Cuenco: Buses are pulling out of Cebu City, we need more jeepney routes

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 05/06/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines —  Cebu City Councilor James Cuenco appealed once more to Mayor Edgardo Labella to reopen more jeepney routes in order to address the lack of public transport. Cuenco said that certain bus liners had…

Labella appeals to nat’l government: Give us more vaccines

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 04/29/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu City Mayor Edgardo Labella has appealed once more to the national government to provide more vaccines to the city. The vaccine rollout has temporarily been suspended in the city because there were…

Cebu City gov’t withdraws legal aid to slain witness’s family

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 04/23/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Cebu City government will be withdrawing its offered legal assistance to the family of slain Ritchie Nepomuceno, who was one of the major witnesses to the alleged extortion and rape of 11…

Labella urged to implement Food Bank ordinance

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 04/22/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu City Councilor Alvin Dizon is asking Mayor Edgardo Labella to implement the Food Bank ordinance as the need for food has become apparent with the rise of community pantries in the country.…

18 STL ‘ushers’, bettors nabbed in 10 days in Cebu City

Pegeen Maisie Sararana 04/19/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Policemen in Cebu City have arrested 18 illegal bet collectors or “ushers” and bettors of the Small Town Lottery (STL), a numbers game, in 10 days of anti-illegal gambling operations. The 10-day period…

PWDs in Cebu City to get P5K cash aid starting May 8

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 04/15/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The persons with disability (PWDs) in Cebu City will get their financial assistance starting May 8, 2021. Mayor Edgardo Labella announced in a phone interview with reporters that the PWDs would receive five…

Cebu City Council pleads with DPWH again: Fix flooding in underpass

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 04/08/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Cebu City Council is once again pleading with the Department of Public Works and Highways in Central Visayas (DPWH-7) to fix the flooding in the Mambaling Underpass. The underpass was the subject…

New traffic lights launched in Cebu City

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 03/27/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Cebu City government finally unveiled its new Intelligent Traffic Light System, which was allotted P250 million from the city’s coffers. The new traffic lights upgraded the previous traffic system that has run…

Cebu City mulls opening cockpits, all jeepney routes

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 03/25/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Legal cockpit arenas and all jeepney routes may be returning to Cebu City if Mayor Edgardo Labella approves the request of the Gamefowl commission and the Jeepney Task Force respectively. In the past…

Incumbent MCWD Board refuses to step down despite TRO

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 03/19/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — History seems to repeat itself as the board of directors of the Metropolitan Cebu Water District (MCWD) refuses to step down amid an order from the court. The appointed board of directors of…

Labella: I’m not qualified for vaccine

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 03/04/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu City Mayor Edgardo Labella said he would not be able to avail of the vaccines even if public officials would be allowed to be inoculated.  Labella said that because he was already…

Labella firm on keeping RT-PCR tests

Morexette Marie Erram 03/01/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu City Mayor Edgardo Labella on Monday, March 1, stood by with his decision to keep real-time polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) test results as a requirement for travelers bound for Cebu City. With…

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