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MANDAUE CITY, Cebu — Loitering under the Maguikay flyover in Mandaue City is prohibited. On Wednesday, August 9, personnel of the Traffic Enforcement Agency of Mandaue (TEAM) asked a group of men, whom they saw there, to vacate…
CEBU CITY, Philippines — Policemen and concerned city government agencies in Cebu City will now do daily rescues of mendicants and mentally-disturbed individuals loitering the city’s streets. Police Lieutenant Colonel Janette Rafter, deputy city director for operations…
CEBU CITY, Philippines — Starting Thursday, Dec. 22, 2022, the Cebu City Anti-Mendicancy Board (CCAMB) will conduct rescue operations and issue citation tickets to mendicants and those who will be caught giving cash or any material…
MANDAUE CITY, Philippines — There will be no beggars, Badjaos, and mentally deranged persons on Mandaue City streets soon. This is because the City Social Welfare and Services and the Mandaue City Enforcement Unit have been requested…
CEBU CITY, Philippines — A total of 50 mendicants were rescued in Cebu City in a joint operation conducted by the police and Cebu City government personnel on Friday, June 24, 2022. These street dwellers composed of…
Manila, Philippines — More than 500 indigenous individuals begging on the streets this Christmas holiday were rescued by authorities following various operations that were conducted around Metro Manila. According to the data of the National Capital Region…
In the ’70s, we told each other in posters: “Today is the first day of the rest of your life.” Today, the same thought is better said this way: “These are your last happiest days.” Either way,…
Despite an existing ordinance prohibiting the giving of alms, beggars like this mother and her child at the intersection of Pope John Paul II Ave. and S. Osmeña Blvd. continue to proliferate. (CDN PHOTO / CHRISTIAN MANINGO)…
Love is necessary to keep children off the streets. Often, it has to be a tough kind of love where one has to say ‘no’ to a child who is begging for food or money. “Gugma, dili…
Cebu City welfare office deals with December, January influx of street beggars A temporary shelter for street dwellers or beggars in Cebu City will be ready soon, said a city official. “We have our own coming shelter…
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