Garcia orders demolition of abandoned structures violating easement rules in Santa Fe, Bantayan

Wenilyn B. Sabalo 11/24/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu Governor Gwendolyn Garcia has ordered owners and claimants of “abandoned, occupied, dilapidated, ruined, and obsolete” illegal structures on the beachfront of Sta. Fe, Bantayan, in northern Cebu to voluntarily demolish these until…

Probe clears illegal sidewalk structures along V. Rama Avenue

Delta Dyrecka Letigio, Gerard Vincent Francisco 11/05/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines —The Cebu City Prevention, Restoration, Order, Beautification, and Enhancement (PROBE) Team cleared 29 structures along the sidewalk in V. Rama Avenue in Barangay Guadalupe on Tuesday, November 5, 2019. According to Jonathan Villa, the…

CICC settlers who got cash aid from M’daue demolish houses

Doris C. Bongcac 10/23/2018

AT LEAST 20 families who received the P10,000 cash assistance from the Mandaue City government last week have already started to vacate their temporary dwellings inside the Cebu International Convention Center (CICC) compound in Barangay Guizo. Tony…

Muslims protest plan to demolish mosque

AP 08/10/2018

BEIJING — Thousands of Muslims gathered at a mosque in northwestern China on Friday to protest its planned demolition in a rare, public pushback to the government’s efforts to rewrite how religions are practiced in the country.…

DENR-7: Demolish 1K illegal structures in Bantayan Island’s coastal areas

Futch Anthony Inso 06/30/2018

The Department of Environment and Natural Resources in Central Visayas (DENR-7) has recommended the demolition of over a thousand structures situated along the coastal areas in Bantayan Island. Raul Pasoc, Community Environment and Natural Resources Officer (CENRO)…

Mactan businessmen told: Demolish illegal structures

Futch Anthony Inso 06/28/2018

As the Lapu-Lapu City government begins the demolition of illegal structures along coastal areas in Mactan, the Department of Environment and Natural Resources in Central Visayas (DENR-7) said that commercial establishments, whose buildings are located within the…

Illegal structures to be demolished this month

Norman V. Mendoza 06/06/2018

The Lapu-Lapu City Government has started the marking of at least 3,000 structures subject for demolition. The LGU is set to demolish the illegal structures along Mactan Channel this month. Some owners have voluntarily demolished their structures.…

40 establishments on Panglao Is. told: Demolish structures in easement zone

Nestle L. Semilla and Futch Anthony Inso 04/24/2018

AT LEAST 40 establishments on Panglao Island in Bohol were given six-months by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources in Central Visayas (DENR-7) to demolish the structures they built on the island’s easement zone. The DENR-7…

Pasil officials move to demolish footbridge connecting to Ermita

Nestle L. Semilla 01/03/2018

OFFICIALS of Barangay Pasil, Cebu City, want a footbridge connecting Sitio Magsaysay to Barangay Ermita demolished. This, after several Pasil residents complained that the bridge was being used for illegal drug transactions. Pasil Barangay Captain Julius Guioguio…

Barangay Pasil to demolish footbridge connecting Ermita

Nestle L. Semilla 01/03/2018

A footbridge in Sitio Magsaysay in Barangay Pasil that connects to Barangay Ermita, Cebu City has been ordered demolished by the Barangay Anti-drug Abuse Councils (BADAC), this after several residents in Pasil complained of illegal transactions under…

Nov. 30 deadline to demolish homes

Norman V. Mendoza 11/13/2017

Settlers at the shorelines of Barangay Poblacion, Lapu-Lapu City, won’t celebrate Christmas nor the New Year in their homes which are scheduled for demolition next month. The Lapu-Lapu City Legal Office gave the settlers until the end…

Mayor Tom ready to demolish drug dens

Inna Gian Mejia 09/07/2017

If the shame campaign initiated in Lapu-Lapu City to fight the drug problem is legal, Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña said he would do the same. “If I could, I would.” And he would so even more.…

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