City councilor to MCWD: Cover excavated roads done with pipe-laying

Wenilyn B. Sabalo 09/24/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu City Councilor Mary Ann De Los Santos has proposed a resolution on Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2022, directing the Metropolitan Cebu Water District (MCWD) to ensure that portions of excavated  roads, particularly in…

34 riverside structures in Mambaling to be cleared — Guardo

Dyrecka Letigio 10/09/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The rains in the past week has caused an increase in the number of high-risk areas around riversides and mountainsides in Cebu City. Councilor Jerry Guardo, the chairperson of the committee on infrastructure…

Damaged Pulangbato steel bridge closed

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 02/26/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — A steel bridge in Barangay Pulangbato has been closed from motorists and pedestrians as the portions of it has been damaged due to wear. The City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (CDRRMO)…

Pasil Fish Port to accept docking fishing boats soon

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 01/21/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Cebu City Market Operations Division (MOD) is preparing the wharf at the Pasil Fish Port for fishing boats from Bohol to dock soon. The Department of Engineering and Public Works (DEPW) inspected…

Cebu City to conduct asphalting of barangay roads

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 11/26/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Broken and dilapidated roads will soon be a thing of the past as the Cebu City government allocated P50 million for the asphalting of its barangay roads. Cebu City Mayor Edgardo Labella said…

Lot owner agrees to give portion for retaining wall

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 01/30/2017

The owner of the private lot in Sitio Garaje, Barangay Busay where a landslide occurred earlier this month agreed to donate a portion of their property to Cebu City Hall. “Due to the urgency and need for…

House owner told: Build retaining wall

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 01/26/2017

The city’s structural engineer has encouraged the owner of a house in Sitio Garaje, Barangay Busay, which was affected by last week’s landslide, to shore up the foundation of the house with a retaining wall. Engineer Nilo…

STATE OF CALAMITY

Izobelle T. Pulgo, Jose Santino S. Bunachita, Nestle L. Semilla 01/17/2017

Days of incessant rain have placed in danger the lives of residents of Cebu City’s mountain barangays, forcing 99 families to flee their homes that were damaged or threatened by landslides and soil erosion. The threat to…

Road hazard

Christian Maningo 01/06/2017

This unfinished work of the Department of Engineering and Public Works-City Engineering Office (DEPW/CEO) along Lakandula Street, Cebu City, is an eyesore and a road hazard (CDN PHOTO/CHRISTIAN MANINGO).…

Officials inspect Sinulog parade route

Inna Mejia, Nestle L. Semilla 12/18/2016

Officials of the Sinulog Foundation Inc. (SFI), the police and staff of the Cebu City mayor’s office held a walk-through inspection along the Sinulog Grand Parade route yesterday, barely a month before the event. SFI Executive Director…

CSC orders Osmeña to reinstate Enriquez as city engineer

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 12/12/2016

THE Civil Service Commission in Central Visayas (CSC-7) has ordered Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña to reinstate former city engineer and planning officer Kenneth Carmelita Enriquez whom he transferred under his office. In a resolution dated November…

DWUP hopeful Duljo-Fatima fire victims can rebuild homes before Christmas

John Carlo Villaruel 12/07/2016

THE Division for the Welfare of the Urban Poor (DWUP) is hoping that families who were affected by the fire in Barangay Duljo-Fatima last week can rebuild their damaged houses before December 25 so they can celebrate…

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