9.7K students to benefit from Cebu City’s scholarship program

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 02/08/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Cebu City government has signed a memorandum of agreement (MOA) with 19 schools in the city for scholarship program of over 9,700 students in the city. Mayor Edgardo Labella led the signing…

Legal action considered against barbecue hub stall owners caught violating sanitation rules

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 02/08/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The establishments in Cebu City’s famous barbecue hub, Larsian, may face a criminal or administrative case or even possible closure if they are found to have violated the sanitary regulation of the city.…

Labella orders siphoning of floodwater in three barangays

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 02/08/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The flooding problem in Cebu City needs immediate action. This was the statement of Mayor Edgardo Labella after reports of long-term flooding in certain sitios in Barangays Kinasang-an, Pardo, and Talamban had reached…

Three pharmacies in Cebu City asked to explain for selling overpriced face masks

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 02/06/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Three commercial pharmacies in downtown Cebu City are being investigated by the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) after they have been found with overpriced N95 and surgical face masks. The City Market…

Labella eyes more social-housing in Cebu City

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 02/05/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines—Cebu City Mayor Edgardo Labella met with Secretary Eduardo D. Del Rosario of the Human Settlements, Housing and Urban Development Coordinating Council (HSHUDCC) to discuss adding more social-housing in the city.  In a statement released…

Osmeña files raps against Labella, LWUA for terminating MCWD board

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 02/04/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines—Former Cebu City mayor Tomas Osmeña filed cases of usurpation of authority and grave misconduct against Mayor Edgardo Labella and and Jeci Lapus, the acting administrator of the Local Water Utilities Administration (LWUA), for “illegaly”…

Labella orders amendments to pedicab, trike regulations

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 02/01/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu City Mayor Edgardo Labella has ordered an amendment of pedicabs and trikes regulations in the city following the directives of the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) to disallow pedicabs and…

Labella: Night market can operate until end of February then …

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 02/01/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Cebu City Night Bazaar or more commonly known as the night market is here to stay until the end of February. This was the statement of Mayor Edgardo Labella on Friday afternoon…

Terminated MCWD Board continues to question Labella’s termination order

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 02/01/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The terminated members of the Board of Directors (BOD) of the Metropolitan Cebu Water District (MCWD) will continue to question the termination order of Mayor Edgardo Labella. The camp of Ralph Sevilla, Augustus…

Cebu City ready to purchase PPE to combat spread of Wuhan coronavirus

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 01/31/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines – The Cebu City government is ready to purchase more personnel protective equipment (PPE) to better protect the personnel of the Department of Health in Central Visayas (DOH-7) and the Bureau of Quarantine (BOQ)…

Cebu City night market’s fate rests on Labella’s hand

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 01/30/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The last day of the Cebu City Night Bazaar in Colon Street or more commonly known as the night market is on Friday, January 31, 2020. But Mayor Edgardo Labella has yet to…

Prank call disrupts classes in Cebu City public schools on Monday

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 01/28/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu City Mayor Edgardo Labella is again reminding Cebuanos that making prank calls could land the caller in jail. Labella issued the reminder after the Department of Education (DepEd) received an anonymous call…

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