Soc to propose increase of seniors cash aid to P3,000

Edison Delos Angeles 03/13/2017

Seniors in Talisay City has something to look forward to. Councilor Socrates Fernandez of Talisay City in southern Cebu wants to increase the annual financial assistance given to the at least 10,000 senior citizens in the city…

Tisa Barangay Council places four fire-hit sitios under state of calamity

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 02/20/2017

CEBU CITY–Four sitios of Barangay Tisa in Cebu City were declared under a state of calamity after a nearly 7-hour fire rendered at least 259 families homeless on Monday dawn. A state of calamity is also set…

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…

DULJO FIRE: Victims suffer gastro-respiratory illnesses

Nestle L. Semilla 12/04/2016

Many Duljo fire victims are now suffering from respiratory and gastrointestinal illnesses, especially the children. Parents are worried that it will spread because there are at least 30 of them occupying one classroom and viruses easily spread…

Fire site will be reblocked with wider roads

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 12/02/2016

THE Cebu City government is looking at constructing wider roads in the six sitios in Barangay Duljo Fatima that were struck by a fire area shortly before midnight on Thursday. The narrow roads leading to and inside…

TRAGEDY IN DULJO

Nestle L. Semilla 12/02/2016

What was supposed to be the first day of the happiest month of the year turned into a tragedy as close to 3,000 people were left homeless, scrambling to make sense of how they will get through…

Team Rama mulls shrinking budget

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 11/30/2016

CEBU City Hall’s budget for next year may be smaller than the P7.2 billion proposed by Mayor Tomas Osmeña depending on how the Team Rama bloc sizes it up. Councilor Joy Pesquera, who chairs the council’s committee…

Operation Second Chance to shut doors in 2017

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 11/17/2016

DUE to overcapacity, Cebu City will refuse to accept minor offenders from other towns and cities starting January next year in a city-owned rehabilitation facility called Operation Second Chance Center (OSCC). Mayor Tomas Osmeña sent out letters…

Team Rama questions additional health workers

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 11/09/2016

THE Team Rama bloc in the Cebu City Council questioned plans by the Osmeña administration to hire additional job order personnel (JOs) to implement some of the city’s programs in the barangays next year. During yesterday’s budget…

BO-PK allies on hand for seniors cash aid

Margarette Managaytay 10/27/2016

ALLIES of Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña who are planning to run in next year’s barangay elections were on hand to facilitate yesterday’s distribution of cash aid to seniors in various venues. In Barangay Sambag 1, about…

Ten minors rounded up in Toledo City

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 07/13/2016

Ten minors were rounded up Tuesday night in Toledo City for violating the city’s curfew ordinance. Mae Tacandong, head of Toledo City Department of Social Welfare and Services (DSWS), said three of the kids were rounded in…

Two areas in Talamban still submerged in flood

Doris C. Bongcac, Jose Santino S. Bunachita, Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 07/03/2016

Heavy rains that slammed Metro Cebu on Friday night have left at least 250 people still stranded in their homes in Barangay Talamban, Cebu City, two days after several areas were inundated by rising flood waters. On…

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