Labella: Households in riversides need to be relocated to solve flooding

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 10/14/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu City Mayor Edgardo Labella said that the households within the three-meter easement or riverbanks in major waterways in the city would have to be relocated for waterway projects to push through. This…

Labella okay with extending MGCQ until December

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 10/13/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu City Mayor Edgardo Labella supports the recommendation of extending the modified general community quarantine (MGCQ) in the city until December 2020. The MGCQ extension was the recommendation of the Department of Health…

Cebu City: Promised incinerators for PDEA-7 are on the way

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 10/13/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Cebu City government has promised that the incinerators for the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency in Central Visayas (PDEA-7) are on its way. Mayor Edgardo Labella said that as early as December 2019,…

Cebu City gov’t to ‘loan out’ tablets to students in 2 pilot barangays

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 10/10/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Cebu City government will be providing tablets to public school students of two barangays in Cebu City to help them in their distance learning.  Mayor Edgardo Labella said in a phone conference…

Labella eyes P10B for Cebu City 2021 annual budget

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 10/10/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu City Mayor Edgardo Labella is considering only P10 billion for Cebu City’s 2021 annual budget. Labella said this on Saturday, October 10, 2020, a day after the P22.3 billion Annual Investment Plan…

Labella orders ban of karaoke singing during school hours

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 10/09/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The use of karaoke machines is prohibited during school hours and while Cebu City remains under modified general community quarantine (MGCQ). Mayor Edgardo Labella said violators will be penalized based on provisions of…

EOC asks Cebu City mayor not to allow reopening of cinemas yet

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 10/07/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Cebu City Emergency Operations Center (EOC) is appealing to Mayor Edgardo Labella not to allow the reopening of cinemas yet as there is still a high risk for community transmission of coronavirus…

Labella: No karaoke singing, loud noises on weekdays

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 10/07/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu City Mayor Edgardo Labella has directed the City Legal Office (CLO) to compile all ordinances that prohibit noise in residential areas. He also asked CLO to study the possibility of imposing a…

In Photos: Cebu City resumes campaign to plant 3M trees in 3 years

Doris C. Bongcac 10/04/2020

MANDAUE CITY, Cebu – After months of hiatus as a result of the coronavirus disease pandemic, the Cebu City government resumed on Saturday, October 3, its campaign to plant three million trees in three years. In a…

In Cebu City, public school pupils to get free tablets instead of school supplies, uniforms

Delta Derycka C. Letigio 10/03/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines –Instead of buying school supplies and uniforms, Cebu City Mayor Edgardo Labella said that he wanted the P500 million aid to public school pupils realigned for the purchase of tablets and the reproduction of…

Cebu City forms task force to study return of street vendors

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 10/02/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu City Mayor Edgardo Labella has formed a task group to study the return of ambulant vendors on the sidewalks. In his Executive Order No. 97, the mayor ordered Councilors David Tumulak and…

Labella: We need to keep senior citizens safe at home

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 10/02/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu City Mayor Edgardo Labella will wait for the Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) to lift the movement restrictions of senior citizens. This was his response to the appeal of Vice Mayor Michael Rama…

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