EMB: No oil sheen in site

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 05/08/2017

THE Environmental Management Bureau (EMB-7) said their inspection of the site where the MV Fortuner cargo vessel sank last Sunday showed no oil sheen at 11 a.m. yesterday. Engineer Luis Antonio Monisit, senior Environmental Management Specialist, and…

‘WATCH OUT FOR OIL’

Jose Santino S. Bunachita, Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 05/08/2017

‘No fishing ban yet but waters already ‘smell of gasoline’ With 10 family members to feed, fisherman Julian Abapo has more than enough reason to be worried about another possible oil spill in the waters off Talisay…

New building to house UP Cebu’s management school

Morexette Erram 04/22/2017

A new two-storey building will house the School of Management of the University of the Philippines Cebu. In this afternoon’s press conference Dr. Tiffany Adelaide Tan said the project came about after UP Cebu was elevated to…

Crising death toll now 10

Izobelle T. Pulgo, Nestle Semilla 04/17/2017

Cebu official says Crising was downgraded to LPA, so no state of calamity was declared This year’s Easter Sunday, despite its message of birth and renewal, had taken on a tragic turn in the island of Cebu…

‘Turnover is ceremonial’

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 04/17/2017

Disaster management chief says all city ambulances listed under his name All ambulances distributed to Cebu City’s barangays are under the Cebu City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (CCDRRMO) specifically its chief Nagiel Bañacia, who assumed…

Save the small but mighty sardines

Atty. Gloria Estenzo Ramos 04/02/2017

Jose Santino Bunachita’s article, “Basura Mo, Sardinas Ko”, in yesterday’s issue of Cebu Daily News, was quite interesting. It highlighted the innovative way by which the Cebu City government is dealing with the huge waste challenge it…

New building to address overcrowding in city jail

Inna Mejia 03/27/2017

TO address congestion in the Cebu City Jail, a four-storey building will be constructed inside the compound of the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP). In a news briefing yesterday morning, Councilor Dave Tumulak, who heads…

Police, Mayor Tom storm road rage shooter’s posh home; they fail to get him

Nestle L. Semilla 03/19/2017

  CEBU CITY—The police raided on Sunday night a condominium unit and a house in Maria Luisa Subdivision in Cebu City in search for the scion of a Filipino-Chinese businessman who shot a nurse in a fit…

DISASTER MANAGEMENT

Victor Anthony V. Silva 03/03/2017

Gov’t office’s thrust: Tap social media “SOCIAL media is not a propaganda machine. It is the voice of the people.” Carlos Munda of the Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO) gave this description amid the office’s thrust to…

Tom leads 8-man ‘waste management study’ group to Japan

Inna Mejia 02/06/2017

  Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña is leading an eight-man delegation to Kitakyushu, Japan on Wednesday to learn from their waste management system. Traveling with Osmeña are Councilor Eugenio Gabuya Jr., Department of Public Services (DPS) head…

Mother wants holiday visit for Barok

Izobelle T. Pulgo 12/19/2016

TO see her child in time for Christmas — this is Emma Alvaro’s plea to the management of the Cebu Provincial Detention and Rehabilitation Center (CPDRC) as her son, alleged high-profile drug trader Alvaro “Barok” Alvaro, continues…

Apas fire victims moved to school, DOST compound

Nestle L. Semilla 12/06/2016

CEBU CITY—Elderly, women, children and persons with disabilities who were affected by the fire in Barangay Apas, Cebu City would be moved to St. Francis Kindergarten. The male fire victims, however, were asked to stay at the…

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