Garcia to invite judges, prosecutors in peace and order council

Rosalie O. Abatayo 07/11/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines —  Cebu provincial government is contemplating to include judges and prosecutors as members of the Provincial Peace and Order Council (PPOC). Governor Gwendolyn Garcia, in an interview on Thursday, July 11, said she planned…

Operators may need to rehabilitate quarry sites before ban will be lifted

Rosalie Abatayo 07/11/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Quarry operators in Cebu province may need to rehabilitate first the sites where they operate before the Capitol will allow them to resume operations. Governor Gwendolyn Gacia said two teams from the Capitol…

Penro’s P8.9M plastic shredder project, a ‘white elephant’?

Rosalie O. Abatayo 07/11/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines —  At least 19 units of shredding machines worth P8.9 million may be rendered useless as these pieces of equipment do not match the electrical service types of the recipient towns and cities. The…

Gwen on ‘rightsizing’ hospital staffing: We are just following DOH standards

Rosalie O. Abatayo 07/08/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines —The Capitol’s move to “rightsize” the number of personnel in provincial and district hospitals since the start of the new administration has drawn flak from netizens as posts circulated online claiming that hospitals were…

Gwen seeks supplemental budget for road repairs, barangay workers’ incentives

Rosalie O. Abatayo 07/04/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Capitol’s Executive Department will be asking the Provincial Board (PB) to pass a supplemental budget to fund for the repair of provincial roads and to increase the year-end incentives of barangay workers.…

Garcia orders permanent halt of resource center construction

Rosalie O. Abatayo 07/01/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Is it now the end of the 20-story Cebu Provincial Resource Center project? Governor Gwendolyn Garcia, in her first executive order on Monday, July 1, has ordered for the “immediate stoppage and permanent…

Gwen begins term recalling 42-day lockdown in 2012

Rosalie O. Abatayo 06/30/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Today marks the start of a fresh term for elected officials in the government. And for Cebu Capitol, an inaugural ceremony of Governor Gwendolyn Garcia attended by allies and non-allies kicked off their…

2,900 JOs, casuals in Capitol downsized to 200

Rosalie O. Abatayo 06/28/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Of the 2,900 job order and casual employees of the Cebu provincial government, only over 200 were shortlisted for temporary rehiring by the transition team of Governor-elect Gwendolyn Garcia. The services of the…

Garcia, allies take oath

Rosalie O. Abatayo 06/28/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Governor-elect Gwendolyn Garcia and a number of allies in the Cebu provincial government have taken their oaths of office on Friday, June 28. Garcia took her oath before Court of Appeals (CA) Visayas…

Gwen to take oath as Cebu governor on June 28

Rosalie O. Abatayo 06/27/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Governor-elect Gwendolyn Garcia will be taking her oath of office as outgoing officials of the Capitol turn over the provincial government to her administration on Friday, June 28. A ceremonial turnover of the…

No total revamp of department heads in Capitol — Gwen’s lawyer

Rosalie O. Abatayo 06/26/2019

CEBU CITY, PHILIPPINES—The executive department in the Capitol will be a mix of new and old faces once Governor-elect Gwendolyn Garcia officially assumes office. Lawyer Manolette Dinsay, a member of Garcia’s transition team, said some of the…

Garcia’s lawyer to JOs, casual employees: Do not report on July 1 if not given new contract

Rosalie O. Abatayo 06/26/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines— Unless offered a new contract, all job order (JO) and casual employees of the Capitol are advised not to report to their posts on Monday, July 1. In a statement issued on Wednesday, June…

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