LGUs told to expedite garbage disposal efforts

07/19/2016

METRO Cebu and municipal governments should expedite their garbage disposal efforts to avoid worse flooding in the coming months, the Mactan office of the state weather bureau Pagasa said yesterday. In yesterday’s 2nd quarter Provincial Disaster Risk…

8 Cebu LGUs get new Suroy-Suroy buses

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 07/15/2016

The Cebu Provincial government yesterday turned over eight brand new coasters to the local government units (LGUs). Although similar to the Suroy-Suroy Sugbo buses previously given to some LGUs, yesterday’s batch of coasters looked different. It is…

DA-7 assures enough supply of pesticides

07/06/2016

THE Department of Agriculture in Central Visayas (DA-7) assured all the local government units (LGUs) in the region of enough pesticide stocks in case an insect attack would occur. Bienvenido Acabal Jr., Regional Crop Protection Center Chief…

DepEd Cebu waiting on LGUs to declare suspension of classes

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 07/05/2016

The Department of Education (DepEd) in Cebu is waiting on local governments to give the go signal to suspend classes in preparation for tropical storm Butchoy. “In case there’s no typhoon signal but the situation in the…

Climate change and resiliency

Atty. Gloria Estenzo Ramos 06/05/2016

By signing the Paris Agreement on April 22, 2016 at the United Nations Headquarters in New York, the Philippines committed, together with other countries, to reduce the polluting greenhouse gases that are causing our climate system to…

Pros and cons

05/06/2016

That a long gestating bill creating the Metro Cebu Development Authority has secured support from reelectionist Sen. Ralph Recto may be a promising development for proponents, but how this will play out in the province is another…

BIR finds 100 erring firms in Lapu

Vanessa Claire Lucero 03/14/2016

ABOUT 100 business establishments in Lapu-Lapu City were found violating various tax laws during the tax mapping campaign conducted by the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR). Nelson Aspe, BIR deputy commissioner, said in a press conference on…

Consult mayors, Rama tells DPWH

Jose Santino S. Bunachita, Nestle L. Semilla 02/19/2016

LOCAL officials should be consulted before the implementation of national government projects, Cebu City Mayor Michael Rama said yesterday. Rama reacted to Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Secretary Rogelio Singson’s appeal to the public not…

Province to give rewards to LGUs with projects that promote Cebu

Izobelle T. Pulgo 02/02/2016

THE Cebu Provincial government will be giving rewards to local government units (LGUs) that implement projects promoting Cebu as an ideal place to live, visit and invest. The  initiative, which is under the “Our Cebu” program, previously…

PROUD OF CEBU

Jose Santino S. Bunachita, Victor Anthony V. Silva 07/16/2015

Cebu City, Province named 3rd most competitive LGUs Local officials and business leaders yesterday beamed with pride as Cebu City and Cebu Province were both named as 3rd most competitive LGUs in the annual competitiveness ranking of…

Cebu a ‘trafficking hotspot’

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag, Victor Anthony V. Silva 06/09/2015

DUE to its status as a center for shipping and tourism in Central Visayas and the rest of the southern Philippines, Cebu remains vulnerable to foreign sex predators, an international non-government organization (NGO) said yesterday. Dr. Alwin…

DOH sets forum on tropical diseases

PR 06/08/2015

THE Department of Health (DOH), with support from United States Agency for International Development (USAID), will host the fourth national Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) stakeholders forum on June 24-25 at the Marco Polo Plaza in Cebu City.…

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