City Hall to assess areas, Capitol to allocate P1M

Inna Mejia, Izobelle T. Pulgo, Jose Santino S. Bunachita 02/14/2017

Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña wants a detailed on-site assessment of the situation in quake-stricken Surigao City before deciding what assistance City Hall can extend to the victims. “We don’t like to be a burden. We want…

Help amid destruction

Editorial 02/14/2017

Unlike typhoons which can be tracked by weather satellites, earthquakes can occur at any place and any time, and it was unfortunate for the people of Surigao province that they were hit by a major quake late…

Cebu Provincial Board approves resolution granting P1M financial assistance for Surigao

Izobelle T. Pulgo 02/13/2017

The 14th Sangguniang Panlalawigan has approved, on Monday, the granting of financial assistance in the amount of P1 million to the city of Surigao in the wake of the 6.7 magnitude earthquake that hit the area last…

Capitol gives P3M for Sinulog

Izobelle T. Pulgo 01/04/2017

WITH the Sinulog Festival barely two weeks away, the Cebu provincial government forwarded its financial assistance to the Sinulog Foundation Inc. as of December of last year, after receiving the foundation’s request. Provincial treasurer Emmanuel Guial said…

Fire hits Barangay Suba anew

Ador Vincent S. Mayol, Inna Mejia 11/21/2016

AT least 81 houses made of light materials were destroyed in a fire that hit a residential area in Barangay Suba, Cebu City on Monday morning. No one was hurt in the second to have hit the…

Cebu City sets aside P86M for public school teachers

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 11/02/2016

PUBLIC elementary and high school teachers in Cebu City can expect some financial assistance from the city government next year. The city’s executive department proposed P86 million worth of programs for public school teachers in the city…

Seniors receive cash aid

Margarette Managaytay 10/27/2016

More than 1,000 Cebu City’s senior citizens received their cash aid in areas designated by the mayor’s office starting at 7:30 am Thursday. Esmeralda Barcelo, one of the BMO staff said they waited for the other senior…

Capitol Site fire victims need food, clothes, mats

Nestle L. Semilla 07/20/2016

FIRE victims of Sitio Ponce, Barangay Capitol Site need food, sleeping mats and clothes. Grace Banzuelo, 30, told Cebu Daily News that she was unable to save even the clothes of her four children. She said that…

Alternative lending sources may solve financing woes

Victor Anthony V. Silva 06/09/2016

As access to financing remains a challenge for micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) in the country despite government efforts to develop this sector, trade officials are encouraging entrepreneurs in this sector to avail of financing from…

200 families due for eviction in Calamba seek city govt’s help

Nestle L. Semilla, Sheila Mae Gumapon 06/01/2016

AT LEAST 200 families, who are facing eviction and the demolition of their homes in Sitio Almacen, Barangay Calamba, sought yesterday the Cebu city government’s help in their relocation. The families made the call after the court…

First tranche

02/14/2016

Ninety-eight-year-old Maxima E. Totoy of Sitio Lahing-Lahing, barangay Mabolo smiles as she holds up the P2,00 she received, the first tranche of the P12,000 yearly financial assistance from Cebu City government. Two years from now she will…

Rama thanks Osmeña for SRP, council for authorizing lot sales

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 07/04/2015

A YEAR before his second term ends, Cebu City Mayor Michael Rama thanked his predecessor for the South Road Properties (SRP) that gave Cebu City a financial windfall. In his State of the City Address held at…

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