Capitol Site settlers yield to demolition

Marc Eric Cosep 02/18/2016

Settlers who earlier resisted the demolition team in Sitio Sta. Cruz Barangay Capitol Site, Cebu City have packed their belongings and left their homes an hour before noon yesterday. Still others like 39-year-old Diane Culpa pleaded with…

Settlers pack belongings as demolition team resumes job

Marc Eric Cosep 02/18/2016

THE settlers who previously stood up against the demolition team in sitio Sta. Cruz, barangay Capitol Site, Cebu City had packed their belongings and left their homes at 9 a.m. Thursday. Most of the 40 families whose…

40 houses demolished

Marc Eric Cosep 02/17/2016

Despite  some resistance from residents, the demolition of houses in an area in barangay Capitol Site, Cebu City finally pushed through yesterday. The demolition team will return today after tearing down 40 of the 150 houses in…

Demolition team tears down five of 150 houses in Capitol Site

Marc Eric Cosep 02/17/2016

ONLY the rains prevented a demolition team from completing their job in sitio Sta. Cruz, barangay Capitol Site in Cebu City Wednesday. The demolition team arrived early and dismantled five of the 150 structures in the area…

Settlers block demolition team in Capitol Site

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 02/16/2016

Settlers of a lot located near the regional National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) office in Sitio Sta. Cruz, Barangay Capitol Site in Cebu City formed a human barricade to block a demolition team at 9:30 a.m. Tuesday.…

6 centenarians to get incentives

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 02/11/2016

Six centenarians will be recognized by the Cebu City government and will be given P100,000 each. During the City Council’s regular session yesterday, they approved a resolution authored by Councilor Lea Japson to use P600,000 of the…

Rama told to answer complaint for closing Capitol coffee shop

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 01/23/2016

The Office of the Ombudsman in the Visayas has directed suspended Cebu City Mayor Michael Rama to answer the charges filed against him for allegedly closing a coffee shop in barangay Capitol Site, Cebu City. Deputy Ombudsman…

2 fires hit Cebu City hours apart

Chito O. Aragon, Jhunnex Napallacan 01/13/2016

FIRE fighters in Cebu City had to deal with two fire incidents that broke out  two hours apart yesterday. The first happened at 8:33 a.m. It damaged an apartment building on M. Velez Extension in barangay Capitol…

City Hall tears down anti-Rama banners

Nestle L. Semilla 12/29/2015

A team from City Hall took down anti-Rama streamers mounted in barangay Capitol Site, Mahiga in barangay Mabolo and the Doña Pepang Cemetery in barangay Tejero. The removal is part of Acting Mayor Edgardo Labella’s Dec. 23…

Detained American dies in police cell

Chito O. Aragon 11/21/2015

AN American tourist detained  for  two nights in the Fuente police station in Cebu City died after he complained of difficulty in breathing. Mark Gerard Pikl, 51, was  brought to the  Cebu City Medical Center (CCMC)  where…

Capitol Site residents ask judge to reconsider demolition order

08/14/2015

Hundreds of residents living in a sitio Santa Cruz lot in barangay Capitol Site asked the Regional Trial Court Judge Wilfredo Navarro of branch 19 to heed their call to exclude their lot from the demolition order…

Resto along Capitol site closed for lack of permits

Nestle L. Semilla 07/10/2015

A restaurant along Don Jose Avila Street in barangay Capitol Site, Cebu City was shut down yesterday for failing to comply with zoning and building requirements. Camia Street Cafe and Resto, a two-story  building owned by siblings…

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