Mayor Rama to rehire JOs as long as…

Wenilyn Sabalo 02/24/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines –Cebu City Mayor Michael Rama has promised that he will rehire all city hall employees hired under job-order (JO) contracts as long as they are not proven to be “kawatan” (thieves). The mayor announced…

Cebu City’s Merlion reminder to Singapore-like aspirations

Nestle L. Semilla 02/21/2023

CEBU CITY—How to inspire Cebuanos to support the city’s aspirations to become like Singapore? Build the city-state’s most famous mascot—the Merlion. That is exactly what a restaurateur in Cebu City did. A merlion, a mythical creature with…

Fire burns down 13 houses in A. Lopez Street

Morexette Marie B. Erram, Paul Lauro 02/16/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Over P1.2 million in properties went up in smoke after a fire broke out in a residential area in Brgy. Labangon, Cebu City on Thursday afternoon, February 16.  Firefighters responded to a fire…

Rama wants new real property tax revision to take effect in 2024

Morexette Marie B. Erram 02/13/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu City Mayor Michael Rama is still keen on updating the real property tax rates here even after scrapping the recently approved ordinance that would allow them to levy higher taxes.  During a…

Rama vetoes ordinance increasing real property taxes but…

Morexette Marie B. Erram 02/12/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Cebu City government wants a new model for revising the real property tax rates here. Mayor Michael Rama on Sunday, Feb. 12 announced that he vetoed City Ordinance No. 138-2022. Passed by…

Coast guard in Cebu City seizes P1 million smuggled cigarettes in passenger ship 

Morexette Marie B. Erram 02/12/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Enforcers here seized over P1 million worth of smuggled cigarettes inside a passenger ship docked in Pier 1 last February 8. The Philippine Coast Guard in Central Visayas (PCG-7) reported on February 11…

Woman from Tisa arrested for alleged online sexual abuse

Paul Lauro 02/07/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines – A 25-year-old woman landed in jail after being accused of sexually abusing her two younger sisters, including a minor, online.  The National Bureau of Investigation in Central Visayas (NBI-7) has filed charges against…

Hero nursing students in Cebu City to receive Mayor’s Award

Morexette Marie B. Erram 02/06/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines – The Cebu City Government will be including the two nursing students who saved the life of a fruit vendor from a terrible fate for the upcoming Mayor’s Award. Angyl Faith Ababat and Kristianne…

Police dies during marathon in Cebu

Pegeen Maisie M. Sararaña 02/05/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines – A police officer died after he collapsed while joining a fun run that traversed the Cebu Cordova Link Expressway (CCLEX) in Cebu City early morning on Sunday, February 5. Police Lieutenant Colonel Gerard…

17 fires in Cebu City in January 

Pegeen Maisie Sararana 02/03/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines — A total of 17 fires were recorded in Cebu City for the month of January 2023.  Senior Fire Officer (SFO2) Wendell Villanueva, information officer of the Cebu City Fire Station, confirmed this number,…

Recognition set for nursing student who saved victim in neck slashing incident 

Morexette Marie B. Erram 02/02/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines – A nursing student was lauded for helping the victim of a bloody, neck-slashing incident along C. Padilla Street last Monday, January 3o, 2023. The University of Cebu (UC) commended Angyl Faith Ababat, a…

Victim in gruesome slashing in C. Padilla in critical condition

Paul Lauro 01/31/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines – The victim of a gruesome neck slashing incident that happened in C. Padilla Street in downtown Cebu City, videos of which went viral on social media, is in critical condition. Police from the…

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