Council wants probe on city hall employees ‘giving’ individuals illegal authority to occupy city-owned lots

Wenilyn B. Sabalo 02/02/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Cebu City Council on Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2023, approved a motion requesting the Cebu City Legal Office to investigate the alleged illegal acts of some city hall personnel giving unauthorized rights to…

Block 27 quarantine center structure up by Friday

Delta Derycka C. Letigio 04/01/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The quarantine center being constructed at Block 27 of the North Reclamation Area in Cebu City will be put up on Friday, April 3, 2020. The construction of the P80-million facility has been…

Quarantine center in Block 27, NRA to be done in 10 days

Delta Dyrecka C. Letigio 03/20/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — A 200-bed capacity quarantine center for Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) will soon rise at the Cebu City-owned Block 27 at the North Reclamation Area.  Lawyer Jose Daluz III, special assistant to Mayor Edgardo…

CCMC, Block 27 prepped as quarantine centers for Cebu City

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 03/20/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Cebu City government has identified two areas where quarantine centers will be placed to isolate suspected cases of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (Covid-19). Mayor Edgardo Labella said that the Cebu City Medical Center…

Three fires destroy house, tires in Mandaue, Cebu cities

and Morexette Marie B. Erram, Benjie Talisic, Delta Derycka Letigio, Delta Dyrecka Letigio, Morexette Marie Erram, Paul Lauro 03/16/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Three fires in a span of four to five hours hit the cities of Cebu and Mandaue on Saturday, March 16, destroying a two-storey house and a lot of discarded tires in two…

Block 27 is temporary relocation site for city

06/12/2016

The Cebu City government is making the two-hectare Block 27 lot in the North Reclamation Area as a temporary relocation site for individuals who are displaced by court-ordered evictions and have no established relocation sites. “Because we…

Rama wants Sinulog moved to Cebu North Reclamation

Apple Ta-as, Jose Santino S. Bunachita 01/22/2016

In an effort to disperse the Sinulog crowd, suspended Cebu City Mayor Michael Rama wants the Sinulog Grand Parade route transferred to the Cebu North Reclamation Area (NRA) starting next year. Rama, chairman of the Sinulog Foundation…

Councilors seek halt to eviction of Warwick folk

Doris C. Bongcac 07/24/2014

The Cebu City Council yesterday called for a stop to the city government’s eviction of people living in the old Warwick Barracks until their requests for relocation are properly addressed. Councilors also questioned why six members of…

Warwick fire victims moved to Budlaan

Doris C. Bongcac 06/25/2014

Warwick fire victims yesterday started leaving their tents in Block 27 of the North Reclamation Area and moving to the government relocation site in Budlaan, Cebu City. A city dump truck ferried them to the mountain barangay.…

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