Gone in six months

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 09/04/2016

The cellsite tower in sitio Calvary Hills, Barangay Apas in Cebu City, which had drawn opposition from some residents there, will be removed six to nine months from now. This development came as the barangay, the homeowners…

Globe tower still operating in Apas

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 02/18/2016

ROSALINDA Almonte waited three hours to see if the cell site tower near her home in Sitio Calvary Hill, Barangay Apas will finally be shut down. But the 51-year-old Almonte, who blamed her stage 2B cancer on…

City fails to shut down Globe cell site

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 02/18/2016

Cebu City Hall failed to deactivate the cell site of Globe Telecommunications in Barangay Apas this morning. Technical experts from Globe Telecom, who were expected to lead the scheduled deactivation, were a no show at the company’s…

Sun gets TRO vs cellsite deactivation

Ador Vincent S. Mayol, Jose Santino S. Bunachita 02/17/2016

One of the two cell site towers in Barangay Apas, Cebu City will be deactivated today. Raquel Arce, who heads City Hall’s Prevention, Restoration, Order, Beautification and Enhancement (Probe) team, said they will push through with the…

Digitel gets 72-hour reprieve

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 02/17/2016

The Regional Trial Court (RTC) has issued a 72-hour temporary restraining order (TRO) against the Cebu City government to stop the removal of a cell site tower in Sitio Calvary Hills in Barangay Apas in Cebu City.…

Globe to move cell site out of Apas

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 01/13/2016

GLOBE Telecom is scouting for a property on which to build a cell site after Cebu City Hall ordered the closure of its facility in barangay Apas. In a press statement, lawyer Manuel Gordon, Globe director for…

Telecom firms ordered to shut down cell sites

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 01/09/2016

Acting Cebu City Mayor Edgardo Labella has ordered the closure of Globe Telecom and Sun Cellular cell sites in sitio Calvary Hills, barangay Apas. Labella also ordered the city police and the city’s Prevention, Restoration, Order, Beautification…

Calvary residents want cell cites demolished ASAP

07/23/2015

RESIDENTS of  Calvary Hills in barangay Apas are asking Cebu City Mayor Michael Rama to order the demolition of   two cellsite towers  in the area. The mayor’s action is needed to implement a May 27 decision of…

Cebu City Council revokes special permits for Globe, Sun towers

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 05/28/2015

WILL TOWERS GO? Tears of joy were shed by 44-year-old Cristina Baldomar, who has been battling breast cancer. The Cebu City Council yesterday  approved a resolution to revoke special permits issued by the city to Globe Telecom…

‘Cell site towers not harmful to Apas folk’

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 09/04/2014

THE Cebu City Council cited the need for health authorities to dispel public belief that radio frequency waves from cell site towers cause cancer. In yesterday’s session, the council raised the complaint of residents of sitio Calvary…

Calvary Hills folk push again for removal of cell site towers

Doris C. Bongcac 07/25/2014

Residents of sitio Calvary Hills in barangay Apas who want to evict two cellsite towers as health hazards asked anew the Cebu City Council to push for the revocation of permits issued to Globe Telecom and Sun…

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