Cebu City passes Food Waste Reduction ordinance

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 12/04/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu City is saying no to wasting food through a new ordinance passed by the City Council that will institutionalize food banks as well as food donation and recycling for restaurants. The council…

City dad questions P2.5 million proposed travel expenses of Labella

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 12/03/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu City Councilor Alvin Dizon has questioned the P2.5 million proposed travel expenses for Mayor Edgardo Labella saying the amount can be used to augment the city’s COVID-19 response. The budget is part…

Labella defends P30M intelligence funds, Dizon opposes

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 11/26/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu City Mayor Edgardo Labella defended the allocation of P30 million intelligence funds in the proposed 2021 annual budget. The mayor said that the Office of the Mayor’s intelligence funds should not be…

Urban food gardening ordinance passed in Cebu City

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 10/08/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Cebu City Council passed an ordinance that would oblige barangays to maximize open spaces and use them as food gardens to increase food security of the city. In the ordinance authored by…

Electronic quarantine passes for Cebu City

Morexette Marie B. Erram 04/06/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Residents in Cebu City are now encouraged to register and keep digital copies of their enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) passes. Cebu City Mayor Edgardo Labella announced on Monday, April 6, 2020, that electronic…

Ordinance banning plastic, styrofoam in public events passed

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 03/12/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Plastic and styrofoam will soon be banned from public events in Cebu City. The Cebu City Council has passed the proposed ordinance of Councilors Alvin Dizon prohibiting foam food containers and single-use plastics…

Women’s group pushes for solo parent benefits, discounts in Cebu City

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 02/11/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — A women’s group is pushing for the passage of the ordinance in Cebu City that would give discounts and benefits to qualified solo parents. Emalyn Aliviano, the spokesperson of the Kilusan para sa…

Dizon: Cebu City should invest in air quality equipment

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 02/05/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu City Councilor Alvin Dizon said the city should invest in air quality equipment that would help determine the amount of pollutants in the city’s air. This he said after the Citizen’s Hour…

Councilor Dizon to city government: Don’t remove trees along N. Bacalso Avenue

Delta Derycka Letigio 11/15/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu City Councilor Alvin Dizon urged the city government to deny the permit requested by the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) that will lead to the removal of 122 trees along Natalio…

City to subsidize graduation fees of over 26K students

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 03/05/2016

More than 26,000 graduating students from the public schools in Cebu City will be benefiting from a graduation fees subsidy of the city government this year. The Local School Board (LSB) is now preparing the P3.74 million…

One-year reprieve

Editorial 02/16/2016

Try as they might, the Cebu City Council simply cannot pass the ordinance that would impose a one-year moratorium despite those rallies by militant groups and the  emotional outburst of its author, Councilor Alvin Dizon and the…

‘Heroic act’ deserves mention; aid for seaman?

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 10/21/2015

Councilor Alvin Dizon said he wants the Cebu City Council to commend the  “heroism” of the seaman  who lost his right foot  trying to rescue passengers of a banca that  recently capsized, and to give him   financial…

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