Road closures for 2023 Bar exams in Cebu City

Emmariel Ares 09/15/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines – To ensure a conducive environment that will allow the examinees to concentrate on the upcoming bar examinations, some roads in Cebu City will be closed on the scheduled dates of the exam. The…

China’s new national map has set off a wave of protests. Why?

09/06/2023

BANGKOK  — China has upset many countries in the Asia-Pacific region with its release of a new official map that lays claim to most of the South China Sea, as well as to contested parts of India…

Vietnam bans ‘Barbie’ movie over South China Sea map

Reuters 07/03/2023

HANOI — Vietnam has banned Warner Bros’ highly-anticipated film “Barbie” from domestic distribution over a scene featuring a map that shows China’s unilaterally claimed territory in the South China Sea, state media reported on Monday. The U-shaped…

Cebu City should be more proactive in implementing measures vs earthquakes – official

Jessa Sarnillo Ngojo 02/22/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines — An official of the Cebu City Planning and Development Office (CCPDO) has urged the city government to be more “proactive” and implement extra measures for earthquake preparedness and response. CCPDO head Architect Joseph…

Metro Cebu’s earthquake map now available online

USJ-R Journalism Intern 07/04/2018

The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) and Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS) launched an online map of earthquake-prone areas in Metro Cebu on Wednesday morning (July 4). The government agencies introduced today the Metro…

Council to map traffic plans with LGUs

Jessa Mae O. Sotto 02/28/2018

AN inter-agency council on traffic (I-ACT) will coordinate with local governments in Cebu to map out traffic management plans for them, a first outside of Metro Manila. “(What we are doing) is to synchronize and harmonize traffic…

PB okays P4.1M Medical Assistance Program of DOH

Izobelle T. Pulgo 12/11/2016

Health and social services, being the priority programs of the Cebu provincial government, the Sangguniang Panlalawigan approved the release of P4,100,000 for the Medical Assistance Program (MAP) of the Department of Health for seven hospitals in the…

‘Emergency powers needed for Duterte to solve traffic crisis’

06/22/2016

The Management Association of the Philippines (MAP) has reiterated its call to grant emergency powers to President-elect Rodrigo Duterte to solve the perennial problem of traffic congestion in Metro Manila. MAP gov. Eduardo “Eddie” Yap said emergency…

DepEd launches online library locator map

Inquirer 06/30/2014

Can’t find the library nearest you? The Department of Education has a solution: Check its online library locator map. The map, which one may access via the DepEd website (www.deped.gov.ph), shows almost all the libraries in public…

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