‘Pantawid’ is survey-backed

Mahar Mangahas - @inquirerdotnet 02/11/2023

The Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) is the government’s first true venture into solving the great poverty problem by identifying and targeting poor people to receive benefits directly, rather than by assuming that much benefit from untargeted…

Alcover wants P20,000 cash aid released to City Hall employees who were not renewed

Wenilyn B. Sabalo 10/29/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Out of compassion, Cebu City Councilor Pastor “Jun” Alcover Jr. is proposing the release of P20, 000 cash aid to individuals who were no longer renewed for employment at the Cebu City Hall.…

Liloan robbery: Cops turn to CCTVs to identify armed men, who barged into resident’s house

Pegeen Maisie M. Sararaña 04/11/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Policemen in Liloan town  are trying to secure CCTV footage from establishments that may help identify the six armed robbers who barged into a home in Barangay Jubay of this northern Cebu town…

Lapu-Lapu woman victimized by ‘budol-budol’ gang, police issue warning

Pegeen Maisie M. Sararaña 06/26/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The police have once issued a warning to the public to be extra vigilant against ‘budol-budol’ syndicates after a woman was victimized by the swindling group in Lapu-Lapu City on Friday, June 25.…

Toledo City “robbery” puzzles police

Mae Fhel Gom-os 06/23/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Toledo City Police Station is digging deeper into its investigation relative to the alleged robbery incident in Sitio Tipolo, Barangay Bato in the city, Tuesday evening, June 22, 2021, to determine whether…

Teachers get more cash

01/01/2021

MANILA, Philippines — Public school teachers will get a P1,500 increase in their teaching and connectivity allowance this year, the Department of Education (DepEd) announced on Wednesday. Under the General Appropriations Act (GAA) of 2021 signed by…

A student’s kind act to a man desperate to go home sparks joy online

Immae Lachica 08/16/2020

  CEBU CITY, Philippines— A wandering person in the streets of Mandaue met his angel in the person of a 22-year-old student. Mecheil Bolotaolo Galagar, posted on his Facebook account on August 14, how he became a…

DOLE to give cash aid to 350,000 workers affected by ECQ by April 14

Daphne Galvez 04/06/2020

MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) is aiming to give cash assistance to about 350,000 formal and informal workers who were not able to go to work due to the enhanced community quarantine…

In Photos: Scenes from greyhound operation at Cebu City Jail

Alven Marie Timtim 02/29/2020

LOOK: Scenes from the ongoing greyhound operation at the male dormitory of the Cebu City Jail in Barangay Kalunasan. Inmates were told to vacate their respective cells and gather at the grounds of the jail facility while…

Cash, drugs, spiders confiscated from cells of Cebu City Jail inmates

Alven Marie Timtim 02/29/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines -Law enforcers confiscated sachets of suspected shabu, cellular phones, bladed weapons, a still-undetermined amount of cash placed inside jars and plastic bottles, and some spiders during an early morning greyhound operation at the male…

Camotes’ barangay volunteers receive cash incentives from Capitol

Rosalie Abatayo 01/07/2020

CAMOTES ISLANDS, Cebu — Elizabeth Gahira has been serving as a volunteer barangay health worker in Barangay Himensulan, San Francisco in Camotes Island for more than 30 years. Gahira, 62, in turn, receives an honorarium of P230…

SM2SM Run: P600K worth of cash prizes at stake for runners

Marc Cosep 12/13/2019

SM2SM Run is back and runners are in for a sweet treat, with bigger raffle prizes during the run. Over P600,000 worth of cash prize for winners, 10 units of Samsung Note 10, gift certificates for an…

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