Cortes to let fire victims return, rebuild their homes

Mary Rose Sagarino 11/23/2022

MANDAUE CITY, Philippines — Mandaue City Mayor Jonas Cortes has promised the fire victims in Sitio Paradise, Barangay Looc that they can return and build their houses in the area. Cortes made this promise during his visit…

Cebu province pushes P18B budget for 2022

Morexette Marie B. Erram 10/20/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines – The Cebu Provincial Government is planning to allocate P18 billion in public funds as budget for 2022. Cebu Gov. Gwendolyn Garcia on Tuesday, October 19, told reporters they have already submitted the proposed…

IATF urged to allow business establishments to ‘self-regulate’

Morexette Marie B. Erram 10/19/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines – The Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Disease (IATF) is urged to allow business establishments to police the implementation their own protocols. Members of the Cebu Provincial Board on Monday,…

Cebu Provincial Board asks lessors to extend deferment of rental for biz, residential spaces

Rosalie O. Abatayo 08/25/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Amid the continuing economic challenge due to the quarantine restrictions, the Cebu Provincial Board has called owners of business and residential spaces to allow the deferment of the payment of their tenants’ rentals.…

Vehicles in ‘minor accidents’ should pull aside or face fines

Rosalie Abatayo 02/10/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Fines of up to P3,000 may soon await motorists who figure in “minor” road accidents and fail to pull their vehicles aside within five minutes. The Fender Bender Ordinance of 2019, which provides…

PB member Glenn Soco proposes ordinance to increase incentives of barangay workers

Futch Anthony Inso 08/19/2019

  Cebu City, Philippines—Board member Glenn Anthony Soco wants to double the financial incentives that the barangay workers are receiving starting this year. Soco, who chairs the committee on budget and appropriations,  proposed an ordinance in the…

Cebu business heads expect GDP growth in 4th quarter of 2016

Victor Anthony V. Silva 01/24/2017

BUSINESS leaders in Cebu anticipated a good performance from the Philippine economy in the last quarter of 2016, ahead of the release of fourth-quarter domestic economic data this week. Mandaue Chamber of Commerce and Industry (MCCI) president…

Settlement sought on child custody case

Peter L. Romanillos 12/16/2014

The Provincial Women’s Commission (PWC) said it is looking for ways to secure an amicable settlement in  a child custody case involving businessman Glenn Anthony Soco and the mother of his one-year-old son. A preliminary conference was…

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