‘Misplaced display of charity’: Delos Santos on Cebu City’s donation of P50 million to quake-hit Luzon LGUs

Wenilyn B. Sabalo 08/17/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — ‘Misplaced display of charity.’ This was how Cebu City Councilor Mary Ann Delos Santos described the recent approval by the Cebu City Council of the P50 million financial aid to the local government…

Sugar crisis threatens Cebu’s oldest and only sugar milling company

Morexette Marie B. Erram 08/17/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines – The ongoing sugar crisis in the country has adversely affected consumers and large multinational companies alike.  Here in Cebu, it also threatened the viability and operations of the province’s oldest and only sugar…

Cebu City OBO says Pit-os subdivision lacks retaining wall, fencing permits, violates 3-meter easement

Wenilyn B. Sabalo 08/17/2022

  CEBU CITY, Philippines —  Cebu City Office of the Building Official (OBO) head Architect Florante Catalan said the subdivision in Barangay Pit-os whose retaining wall collapsed following a heavy downpour last Saturday, August 13, 2022, lacks…

Rama: No special treatment for commercial establishments violating 3-meter easement

Wenilyn B. Sabalo 08/17/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — No one will be spared. Cebu City Mayor Michael Rama said that even the commercial establishments violating the three-meter easement will not be exempt in the ongoing clearing of the city’s waterways. Rama…

Capitol gives P1.95 million financial assistance to Cordova’s Dinagat Festival

Wenilyn B. Sabalo 08/16/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Cebu Provincial Government has extended a total of P1.95 million in financial assistance to Cordova’s 2022 ‘Dinagat’ Festival. According to a statement on the Provincial Government’s official news and information platform on…

Cities share best practices during first day of LCP national convention in Cebu City

Wenilyn B. Sabalo 08/16/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The first of the three-day League of Cities of the Philippines (LCP) convention in Cebu City, scheduled from August 16 to August 18, 2022, became an avenue for city mayors to share with…

Cloudy, partly cloudy skies in Metro Cebu from Saturday to Monday – Pagasa

Wenilyn B. Sabalo 08/13/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Don’t forget your umbrellas. Jhomer Eclarino, weather specialist at Pagasa-Mactan, said Metro Cebu will have partly cloudy to cloudy skies with chances of localized thunderstorms from Saturday, August 13, until Monday, August 15, 2022.…

Almost 3K Odette-hit families in Cebu get P15,000 aid from DSWD

Wenilyn B. Sabalo 08/13/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — A total of 2,708 families in Cebu Province already received their share of the P15,000 cash aid under the Livelihood Settlement Grant (LSG) of the national government released through the Department of Social…

Cebu City Council to request PBBM to establish construction arbitration office outside Metro Manila

Wenilyn B. Sabalo 08/12/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Cebu City Council will request President Ferdinand “Bongbong’ Marcos, Jr. and the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) to establish a Construction Industry Arbitration Commission (CIAC) branch office in the different regions…

Carbon Alliance: ‘Supplemental MOA has no essential difference to defective JVA’

Wenilyn B. Sabalo 08/12/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Carbonhanong Alyansa, the primary vendor group opposing Megawide’s redevelopment of the Carbon Market, maintained that the recently signed supplemental memorandum of agreement (MOA) has “no essential difference” to the original Joint Venture Agreement…

LTO to LGUs: Suspend implementation of ‘no contact apprehension policy’

Wenilyn B. Sabalo 08/10/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — An official of the Land Transportation Office (LTO) has asked local government units (LGUs) in the country to suspend the implementation of the “no contact apprehension” policy. In a statement released on Tuesday,…

MVP, Fil-Chinese bizman pledge P100M each for CCMC reconstruction project

Wenilyn B. Sabalo 08/10/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Business magnate Manuel “Manny” Pangilinan and a Filipino-Chinese businessman promised to allocate P100 million each to help complete the still unfinished Cebu City Medical Center (CCMC). The release of the funds will be…

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