 for every surrendered firearm from a member of an insurgent group. Garcia made the offer as she declared anew an “all-out war” against insurgency…

Cebu PCL prexy: ‘Nat’l chair candidate Salceda bullied me’

Rosalie Abatayo 03/02/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Francis Salimbangon, the president of the Philippine Councilors League (PCL) in Cebu, said he was bullied by the camp of Polangui, Albay councilor Jesciel Richard Salceda amid their failed elections for their national positions last…

No damages reported from early morning quakes – PDRRMO

Rosalie Abatayo 03/02/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Local disaster management offices in Cebu have not reported any damage to property following the magnitude 5.5 earthquake that hit Leyte province early this morning, March 2, 2020. A second one, a mangnitude…

Luz fire victims appeal to Capitol: Be humane, don’t take evac area yet

Rosalie Abatayo 02/28/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines —Over a month since the fire gutted their homes, residents of Sitio Santo Niño 3 in Barangay Luz were rattled again on Thursday, February 27, 2020. Nestor Loyloy, 40, said they were shocked when…

DOH asks public to help cut poliovirus spread through vaccination

Rosalie Abatayo 02/28/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Department of Health in Central Visayas (DOH-7) has renewed its call on parents to get their children vaccinated against polio and other diseases to stop the cycle of viral infections. Dr. Jaime…

Maxim taxi: Current operation only for app, rate setting testing

Rosalie Abatayo 02/27/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Maxim taxi, a ride hailing app, clarified that their current presence in the country is still for testing their application and checking their rate settings. In an official statement sent to CDN Digital,…

Lapu shifts COVID response focus to helping sectors ‘hurt’ by the virus threat

Rosalie Abatayo 02/26/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Tourism is dubbed as the bread and butter of Cebu, including Lapu-Lapu City which prides itself as the “Historic Resort City.” But with the drop in tourist arrivals due to the health threat…

Alegado: Sarok Festival to push through, precautions vs COVID-19 will be taken

Rosalie Abatayo 02/25/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Municipality of Consolacion will proceed with the holding of their centennial Sarok Festival after postponing it for over a month due to the threat of the coronavirus disease. In an interview on…

Bong Go: ‘PRRD was deeply hurt’, urges co-lawmaker not to politicize ABS-CBN franchise renewal issue

Rosalie Abatayo 02/25/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Although he did not stay and listen to the Senate hearing on the franchise renewal of ABS-CBN yesterday, February 24, Senator Christopher Lawrence “Bong” Go said it is more important for the people…

Cebuanos told to prepare for adjustments in RPTs starting July 1

Rosalie Abatayo 02/25/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Property owners in Cebu province have been told to anticipate adjustments in the computation of their real property tax dues starting July 1, 2020. According to a notice issued by the Provincial Treasurer’s…

Gwen: Alegria only received P100K share from oil project yet

Rosalie Abatayo 02/24/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Hopes were up for Alegria town to improve the lives of its residents when President Rodrigo Duterte led the ceremonial opening of the valve for the oil drilling project there in May 2018.…

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