Time to ban firecrackers

Editorial 12/06/2017

Even if President Rodrigo Duterte already issued a directive banning the use, sale and distribution of firecrackers, Mandaue City Hall’s citywide ban on firecrackers is still laudable if only to emphasize and enforce the President’s order on…

No firecracker ban in Lapu

Norman Mendoza 12/06/2017

  WHILE there’s no firecracker ban in Lapu-Lapu City, Mayor Paz Radaza said she is reminding city residents to be extra cautious in using firecrackers to celebrate the holidays. Radaza ordered each barangays to submit a list…

City Hall defers ban on private vehicles

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 12/05/2017

  The plan of Cebu City traffic authorities to ban private vehicles at the junction of N. Bacalso Ave. and F. Llamas St. in Barangay Mambaling has been postponed following numerous complaints reaching Mayor Tomas Osmeña that…

Ban on private vehicles during peak hours set

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 11/27/2017

N. BACALSO TRAFFIC Starting next week, private cars will be banned from passing through the intersection of N. Bacalso Ave. and F. Llamas St. during peak hours. Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña wants this implemented as a…

NO COMPROMISE

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 11/12/2017

SINULOG 2018 ROUTES LIQUOR AND PARTY BAN There will be no compromise when the city government of Cebu will start rolling out policies to ensure an orderly Sinulog celebration next year. According to Cebu City Councilor Dave…

PSL imposes 1-year ban, P50,000 fine on Cebuana Soltones

Inquirer.net 11/06/2017

GRETHCEL Soltones was on the receiving end of a one-year ban and a P50,000 fine after violating the Philippine Superliga’s (PSL) One League Policy. The league handed down the decision on Monday as the three-time NCAA Most…

Argao to ban smoking, burning of garbage, littering inside cemeteries

Doris C. Bongcac 10/29/2017

Burning of garbage, littering and smoking will be prohibited while inside cemeteries in the municipality of Argao, south Cebu during the All Saints and All Souls Day celebration to prevent environmental degradation. But town officials clarified that…

Las Vegas massacre and gun ban

Atty. Ruphil F. Bañoc 10/05/2017

The latest massacre in Las Vegas that killed 59 and injured more than 500 people has been described as the deadliest mass shooting in modern US history. The gunman is identified as Stephen Paddock, a senior citizen…

GUN BAN STARTS TODAY

Inquirer, Rosalie O. Abatayo 09/30/2017

  In the absence of a final decision postponing the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections, the gun ban will begin today at the start of the monthlong election period for the twin polls. The construction or maintenance…

MAO BA?

MAO BA? 09/28/2017

PLASTIC BAN IN LAPU Netizens are supporting a Lapu-Lapu City–proposed ordinance to enforce a plastic ban in the city to solve its garbage problems. Ydna Ringba wrote, “This is good. Please start the implementation as soon as…

Lapu mulls plastic ban

Miguel Ernest E. Ermac 09/27/2017

THE Lapu Lapu City Council may consider enacting a plastics ban ordinance anytime soon. Lapu Lapu City Mayor Paz Radaza who has majority control of the council said it is up to the councilors to decide on…

Journalists condemn ban on spot reports

Agnes Alpuerto 09/14/2017

THE National Union of Journalists of the Philippines (NUJP) demands the rescission of the order of Police Director General Ronald dela Rosa barring media access to spot reports. “[It is] clearly an illegal order to withhold spot…

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