Comelec urges aspirants not to wait for Oct. 8 to file COCs

Pia Piquero 10/06/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines – An official of the Commission on Elections in Central Visayas is urging those who intend to seek elective posts next year not to wait for the October 8 deadline to file their Certificates…

PISTON Cebu reiterates calls vs jeep modernization

By Morexette Marie B. Erram 04/16/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines – A transport group here reiterated its calls to scrap the government’s public transportation modernization program by staging protests in various areas in the city. The Pagkakaisa ng mga Samahan ng Tsuper at Opereytor…

PUV consolidation deadline moved by 3 months

01/25/2024

MANILA, Philippines — Jeepney drivers and operators who have yet to form themselves into cooperatives for the PUV consolidation can heave a sigh of relief, for now. President Marcos gave them until April 30, or three more…

PUV consolidation deadline gets another 3 months extension

Luisa Cabato 01/24/2024

MANILA, Philippines — President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has extended the deadline for the consolidation of public utility vehicles (PUV) to April 30, 2024. “President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has approved Transport Secretary Jaime J. Bautista’s recommendation, granting an…

SIM card registration turnout remains low, says NTC-7

Mary Rose Sagarino 07/24/2023

MANDAUE CITY, Philippines – A day before the July 25 deadline for the mandatory SIM card registration, the National Telecommunication Commission in Central Visayas (NTC-7) said that close to 40 percent of the active SIM Cards in…

DICT: No more SIM card registration extension

Tyrone Jasper C. Piad 07/15/2023

MANILA  – With less than two weeks left, the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) is sticking to the July 25 cutoff for the mandatory SIM (subscriber identity module) card registration after previously extending the compliance…

Deadline for real property taxes payment in Cebu City on June 30

Wenilyn Sabalo 06/27/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Cebu City Treasurer’s Office (CTO) has set the deadline for payment of real property taxes (RPT) for the second quarter of this year to June 30, 2023. In its notice to the…

SIM registration: No further extensions, says NTC

Sofia Abrogar - @inquirerdotnet 04/26/2023

MANILA, Philippines— While the SIM Registration Act permits a total of 120 days for possible registration extensions, the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) said no future increases will be made to the “final” 90-day extension. “Based on the…

DICT to gradually deactivate features of unregistered SIM during 90-day extension 

Daphne Galvez 04/25/2023

MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Information Communications Technology (DICT) is considering gradually disabling the featured services of SIM cards whose “stubborn” owners have yet to register their number during the 90-day extension. “So ‘yung matitigas yung…

Socmed services inaccessible for unregistered SIM cards despite extension

Tetch Torres-Tupas 04/25/2023

MANILA, Philippines — Social media services will be inaccessible for still unregistered SIM cards even if the government extended the registration period that was supposed to end on Wednesday, April 26. Department of Justice Secretary Jesus Crispin…

SIM registration deadline extended for 90 days

Wenilyn Sabalo 04/25/2023

The government on Tuesday, April 25, 2023,  extended the mandatory SIM registration for 90 days. This was announced by Justice Secretary Jesus Crispin Remulla during an inter-agency task force meeting on the oil spill in Mindoro. The…

Deactivated SIM cards may be restored 5 days after April 26 deadline – NTC

Jean Mangaluz 04/23/2023

MANILA, Philippines — Deactivated subscriber identity module (SIM) cards after the April 26 registration deadline may still be reactivated within five days after that date, the National Telecommunications Communication (NTC) said Friday. This gives a final chance…

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