No allowances for tanods, loaders

Inna Mejia, Jose Santino S. Bunachita 02/15/2017

Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña suspended the granting of allowances to the city’s barangay tanods and garbage loaders starting this month until after their performance had been evaluated. In a memo signed last Jan. 24 but received…

Coordination issues to be tackled

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 02/11/2017

CEBU CITY BRGY CHIEFS-PDEA 7 execs dialogue Cebu City’s barangay captains are seeking the guidelines for coordination with the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency in Central Visayas (PDEA-7) to prevent a repeat of another Ermita incident from happening.…

ABC’s Zafra denies talks he’s switching to BO-PK

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 02/08/2017

TO advance the concerns of Cebu City barangays, Association of Barangay Councils (ABC) President Philip Zafra, a staunch ally of former mayor Michael Rama, reached out to Mayor Tomas Osmeña and his allies last month. Little did…

WHAT’S IN A NAME?

John Carlo Villaruel, Jose Santino S. Bunachita, Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 12/19/2016

A dumpsite by any other name would still smell as awful. Cebu City continues to dump garbage at the SRP lot It’s been three days since Cebu City started dumping its garbage, averaging 500 tons per day,…

PB requests from Ombud copies of order dismissing complaint vs Martinez

12/09/2016

THE Cebu Provincial Board has requested the Office of the Ombudsman Central Office to furnish copies of the order dismissing the complaint filed against Provincial Board member Celestino Martinez III to all concerned government agencies including barangays…

Tining returns to PB

Izobelle T. Pulgo 12/06/2016

Provincial Board (PB) member Celestino Martinez III returned to attend last Monday’s session three months after serving his suspension for an administrative case lodged against him in 2004. In a privilege speech, Martinez railed against his political…

NO STRINGS ATTACHED

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 11/27/2016

There should be no conditions attached to the release of the shares of the barangays in the real property taxes (RPT) of the Cebu City government, the Department of Interior and Local Government Central Visayas (DILG 7)…

Busay barangay captain surprised at being found positive for illegal drug use

Jhunnex Napallacan 10/21/2016

CEBU CITY—A village chief was surprised when he was tested positive for illegal drug use. Amilo Lopez, chairman of Barangay Busay, was the only one found positive among the 60 village chiefs who undertook the drug tests…

Surprise drug test for barangay officials during assembly

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 10/20/2016

WHEN 60 barangay chairpersons of Cebu City went to the New White Gold House Restaurant yesterday morning, they expected to attend a general assembly. A few hours later, the officials were called out of the room in…

BARANGAY WORKERS UNPAID

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 09/22/2016

Buddy Lopez, 54, has been struggling to make both ends meet for nearly four months now. Lopez is supposed to be gainfully employed as a member of Barangay Tisa’s Lupong Tagapamayapa, or an arbitrator for disputes among…

Simultaneous province-wide cleanup to prevent mosquito-borne diseases

Nestle L. Semilla 09/22/2016

The Provincial Health Office (PHO) created a “3-in-1 task force” to prevent the increase of cases of mosquito-borne diseases in Cebu. This task force is solely for the prevention of chikungunya, dengue and Zika virus in the…

BO-PK allies signing clearances, Team Rama bloc claims

Margarette Managaytay 09/19/2016

BARANGAY officials affiliated with Team Rama are up in arms over the designation of private citizens identified with the Bando Osmeña-Pundok Kauswagan (BO-PK) who supposedly sign certifications and clearances that are processed by the Cebu City government.…

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