Make up your mind on CICC

Peter L. Romanillos 09/25/2014

The Cebu provincial government will offer to sell the Cebu International Convention Center (CICC) to another interested party if negotiations with the  Mandaue City government will remain deadlocked this year. Provincial Administrator Mark Tolentino said this yesterday…

Who took relief goods? GK Cebu tags a volunteer

Peter L. Romanillos 08/30/2014

TWO months after the ransacking of boxes of relief goods in a storage room of Gawad Kalinga (GK), the non-government organization said they identified a “long-time volunteer” in one incident of unauthorized withdrawal of used clothes on…

Revitalizing CICC

Malou Guanzon Apalisok 08/04/2014

The bid of the Mandaue City government led by Mayor Jonas Cortes to acquire control of the mothballed Cebu International Convention Center (CICC) has gained traction after a burglary occurred in the facility last week. Built in…

Gawad Kalinga:Did looters use hole in CICC ceiling?

Peter L. Romanillos 08/01/2014

A LARGE hole in the ceiling of Gawad Kalinga’s (GK) storage area in the basement of the Cebu International Convention Center (CICC) offers a clue of how their relief goods could have been stolen. Several ceiling panels…

Magpale apologizes to donors for CICC robbery

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 07/31/2014

CEBU Vice Gov. Agnes Magpale yesterday apologized to donors of relief goods that were stolen inside the Cebu International Convention Center (CICC) in Mandaue City last July 18. Though the looted items were stored by Gawad Kalinga,…

Looters of donated relief goods still unidentifed

Peter L. Romanillos 07/30/2014

Inside a glass-walled room, used clothes are scattered on the floor, and spill out of balibayan boxes that look forced open. The large room in the groundfloor of the Cebu International Convention Center’s (CICC) is being used…

Burglars get relief goods in CICC: An inside job?

Peter L. Romanillos 07/26/2014

Capitol officials tasked to investigate the pilferage of about a truckload of relief goods are seriously looking into this angle after staffers of a non-government organization said they recognize some of the people who carted away the…

Top Metro Cebu hotels eyed to serve as APEC venues

Peter L. Romanillos 07/23/2014

With the Cebu International Convention Center (CICC) in dismal condition, organizers of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec) Summit in 2015 are looking at Metro Cebu’s high-end hotels as venue for its ministerial meetings. The organizing committee’s deputy…

Independent valuation sought for CICC

Victor Anthony V. Silva 07/05/2014

How much is the Cebu International Convention Center (CICC) really worth? A disparity  in the market value assessment between the Mandaue City Government and Cebu Province is prompting the  CICC Management Board to consult a third party.…

COA asked to shed light on P607M projects

Peter L. Romanillos 01/16/2014

Is it allowed or disallowed? Cebu Provincial Board (PB) Member Grecilda “Gigi” Sanchez posed this question to the Commission on Audit (COA) as she sought to clarify its vague stance on the payment of contracts entered into…

Hard look at CICC beyond repair work

Editorial 01/14/2014

The amount isn’t exorbitant, but P160 million to repair and improve the Cebu International Convention Center (CICC) is still large enough for the budgets of both the Cebu provincial government and the Mandaue City government to accommodate.…

Private partnership eyed in CICC makeover

Peter L. Romanillos 01/11/2014

THE Cebu provincial government and the Mandaue City government are considering a partnership with private investors in the repair and renovation of the Cebu International Convention Center (CICC). Mandaue City Mayor Jonas Cortes said the CICC board…

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