OBO to contractors: Inspect, check your ongoing projects

Jose Santino S. Bunachita, Michelle Joy L. Padayhag, Nestle L. Semilla 07/07/2017

Contractors all over Cebu City were advised to inspect and check their ongoing projects and constructions following last Thursday’s earthquake. The Office of the Building Official (OBO) in Cebu City gave the directive after tremors were felt…

Two more Sinulog parties okayed

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 01/13/2017

TWO more Sinulog parties have been given the go signal by Cebu City Hall. Plus63 Music and Arts Festival in the Cebu Business Park and Paintensity in the Greenery were already given special mayor’s permits, said Nagiel…

Public told: Don’t spread bomb threats on social media

Jose Santino S. Bunachita, Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 01/09/2017

CEBU City officials called on the public yesterday not to spread posts about bomb threats during the Sinulog on social media. Cebu City Councilor Dave Tumulak, deputy mayor on police matters, said there are no verified reports…

232 DOWNED BY FOOD POISONING

Jose Santino S. Bunachita, Nestle L. Semilla 12/21/2016

What’s supposed to be a happy gift-giving moment in one of the mountain barangay in Cebu City turned out to be a misfortune for nearly two hundred residents who were rushed to different hospitals in the city…

Apas fire victims moved to school, DOST compound

Nestle L. Semilla 12/06/2016

CEBU CITY—Elderly, women, children and persons with disabilities who were affected by the fire in Barangay Apas, Cebu City would be moved to St. Francis Kindergarten. The male fire victims, however, were asked to stay at the…

DULJO FIRE: Victims suffer gastro-respiratory illnesses

Nestle L. Semilla 12/04/2016

Many Duljo fire victims are now suffering from respiratory and gastrointestinal illnesses, especially the children. Parents are worried that it will spread because there are at least 30 of them occupying one classroom and viruses easily spread…

Fire prevention project for Barangay Suba mulled

Inna Mejia 11/30/2016

THE Cebu City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (CCDRRMO) has proposed a community-based fire prevention system in Barangay Suba following two successive fires which hit the densely populated village within just weeks. CCDRRMO proposed the installation…

Team Rama mulls shrinking budget

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 11/30/2016

CEBU City Hall’s budget for next year may be smaller than the P7.2 billion proposed by Mayor Tomas Osmeña depending on how the Team Rama bloc sizes it up. Councilor Joy Pesquera, who chairs the council’s committee…

Cebu City’s disaster budget hits snag amid claims of politicking

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 11/12/2016

A 350.8-million budget plan next year for the city’s Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (CCDRRMO) was met with irritation by members of the Cebu City Council majority bloc during budget deliberations, Friday, amid growing noise arising…

Hundreds of homes still submerged in floods

Norman V. Mendoza 11/03/2016

Around 1,500 houses in four sitios of Barangay Basak, Lapu-Lapu City remained submerged in ankle- to knee-deep flood waters due to heavy downpours experienced in Cebu for the past several days. Residents of Sitios Tondon, Sto. Niño,…

Labella probes damage to equipment

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 11/03/2016

The failure to properly maintain an important aerial ladder truck and water tanker, earlier acquired by Cebu City through a donation, may have caused the equipment to end up in a junkyard, useless and left to rust.…

Kin wade through flooded cemetery to visit tombs

Jose Santino S. Bunachita, Morexette Erram, Norman V. Mendoza 10/31/2016

THE ankle-to-knee-deep waters flooding the municipal and protestant church cemetery in Barangay Gun-ob, Lapu-Lapu City, failed to stop some visitors yesterday from visiting the tombs of their loved ones there. These visitors, who wanted to avoid the…

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