Ermita measure struck down

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 09/17/2017

  THE Cebu City Council has disapproved the newly-passed ordinance of Barangay Ermita imposing a mandatory P10 per square meter “monitoring fee” on vendor stalls at the Carbon Public Market. According to the committee on laws and…

Security measures in place for opening of classes — CCPO

Calvin D. Cordova, Intern 06/02/2017

SECURITY measures are already in place in Cebu City for the opening of classes on Monday. Assistance desks will be put up in school premises while police visibility will be increased around the city as part of…

New measures, the LRT and Mega Cebu

Ricky Poca 05/22/2017

Our government approved some bold measures last week. These are namely the Anti-Distracted Driving law, the ban of children from riding motorcycles and the ban on smoking in public areas. The Anti-Distracted Driving law, which prohibits distraction…

Advocates hope Cebu LGUs will adopt these measures

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 05/01/2017

ANTI-DISCRIMINATORY ORDINANCES Anti-discrimination advocates are now looking at the success story of 21-year-old Hezekiah Diaz, the transwoman who was recently allowed by her school to march and graduate as a woman, as a model in the fight…

Capitol asks public: Monitor with caution

Izobelle T. Pulgo 04/25/2017

Muslim residents asked to be patient, cooperate with security measures Cebu officials called on the public to exercise caution in monitoring the presence of suspicious-looking characters in light of the recent clashes between government troops and Abu…

Quisumbing proposes traffic measures for tri-level pass project

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 04/24/2017

MANDAUE City Mayor Luigi Quisumbing said the city has already started preparing traffic mitigation measures for the expected P1 billion tri-level pass project in the city. Among the measures eyed by the city is the operation of…

Unity against coercion

04/24/2017

There can be no discounting the importance of the challenges that confront Southeast Asia today. This week, as Asean leaders converge in Manila for the 30th Asean Summit; the evolving difficulties in the South China Sea will…

Illegal drug users found in 30% of villages declared ‘drug cleared’

Izobelle T. Pulgo 04/18/2017

Barely a week after 120 barangays in the province were declared drug-cleared, about 30 percent of them now have to come up with intervention measures after several of their drug surrenderers were again found to be using…

Bus operators in Cebu told to ensure safety measures

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 03/09/2017

BUS operators in Cebu were reminded to strictly enforce safety measures in their units in the wake of last month’s bus accident in Tanay, Rizal province that killed 15 students. During yesterday’s meeting chaired by the Land…

Measures in place to detect MERS-Cov

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag, Vanessa Claire Lucero 06/14/2015

Health authorities and airport officials  said they have  measures in place to monitor and prevent the entry of travelers suspected to have the Middle East Respiratory-Cov (MERS-Cov) in the country. At the Mactan Cebu International Airport (MCIA), …

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