Dizon’s ordinance allows Cebu City to celebrate environment week every June

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 01/25/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The first week of June will now be called the Cebu City Environment Week after the City Council passed an ordinance that aims to educate the public on the need for environmental protection.…

Ordinance prohibiting catcalling in public places passed in Cebu City

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 12/19/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines– Catcalling in public will soon be illegal in Cebu City. This developed following the passing of an ordinance prohibiting catcalling in public spaces in accordance to the Safe Spaces Act. The ordinance, proposed by Councilors…

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…

Ordinance granting discounts to Mandaue public market stall renters okayed

Norman V. Mendoza 10/25/2019

MANDAUE CITY, Philippines —  Mandaue city’s Sangguniang Panlungsod approved an ordinance granting discounts on stall rentals at the new public market. This has just been approved this afternoon October 25 without objection during a special session at…

Rama’s 100 days as Cebu City vice mayor: 3 ordinances passed, 70 proposed by dads

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 10/22/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Three ordinances were passed while 70 others were proposed in the first one hundred days of the Cebu City Council presided over by Vice Mayor Michael “Mike” Rama. In his 100-days report, Rama…

PB Ouano wants ordinance requiring all businesses in Cebu to hire security guards

Rosalie Abatayo 10/21/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The daring heist of jewelry stores and a money changer shop located at the ground floor of the J Centre Mall in Mandue City, Saturday night, stressed the need for business establishments in…

Cebu City Council to hold offsite sessions in barangays

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 09/07/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu City Council members will no longer be limited to conducting their regular and special sessions inside the City Hall legislative building. An ordinance authored by Councilor Alvin Dizon and which the 15th…

Chan vetoes ordinance requiring SP reso for issuance of permits for foreshore businesses 

Rosalie Abatayo 08/21/2019

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Philippines — Requiring the approval of the city council for the issuance of permits for foreshore businesses runs contrary to the Ease of Doing Business Law. This was cited by Lapu-Lapu City Mayor Junard “Ahong”…

PB Member Soco plans to push measure to give financial aid to senior citizens

Futch Anthony Inso 08/19/2019

  CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu Provincial Board Member Glenn Anthony Soco plans to propose an ordinance to the Provincial Board in giving financial assistance to all senior citizens in the province of Cebu. “Usa na sa…

Labella promises to open Cebu City College during his three-year term

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 07/31/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu City will soon have its own city college. Mayor Edgardo Labella met with Maximo Aljibe, director of the Commission on Higher Education in Central Visayas (CHED-7) on Tuesday afternoon, July 30, to solicit…

Lapu dad proposes regulating single-use plastic, prohibiting plastic straws

Futch Anthony Inso 07/26/2019

  Lapu-Lapu City, Cebu—A city dad here would like to regulate the use of single-use plastic and prohibit the use of plastic straws. Lapu-Lapu City Councilor Rico Amores proposed an ordinance in the Sangguniang Panlungsod entitled “Regulating…

Año tells Radaza to vacate Lapu-Lapu City Hall office

Delta Dyrecka C. Letigio 07/10/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines –The Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) will have to step in if Lapu-Lapu City Mayor Junard “Ahong” Chan and district representative Paz Radaza would continue to fail to settle their dispute on…

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