Puyat: Rehab efforts, strict monitoring in country’s tourist destinations

Cris Evert Lato-Ruffolo 01/14/2019

  SIARGAO ISLAND – It started with Boracay Island.  Now the triumvirate composed of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), Department of Tourism (DOT) and Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) are on the…

Taliño welcomes Año as new head of DILG

05/11/2017

THE head of the Police Regional Office in Central Visayas, Chief Supt. Noli Taliño, is happy over the appointment of Armed Forces Chief Gen. Eduardo Año as upcoming Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary. Taliño…

Arming barangay chiefs

Editorial 05/11/2017

A plan to arm barangay chairpersons with firearms by Mandaue City Mayor Luigi Quisumbing which drew support from Cebu Gov. Hilario Davide III raises some questions, not least of which is whether it is the right solution…

No salaries for Ermita workers due to COA order

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 04/12/2017

EMPLOYEES of Barangay Ermita in Cebu City won’t be able to receive their salaries due to the failure of their officials to submit liquidation reports to the Commission on Audit (COA). Francisco “Bimbo” Fernandez, executive assistant to…

DILG-7 implements Guardo’s suspension

Jose Santino S. Bunachita, Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 03/21/2017

The Department of Interior and Local Government in Central Visayas (DILG-7) has moved to implement a three-month suspension against Cebu City Councilor Jerry Guardo ordered by the Office of the Ombudsman–Visayas. The suspension came as a surprise…

PDEA receives 62 drug lists from villages

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 03/14/2017

AT least 62 out of 80 barangays in Cebu City have submitted the lists of drug personalities in their respective areas to the regional Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA-7). Barangay officials have until today (March 15) to…

Inmates’ welfare

Editorial 03/14/2017

We don’t know when the regional Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG-7) will disclose the results of their inspection of the Cebu Provincial Detention and Rehabilitation Center (CPDRC) and their recommendation to Interior Secretary Ismael Sueno.…

Leni leads launching of book in honor of late husband Jesse

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 03/04/2017

  A selection of writings and speeches of the late Naga City mayor and Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Jessie Robredo was launched in Cebu on Saturday afternoon. The book launching of ‘Jesse Robredo:…

Ermita employees, bills to get paid

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 02/22/2017

Barangay Ermita may soon be able to pay the salaries of its employees and settle their power and water bills. Francisco “Bimbo” Fernandez, executive assistant of Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña, said they were given the go…

THE COUNT RISES

Izobelle T. Pulgo 02/20/2017

Next to Aloguinsan and Dumanjug, Ronda officials indicted Another day, another set of public officials goes through the hammer. After a series of suspensions and dismissals ordered by the Office of the Ombudsman against high-ranking Cebu officials…

Dumanjug mayor told to ‘be his own man’

Izobelle T. Pulgo 02/19/2017

DUMANJUG Vice Mayor Rene Asentista said he will continue with building farm-to-market roads and a water supply system for the town after he assumed the mayoral post from Efren Gica last Wednesday. Asentista disclosed this as former…

113 COUNTS

Izobelle T. Pulgo 02/16/2017

Ombudsman Conchita Carpio Morales indicts a village chief and secretary in Lapu-Lapu City for 92 counts of falsification of documents and 21 counts of anti-graft violations for purchases totaling P1.7 million. The string of indictment, dismissal, and…

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