City working to upgrade CCMC, Guba hospital

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 10/28/2016

Cebu City Hall is gearing up for the improvements of the Cebu City Medical Center (CCMC) and the Guba Community Hospital in the mountains for next year. CCMC hospital Administrator Kenneth Siasar told the Cebu City Council…

Village chief’s drug tests ‘invalid’

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 10/27/2016

CEBU City Hall won’t honor the results of a drug test which Busay barangay captain Amilo Lopez took in a private hospital that found him negative of illegal drugs use. Dr. Alice Utlang, chief of the Cebu…

A better way of dealing with garbage

Editorial 10/27/2016

The ongoing hearings on the Inayawan landfill site dispute at the Court of Appeals stand in stark contrast to Mandaue City Hall’s impending transfer of its dumpsite from Umapad to Casili and show just how far removed…

Clinton nearing victory

Ricky Poca 10/24/2016

Lately my attention is glued on the CNN coverage of the US presidential elections and other international news courtesy of cable TV and the Internet. Only three weeks left in the US presidential campaign period, and last…

Tom O. is new Sinulog Foundation chairman

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 10/21/2016

Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña has been designated as the new chairman of the Sinulog Foundation Inc. (SFI). Osmena made this announcement after a meeting with members of the board of trustees of the SFI at City…

Lopez: ‘Common good’ must be prioritized in resolving landfill dispute

Izobelle T. Pulgo 10/20/2016

ENVIRONMENT Secretary Gina Lopez said Cebu City officials should make decisions based “on the common good” in relation to the Inayawan landfill dispute. “Lahat ng decision should be made with the common good in mind. Kung walang…

2017 Cebu City Budget Drainage exclusion explained

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 10/18/2016

WITH recent rains highlighting problems of urban flooding in Cebu City, it came as a surprise when the executive department of the Cebu City Hall did not include major drainage projects in its annual budget proposal for…

Settlers of Osmeña shrine stage silent protest

Lesley Cara Delos Santos 10/17/2016

FIFTY illegal settlers of the Osmeña Shrine staged a silent protest in front of Cebu City Hall Monday morning. Most of the settlers originally came from Barangays Lahug, Kamputhaw, Kalunasan and Mabolo but transferred to an area…

More reasons against reuse of Consolacion private dumpsite

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 10/12/2016

DESPITE recommendation from the Court of Appeals (CA) for Cebu City Hall to try and renegotiate with the private landfill in Consolacion town, Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña said it cannot go back dumping its waste there.…

No letup in waste segregation

Editorial 10/03/2016

The initial week-long assessment of Cebu City Hall that half of city residents were unable to practice waste segregation should not be used as an excuse to discontinue nor diminish it as a priority program to resolve…

BARANGAY WORKERS UNPAID

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 09/22/2016

Buddy Lopez, 54, has been struggling to make both ends meet for nearly four months now. Lopez is supposed to be gainfully employed as a member of Barangay Tisa’s Lupong Tagapamayapa, or an arbitrator for disputes among…

Compost system for five Cebu City villages

Margarette Managaytay 09/20/2016

BY launching a barangay-based composting center in Barangay T. Padilla last Tuesday, Cebu City Hall hopes to reduce one ton of garbage from each of the city’s 50 barangays in the next few months. “Karon pagsugod, mo-process…

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