Close to 1K official ballot boxes delivered to Cebu City Treasurer’s Office

Pegeen Maisie M. Sararaña 04/30/2022

The arrival, delivery, and accounting of official ballots at the City Treasurer’s Office ( CTO) on Saturday, April 30, 2022. CEBU CITY, Philippines — A total of 964 official ballot boxes were delivered to the Cebu City…

P81.6M shabu found in three LED light boxes inside Mandaue City warehouse

Alven Marie A. Timtim 08/16/2020

(Updated) CEBU CITY, Philippines — A routine patrol of Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency in Central Visayas agents in courier express companies’ warehouses in Mandaue City on the evening of August 15, 2020 yielded P81.6 million worth of…

Blocks and boxes backed over high-tech toys

AP 12/16/2018

SKIP the costly electronic games and flashy digital gizmos. Pediatricians say the best toys for tots are old-fashioned hands-on playthings that young children can enjoy with parents—things like blocks, puzzles—even throwaway cardboard boxes—that spark imagination and creativity.…

COMELEC Cebu: “Let other offices borrow ballot boxes”

Jessa Mae O. Sotto 04/18/2018

Commission on Elections (Comelec) Cebu urged election offices in different towns to supply other offices which lacked ballot boxes. Comelec Provincial Election Supervisor lawyer Lionel Castillano said they have not received additional yellow boxes from Manila. COMELEC…

Tomas to motorists: Don’t obstruct junction boxes, pedestrian lanes

Doris Mae C. Mondragon 02/21/2018

DO NOT block junction boxes and pedestrian lanes. Anyone caught violating this directive will be meted with fines of at least P500, said Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña. Osmeña said that the pedestrian lanes should be left…

OFWs assured: Less hassles in sending balikbayan boxes

Nestle L. Semilla 12/12/2017

  There will be less hassles for overseas Filipino workers in sending presents during the holiday season to relatives in the country. Customs Commissioner Isidro Lapeña said during his visit in Cebu on Monday, that his decision…

Checking those tip boxes

Editorial 10/11/2017

To be sure, setting up barangay tip boxes in Cebu City’s barangays to encourage maximum participation and vigilance from city residents in reporting illegal drug and criminal activities and corruption in their communities is a basic democratic…

Brgy chiefs wary of putting tip boxes in their areas

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 10/10/2017

ASSOCIATION of Barangay Councils (ABC) Cebu City president Philip Zafra has also expressed his reservations on the putting up of boxes where people could drop names of those allegedly involved in illegal drugs in each of the…

BRGY TIP BOX

Ador Vincent S. Mayol, Jose Santino S. Bunachita 10/09/2017

Boxes to be placed in villages where residents can drop names of those involved in drugs, corruption; CHR, church wary This is one drop box where you don’t want your name to be drawn. The Department of…

Angara wants tax rules on balikbayan boxes revised

Inquirer.net 08/01/2017

The Department of Finance (DOF) should revise its implementing rules on duty- and tax-free balikbayan boxes to give due benefits to millions of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs), Senator Sonny Angara said on Tuesday. Under the Customs Administrative…

Recto tells Customs: Cut red tape in balikbayan boxes rule

Inquirer 07/26/2017

The Bureau of Customs (BOC) should start amending its rules on the shipment of balikbayan boxes “with some commonsensical changes” to its regulations to prevent red tape, Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph Recto said on Wednesday. Recto…

Bantay Dagat confiscates 67 boxes of dynamited fish

Inna Gian Mejia 07/15/2017

CEBU City’s Bantay Dagat Commission (CCBDC) confiscated 67 boxes of dynamited fish believed to have come from Zamboanga City and that were brought to the Pasil Fish Port for local distribution. The shipment that weighed around 2,010…

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