Help amid destruction

Editorial 02/14/2017

Unlike typhoons which can be tracked by weather satellites, earthquakes can occur at any place and any time, and it was unfortunate for the people of Surigao province that they were hit by a major quake late…

Capitol to extend P1 M financial assistance to Surigao

Izobelle T. Pulgo 02/13/2017

The Cebu provincial government will be sending P1 million in financial assistance for the victims of the 6.7 magnitude earthquake that hit Surigao City last Friday. Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (PDRRMO) head Baltazar Tribunalo…

Mandaue City to send financial aid for earthquake victims in Surigao

Doris C. Bongcac 02/11/2017

CEBU CITY–The Mandaue City government is sending financial aid to Surigao City to help the local government unit and the families of those affected by the 6.7 magnitude earthquake on Friday night. “Speechless at the devastation in…

Capitol workers to get P25K each

Izobelle T. Pulgo 12/20/2016

With Christmas day just around the corner, there is all the more reason for the 1,463 employees of the Cebu Provincial Capitol to celebrate as the funds for their incentives totaling up to P25,000 each has been…

Capitol gives cash assistance to six OFWs

Izobelle T. Pulgo 12/12/2016

Six overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) received P20,000 in cash assistance from the Cebu provincial government on Monday morning after they were stranded in Saudi Arabia for eight months. They were Tristan Navaja, Leonardo Mangubat Palen, Jecky Tampus…

Lapu, Cebu City seniors get cash aid

Norman V. Mendoza 12/10/2016

LAPU-LAPU City’s seniors and persons with disabilities in the city’s 30 barangays received their financial assistance handed over by City Hall personnel yesterday. The senior citizens who numbered 23,000 each received P2,000 this month, about P200 more…

The blind left homeless

Jose Santino S. Bunachita, Nestle L. Semilla 12/06/2016

They felt the searing heat as the fire burned. They coughed and gagged as smoke filled their lungs. They heard the sounds of frenzy and the painful cries that followed. They felt and heard it all; but…

‘Sell clean, safe meat products’

Dominic D. Yasay 11/27/2016

National Meat Inspection Service to closely monitor meat vendors Meat dealers and vendors are advised to ensure selling clean and safe meat products this Christmas season. Dr. Alvin Leal, National Meat Inspection Service in Central Visayas (NMIS-7)…

Suba and Sawang Calero pilot areas for community-based fire prevention

Dominic D. Yasay, Inna Mejia 11/22/2016

ROCEL Quijano, 28, together with his wife and two little children, was in Barangay Opon, Lapu-Lapu City to offer their prayers during the feast of the Virgin of the Rule when the fire ravaged several houses in…

Free medicines

Editorial 11/14/2016

On the surface, the plan to hire 600 job order workers to distribute medicines to Cebu City beneficiaries under the Osmeña administration’s Long Life Medical Assistance program looks to be redundant as argued by the Team Rama…

Tomas adds P10K to each calamity victim

Morexette Erram 10/26/2016

Several fire victims of Barangay Lorega, San Miguel, Capitol Site and Suba expressed relief when Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña confirmed his announcement on adding another P10,000 on top of of their P10,000 calamity-relief fund. Osmeña dropped…

DTI reaches out to MSMEs through Negosyo Centers

Victor Anthony V. Silva 09/05/2016

Seventh business center in Cebu opens in Tuburan town, midwestern Cebu The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) in Cebu expects to reach out to more entrepeneurs in the province with the establishment of additional Negosyo Centers…

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