Cebu City still not inclined to allow entry of jeepneys from other LGUs

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 11/14/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu City Mayor Edgardo Labella remains uninclined to allow the entry of jeepney operators from other local government units (LGUs) as long as the city’s own jeepneys are still not plying the streets.…

BJMP adopts Labella’s EO 71 nationwide

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 04/29/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) has decided to adopt the executive order (EO) of Cebu City Mayor Edgardo Labella to test all incoming and outgoing persons deprived of liberty (PDL) in…

Cebu to ban entry of passengers from outside province

Morexette Marie B. Erram 03/14/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines – The Cebu Provincial government will start banning the entry of visitors from outside the province as part of their mitigation efforts on the spread of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19). The ban will…

Bohol bars entry of passenger ships in ports

Alven Marie Timtim, Delta Dyrecka Letigio 03/14/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Passenger ships will no longer be permitted to enter and dock in any port in Bohol starting Monday, March 16, 2020, because the province is placed under community quarantine. The Philippine Coast Guard…

PH bans entry of 2 US senators backing De Lima

Nestor Corrales - INQUIRER.net 12/27/2019

MANILA, Philippines — President Rodrigo Duterte has ordered the Bureau of Immigration to deny two United States senators who pushed for the ban of Filipino officials who are allegedly behind the detention of Sen. Leila de Lima…

UN underpass project, road widening component in limbo

Rosalie O. Abatayo 07/29/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The fate of the underpass project in Mandaue City’s UN Avenue remains in the limbo after the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) moved to terminate the P711-million contract with Leyte-based BM…

Raise nurses’ entry level pay to keep them from leaving – Pangilinan

07/24/2019

MANILA, Philippines – Senator Francis Pangilinan is pushing for the increase in the entry-level salary of government nurses to P30,531 to prevent them from seeking greener pastures overseas. In a statement on Wednesday, Pangilinan said his Senate…

Basketball star Ricci Rivero topbills MMFF entry, ‘Otlum’

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 12/23/2018

FROM hardcourt heartthrob to screen idol. University of the Philippines (UP) Fighting Maroons point guard Ricci Rivero has tried acting for the first time, headlining the Metro Manila Film Festival (MMFF) 2018 entry, “Otlum.” The 20-year-old basketball…

Heightening ports security eyed to deter entry of drugs

Rosalie O. Abatayo and Benjie B. Talisic 12/17/2018

Forwarding firms, port managers tapped to help deter entry of illegal drugs Believing that the volume of illegal drugs circulating in Cebu City may have originated elsewhere, anti-narcotics enforcers will start to enjoin cargo forwarding firms and…

PH concerned over possible entry of nukes in South China Sea

Inquirer.net 08/23/2018

The Philippines is concerned about China’s possible deployment of nuclear weapons in its outposts in the heavily disputed South China Sea. “We are concerned about the entry of any and all nuclear weapons into the Philippine territory…

Cebu City Jail’s new policy: Strip before entry

Morexette Marie B. Erram and Nestle L. Semilla 07/25/2018

Male visitors will now be asked to strip naked before they will be allowed entry into the Cebu City Jail in Barangay Kalunasan to deter the possible entry of contraband into the jail facility. Jail Warden Supt.…

CSBT to improve security after entry of smuggled firearms

Jessa Mae O. Sotto 07/17/2018

The management of Cebu South Bus Terminal (CSBT) has admitted that the lack of security measures caused the entry of at least 46 smuggled automatic pistols on Saturday (July 14). Terminal manager Joey Herrera identified the arrested…

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