Rats! COA report bares ‘lack of cleanliness’ of DSWD warehouse

Dempsey Reyes 10/05/2023

The Commission on Audit (COA) discovered that the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has failed to maintain the cleanliness of the warehouse where it stores relief goods, causing it to be infested with rodents and cockroaches…

Swimming now allowed in Bantayan Bay in Cordova

Futch Anthony Inso 07/16/2023

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Cebu — Cordova’s Bantayan Bay was reopened to the public on Sunday, July 16. Aside from allowing town residents and guests to swim in their waters, the municipal government also prepared a grilling station where…

CESET to brgy officials: We need the help of tanods

Wenilyn B. Sabalo 10/01/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The head of Cebu City’s Environmental Sanitation and Enforcement Team (CESET) is asking the 80 barangay captains to deputize their tanods to help maintain cleanliness in their respective jurisdictions. Grace Luardo, the city’s…

Mandaue councilor: We’re waiting for DOH orders on handling possible monkeypox cases

Mary Rose Sagarino 08/01/2022

MANDAUE CITY, Philippines — Mandaue City will be waiting for instructions from the Department of Health (DOH) about the management of possible monkeypox cases, but the city will be ready for it. City Councilor Nerissa Soon-Ruiz, chairman…

Cleanliness as form rather than substance

Gideon Lasco - @inquirerdotnet 12/03/2021

The problem with many of the people who are in power in our country today is that they see cleanliness as a matter of form rather than substance. Amid environmental crises that require meaningful and urgent action,…

COPs of Cebu warned: Clean police stations or be relieved from your posts

Pegeen Maisie M. Sararaña 06/12/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The 50 chiefs of police (COPs) in Cebu province have been warned to clean their police stations in a month’s time or be relieved from their posts. Police Colonel Engelbert Soriano, Cebu Police…

Bernadas: Cleanliness still the best prevention vs dengue infection

Futch Anthony Inso 07/16/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines – The declaration of a national dengue alert is not a cause for alarm. Dr. Jaime Bernadas, director of the Department of Health in Central Visayas (DOH-7), said that the alarm was raised to…

Security, cleanliness top new CSBT chief’s to do list

Jessa Mae O. Sotto 08/14/2018

BEEFING up security measures and cleanliness of the terminal are the two main priorities of the new operations manager of the Cebu South Bus Terminal (CSBT) This was the promises made by Jonathan “Joy” Tumulak, Capitol’s focal…

Cleanup is ‘best defense’ against diseases, gov says

Nestle L. Semilla 10/19/2016

CLEAN surroundings remain the best defense against mosquito-borne diseases like dengue, Cebu Gov. Hilario Davide III said yesterday. “Even before (our cleanup drive), communities should play safe and they should clean their area,” Davide said two days…

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