PB requests from Ombud copies of order dismissing complaint vs Martinez

12/09/2016

THE Cebu Provincial Board has requested the Office of the Ombudsman Central Office to furnish copies of the order dismissing the complaint filed against Provincial Board member Celestino Martinez III to all concerned government agencies including barangays…

Grim reaper country

Jason A. Baguia 12/09/2016

The Catechism of the Catholic Church and the 1987 Philippine Constitution are quite compatible in terms of their treatment of the question of capital punishment. The Charter, promulgated after Filipinos overthrew the dictator Ferdinand Marcos, held in…

Open access to public information

Editorial 12/07/2016

While we do know about the respective orders issued by Mandaue City Mayor Luigi Quisumbing and Cebu Gov. Hilario Davide III to their department heads in relation to the Freedom of Information order issued by President Rodrigo…

Fire site will be reblocked with wider roads

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 12/02/2016

THE Cebu City government is looking at constructing wider roads in the six sitios in Barangay Duljo Fatima that were struck by a fire area shortly before midnight on Thursday. The narrow roads leading to and inside…

Chan is new CV tourism chief

Izobelle T. Pulgo, Victor Anthony V. Silva 11/29/2016

The Department of Tourism in Central Visayas (DOT-7) finally has a new regional director. Catalino Chan, who was the Tourism director of Northern Mindanao (Region 10), was sworn in as the new DOT-7 director by Tourism Secretary…

MAO BA?

Editorial 11/29/2016

SIESTA TIME There is an office in one local government unit in Cebu where the lights are turned off from noon to 1 p.m. That’s because this is the time when employees take a nap or have…

Energy mix rule needed

11/28/2016

Gov’t told: This is to protect consumers from fuel price surges Manila — Power generator First Gen Corporation is urging government to formulate an energy mix policy that would help shield consumers from price surges affecting specific…

NO STRINGS ATTACHED

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 11/27/2016

There should be no conditions attached to the release of the shares of the barangays in the real property taxes (RPT) of the Cebu City government, the Department of Interior and Local Government Central Visayas (DILG 7)…

Gov’t orders shutdown of all firecracker establishments

11/25/2016

MANILA — The Department of Labor and Employment issued, on Thursday, an order stopping all work in establishments manufacturing and selling pyrotechnics and firecrackers nationwide. “Pursuant to Rule 1012.02 of the Occupational Safety and Health Standards in…

EXTORTION RACKET BUSTED

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 11/21/2016

Taiwanese nationals, allegedly operating an online extortion racket victimizing retired and active government officials in Taiwan, were raided by agents of the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI-7) at their hideout base inside a subdivision in Barangay Guadalupe,…

Osmeña considers Kalunasan as new city jail site

Inna Mejia 11/17/2016

CEBU City Mayor Tomas Osmeña said the city government has yet to find a suitable site for a new jail facility. The mayor said this after Councilor Joel Garganera questioned his plan of converting the Inayawan landfill…

Japan execs explore trade opportunities in Mandaue

Norman V. Mendoza 11/16/2016

The dignitaries from Ayabe City, Japan, met with the Mandaue City Hall officials upon the invitation of Mayor Luis “Luigi” Quisumbing to look for possible investment opportunities in the highly urbanized city. Led by Ayabe City Mayor…

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