‘Don’t harass firemen!’

Jose Santino S. Bunachita, Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 12/02/2016

Firing incident during battle to put out Duljo-Fatima blaze prompts fire chief’s appeal Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP-7) Regional Director Samuel Tadeo appealed to the public to not harass firefighters, who are just trying to do their…

Cebu City ready to aid Luzon amid ‘Lawin’s’ arrival

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 10/19/2016

Cebu City Hall is ready to send a team to northern Luzon to assist areas hit by supertyphoon Lawin. Nagiel Banacia, Cebu City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (CCDRRMO) chief, said they signified their intent to…

Cebu Pacific plane aborts takeoff after wheel caught fire

Victor Anthony V. Silva 09/26/2016

One of Cebu Pacific’s (CEB) propeller-type planes caught fire after aborting take off at 6:10 pm Monday. Lawyer JR Mantaring, CEB vice president for corporate affairs, said in an advisory that flight DG6577 Cebu-Tacloban aborted take off…

Depoliticizing services in the barangays

Editorial 08/26/2016

When Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña ordered the withdrawal of ambulances from all of the city’s barangays, he was met with opposition, as expected, from rival Team Rama-allied officials who filed a complaint at the Ombudsman-Visayas. Perhaps…

About that neighborhood watch

08/19/2016

Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña may be accused by his fiercest critics of being arrogant, petty and vindictive but he sure won’t be blamed for lacking in practical ideas and solutions to the city’s most common problems.…

Nurse-paramedics tandem pushed

Nestle L. Semilla 07/30/2016

Hire nurses to accompany paramedics of the Emergency Medical Services (EMS) in city’s ambulances responding to emergencies in the city. Cebu City Councilor David Tumulak said yesterday that the city should look at those attending to a…

TOM TAKETH AWAY

Nestle L. Semilla 07/22/2016

Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña continued yesterday with his series of recall orders for city-owned properties, this time involving ambulances and mini buses issued to barangays whose leaders are identified with his predecessor, Michael Rama. The Association…

Business group focuses on MSMEs

Victor Anthony V. Silva 07/13/2016

The Mandaue Chamber of Commerce and Industry will focus on harnessing the potential of micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) as it celebrates the Mandaue Business Month 2016 (MBM 2016) next month. “We believe that Mandaue, and…

Sorongon wrests 10k tiara of Run for Eruf

Glendale G. Rosal 04/03/2016

SULTAN Kudarat’s Ruffa Sorongon topped the 10-kilometer distance of the Run For ERUF yesterday. Sorongon crossed the finish line at the Marco Polo Plaza Hotel Cebu grounds with a time of 43 minutes and 15 seconds. Geniecel…

Bus hits, kills Korean

Carmel Loise Matus, Rene F. Alima 01/19/2016

A Korean national died while his compatriot was seriously injured after they were hit by a passenger bus in barangay Bulacao, Talisay City, southern Cebu. Donggeun Lang, 22, (male) and Hyegim Lee, 22, (female) were crossing N.…

Moderate traffic flow as most schools open

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 06/09/2015

Traffic remained moderate during the opening of classes of most private schools and universities in Cebu City yesterday morning. Joy Tumulak, Cebu City Traffic Operations Management (Citom) operations chief, said there were only a few streets where…

Capitol gives greenlight for 2 ‘pocket lanes’ in Banilad

Peter L. Romanillos 09/09/2014

The Provincial Board (PB) yesterday approved the use of province-owned lots for two pocket lanes to ease traffic in the Banilad road. One will be set up in 60 square meters beside the Emergency Rescue Unit Foundation’s…

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