15 face charges for anomalous Cebu City Garbage Collection

Morexette Marie B. Erram, Wenilyn Sabalo 12/15/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines—At least 15 individuals, including former and incumbent officials of the Cebu City Government, are facing criminal and administrative charges over an anomalous garbage collection scheme that cost P240 million in public funds. The National…

As leisure travel resumes, Cebu City’s tourism dept wants higher budget in 2023 

Morexette Marie B. Erram 12/11/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The tourism arm of the Cebu City government is seeking a budget of P35 million for next year as it plans to ramp up tourism-related projects and promotions.  The city’s Public Information Office…

Cebu City government to hold first-ever LGU-led Animal Welfare Summit

Wenilyn B. Sabalo 12/09/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines –To campaign co-existence between humans and animals, the Cebu City government, through its Department of Veterinary Medicine and Fisheries (DVMF), will host its first-ever local government unit (LGU)-led Animal Welfare Summit at a trade…

Cebu BRT groundbreaking finally set in January 2023

Wenilyn B. Sabalo 12/03/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Proponents and the contractor of the long-awaited Cebu Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) plan to break grounds for the project in January next year. Engr. Gerry Flores of the Hunan Road and Bridge (HNRB)…

Suspect in stealing Cebu City gov’t Christmas decor nabbed 

Pegeen Maisie Sararana 11/28/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — One of the three suspects in stealing a Christmas decoration, particularly a tarpaulin with Christmas greetings from Cebu City. Mayor Michael Rama, last November 16, 2022, in Barangay San Antonio, Cebu City was…

Two establishments given 10 days to dismantle structures encroaching three-meter easement of Lahug-Kamputhaw rivers

Wenilyn B. Sabalo 11/24/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Cebu City Government has given two big establishments along Gen. Maxilom Ave. 10 days or until December 3, 2022, to voluntarily dismantle a portion of their structures that encroached on the three-meter…

MOU inked for building 30,000 housing units for Cebu City residents

Wenilyn B. Sabalo 11/18/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Informal settler families (ISF) in Cebu City will soon have the opportunity to own a house, as the city government signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the Department of Human Settlements and…

CCMC project: Cebu City gov’t, contractor ‘mutually agree’ to terminate P908M contract

Wenilyn B. Sabalo 11/17/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Cebu City government and the contractor of the fourth phase of the new Cebu City Medical Center (CCMC) project have mutually agreed on the rescission of the CCMC contract, Lawyer Collin Rosell,…

Rama mulls ‘belly measurement contest’ to test City Hall workers’ commitment, discipline 

Morexette Marie B. Erram 11/14/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Cebu City Mayor Michael Rama urged City Hall workers to instill discipline and commitment in their jobs. In turn, he is considering having a ‘belly measurement contest’ among the city government’s over 3,000…

FULL FACE-TO-FACE CLASSES: Pardo Elementary School in Cebu City needs more classrooms

Wenilyn B. Sabalo 11/02/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The start of the mandatory five-day in-person classes for students on Wednesday, November 2, 2022, highlighted the lack of classrooms in a school in Cebu City. With a population of almost 5,000 students,…

Guardo on clearing all spaghetti wires by December 2022: ‘doable’

Wenilyn B. Sabalo 10/11/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu City Councilor and Committee on Infrastructure chair Jerry Guardo said Mayor Michael Rama’s challenge to get rid of all spaghetti wires in the city by December 2022, is “doable.” Rama, during a…

Cebu City urged: Back COVID-19 vaccination initiatives of neighboring regions

Wenilyn B. Sabalo 09/30/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — After commending the Cebu City government and Central Visayas for achieving a good turnout in its COVID-19 vaccination campaign, an official of the Department of Health (DOH) central office has requested that the…

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