Labella: Cremdec remains as quarantine facility for PUMs

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 03/05/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu City Mayor Edgardo Labella stood by his decision that the City Resource and Management Center (Cremdec) in Barangay Taptap shall be the quarantine center for persons under monitoring (PUM) of the Coronavirus…

Japson asks Labella to reconsider Taptap as Covid-19 quarantine center

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 03/04/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu City opposition Councilor Leah Japson urged Mayor Edgardo Labella to reconsider using a city-owned facility in Barangay Taptap as a Coronavirus Disease 2019 (Covid-19) quarantine center. In a privilege speech during the…

OSC personnel face dismissal over series of escapes, Labella orders probe

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 03/04/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu City Mayor Edgardo Labella warned the personnel of the Operation Second Chance that they may be dismissed following the fourth escape of some wards in the youth rehabilitation facility. In a phone…

Pagcor to raise financial assistance to Cebu City

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 02/24/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Cebu City government is in talks with the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation (Pagcor) to increase the financial assistance received by the city from the agency. The Pagcor funds to Cebu City…

Relocation sites mulled for informal settlers along Butuanon River

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 02/18/2020

  CEBU CITY, Philippines—The Cebu City government has long been preparing for the relocation of the informal settlers along the Butuanon River even before its waters tested positive for the poliovirus.  Mayor Edgardo Labella said that the…

Cebu City looking for own quarantine facility for residents with suspected 2019-nCov

Delta Derycka C. Letigio 02/04/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Cebu City government is now looking for places or buildings in the city that would become a quarantine place for residents with suspected cases of 2019-novel coronavirus acute respiratory disease (2019-nCov ARD).…

P300B investment in SRP to generate P22B taxes for Cebu City

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 01/29/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu City expects that out of the P360 billion investment the SM-Ayala consortium will put into a 26-hectare lot at the South Road Properties (SRP), taxes worth P22 billion will be collected. Mayor…

Labella calls coordination meeting to address novel coronavirus

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 01/28/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu City currently has two cases of suspected 2019-novel coronavirus (2019-nCov) being monitored in two of its major hospitals. This is the third suspected case of Wuhan coronavirus in Cebu City since January…

Labella orders preemptive evacuation in Cebu City’s mountain barangays

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 12/24/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu City Mayor Edgardo Labella has ordered the preemptive evacuation in the city’s mountain barangays as Typhoon Ursula made its landfall in Salcedo Eastern Samar around 4:45 p.m. on Tuesday, December 24, 2019.…

Cebu City public school teachers to enjoy P10-K financial assistance this year

Delta Derycka C. Letigio 12/03/2019

  CEBU CITY, Philippines — Good news to all public school teachers in Cebu City! It’s going to be a merry Christmas indeed for Cebu City’s public school teachers because they will receive the full amount of…

Public school pupils in Cebu City to receive free school supplies, uniforms

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 11/26/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Elementary public school pupils in Cebu City will start getting free school supplies, uniforms, and shoes in 2020. This after the City Council passed an ordinance providing annual school supplies and uniforms to…

Labella: Cebu City all set for All Saints’ Day, All Souls’ Day

Irene R. Sino Cruz 10/29/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — On the same day that the police forces in Cebu province and city confirmed that they are on heightened alert status, Mayor Edgardo Labella also announced that all stakeholders of the city are…

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