Octagenarians, nonagenarians to get financial incentives from Cebu City

Dyrecka Letigio 08/26/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Octagenarians and nonagenarians in Cebu City may start getting a financial incentive starting 2022 following the passing of an ordinance that would distribute the P100,000 incentive for centenarians along two decades. Councilor Eugenio…

RPT exemptions for family homes worth P300K or less pushed in Cebu City

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 02/22/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Owners of land and structures value at P300, 000 or less will no longer be asked to pay real property taxes (RPTs) if the Cebu City Council approves a draft ordinance by Councilor…

Gabuya seeks ban of student drivers at SRP, main thoroughfares in Cebu City

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 01/26/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Major thoroughfares in Cebu City including the Cebu South Coastal Road (CSCR) and other roads located at the South Road Properties (SRP) should never be used for driving lessons. Councilor Eugenio Gabuya said…

Gealon on opposition dads intervention on SRP lot issue: It’s a desperate move

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 12/18/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Lawyer Rey Gealon, Cebu City Legal Office head, said the intervention attempt of the opposition councilors on the withdrawal of the petition for declaratory relief by the City against the 2015 sales of…

Opposition councilors intervene in sale of SRP lots

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 12/18/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines—The opposition councilors of the Cebu City Council from the Bando Osmeña-Pundok Kauswagan (BO-PK) have filed in court an intervention for the withdrawal of a petition for declaratory relief for the sale of a 45-hectare…

Ordinance for jeepney and Beep stops in Cebu City pushed

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 11/24/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Cebu City Council is reviewing an ordinance that would establish proper jeepney stops and Beep stops around the city according to their routes. Councilors Raul Alcoseba and Eugenio Gabuya, Jr. proposed the…

Council to create a solid waste management code for Cebu City

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 07/27/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Cebu City Council plans to draft a solid waste management code that will serve as basis for future legislation and executive orders for the city government to adhere to when it comes…

Fulfilling Tom’s promise: Cebu City to donate 15 vehicles to 8 barangays

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 06/16/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Fifteen Cebu City-owned vehicles will be donated to eight barangays in the city before June 30 when outgoing Mayor Tomas Osmeña’s term would end. Osmeña said that this was his way to keep…

Tents added in Devotee City for pilgrims

Morexette Marie B. Erram 01/18/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Officials in charge of the Devotee City have resorted to other means in making sure out-of-town pilgrims have a decent place to stay in Cebu City during the celebration of the Fiesta Señor. During…

POLICE MURDERED IN GUIHULNGAN

Nestle L. Semilla 12/19/2018

“This is war,” vowed Chief Supt. Debold Sinas, chief of the Police Regional Office in Central Visayas (PRO-7), as he blamed the killing on communist insurgents. Seventeen months after the chief of police and five other policemen…

Skirting the dumpsite closure

Editorial 03/06/2017

A public hearing scheduled on April 18 on a proposal by Councilor Eugenio Gabuya Jr. to set up a transfer station inside the Inayawan dumpsite should invite maximum participation from city residents if only to allow them…

SLASHED IN HALF: Of the P33 Million proposed budget, City Council only approves P17 Million for CCSC

Calvin D. Cordova, Rabboni Centino Borbon 12/09/2016

The Cebu City Sports Commission’s (CCSC) proposed budget for 2017 was slashed to almost half during the Cebu City Council’s special session at the Cebu City Hall last Thursday afternoon. The CCSC presented to the council a…

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