SK to Cebu City: Release our financial aid so we can help the barangays

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 04/02/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Sangguniang Kabataan Federation (SKF) in Cebu City is calling on the city government to release the promised financial aid to the federation’s members in the barangays. In a letter, Councilor Jessica Resch,…

Senior citizens’ financial assistance may be delivered house to house

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 04/02/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu City Mayor Edgardo Labella wants the financial assistance for the city’s senior citizens to be delivered to their homes. He said this would be the best way to ensure social distancing and…

DSWD-7 targets 1.3M families to receive P6K financial assistance

Futch Anthony Inso 03/31/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines – The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD)-7 has estimated that 1.3 million families will benefit the social amelioration program in Central Visayas. The program is mandated by Republic Act No. 11469 or…

Capitol readies P376M as aid to LGUs during ECQ

Rosalie Abatayo 03/31/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Cebu provincial government will disburse a total of P376 million of financial assistance for the local government units amid the implementation of the province-wide enhanced community quarantine. The amount is allocated equitably…

COVID-affected workers to get financial aid

Futch Anthony Inso 03/25/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines – The Department of Labor and Employment in Central Visayas (DOLE)-7 is now validating the identity of workers affected by the impact of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) so that they can avail of…

Financial assistance for Cebu City senior citizens, PWDs to be released in April

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 03/25/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Senior citizens and persons with disabilities (PWDs) will be getting their two-months worth of financial assistance in the first two weeks of April 2020. Cebu City Mayor Edgardo Labella said in a press…

Capitol to send P5 million for Taal victims

Rosalie O. Abatayo 01/27/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Cebu provincial government will be extending P5 million in financial aid for the families displaced by the recent eruption of Taal Volcano in Batangas. Governor Gwendolyn Garcia made the announcement during a…

Kasambagan fire victims need hygiene kits, underwear

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 01/27/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The 117 families displaced by an afternoon fire on Sunday, January 26, 2020, need hygiene kits and underwear. This was the statement of Doctor Jeffrey Ybones, the head of the Department of Social…

Cebu CLO set to release P5M to barangays, who failed to submit liquidation reports

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 01/04/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Cebu City Legal Office (CLO) is preparing to release the P5 million financial assistance to barangays that cannot yet provide their liquidation of expenses of the previous financial assistance. Lawyer Rey Gealon,…

Cebu City may extend financial assistance to Ursula-hit towns

Rosalie Abatayo 12/31/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Cebu City government is willing to extend financial assistance to Ursula-hit towns in northern Cebu, if necessary. Cebu City Mayor Edgardo Labella said he is only waiting for the damage assessment of…

Labella: Previous unliquidated assistance, not politics, delays P5 million aid to barangays

Rosalie Abatayo 12/30/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Some Cebu City barangays’ failure to liquidate previous financial assistance from the city government has stalled the distribution of their P5 million financial assistance intended for garbage management. Cebu City Mayor Edgardo Labella…

Archdiocese of Cebu warns about fake solicitation letters using Archbishop Palma’s name

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 10/11/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Archdiocese of Cebu warns the public of electronic mails (e-mails) circulating online soliciting donations and funds using the name of Cebu Archbishop Jose Palma. In a statement released by the Archdiocese of…

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