Lapu Mayor Chan tries to shoo away Rep. Radaza from her City Hall office

Rosalie Abatayo 07/01/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — On the first day of work as newly elected officials,  Lapu-Lapu City Mayor Junard “Ahong” Chan and the city’s lone district Representative Paz Radaza are at loggerheads on who should stay at the…

Vice Mayor-elect Bercede to review Mandaue’s full face helmet, plastic ban ordinances

Futch Anthony Inso 06/26/2019

MANDAUE CITY, Cebu, Philippines —Mandaue City Vice Mayor-elect Glenn Bercede plans to review two ordinances that was passed and implemented by the outgoing administration when they will assume office starting next week. Bercede said that these ordinances…

Mandaue’s plastic ban ordinance up for review

Doris C. Bongcac 05/19/2019

MANDAUE CITY, Philippines – Mandaue City’s plastic ban ordinance may stay but mayor-elect Jonas Cortes want the legislation refined to make it more responsive to the concerns of businessmen and the marketgoers. He said that while there…

Cebu City’s anti-vandalism ordinance still has no IRR nine months after its OK

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 04/07/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The  Anti-Vandalism Ordinance 2018 was passed by the Cebu City government in June 2018 yet the Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR) have yet to be set nine months later. Councilor Joel Garganera, the…

New ordinance requires underperforming Capitol employees to undergo drug test

Rosalie O. Abatayo 03/10/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines—Absenteeism, tardiness, and underperformance may bring Capitol employees in a queue for mandatory drug testing. This after the Provincial Board (PB) has approved the ordinance that would require compulsory drug testing for employees who would…

City Council urged: Pass proposed plastic ban measure without exceptions

Futch Anthony Inso 03/04/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Environmental advocates want the Cebu City Council to approve the proposed ordinance which bans the use of single-use plastics without any exceptions. Nash Yap, one of the coordinators of Basura Run, said that…

Of nuke bombs and handguns, LTO-7 chief shares views on Cebu City’s new traffic ordinance

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 02/10/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Land Transportation Office in Central Visayas (LTO-7) chief has likened the ordinance allowing the city’s traffic enforcers to confiscate the driver’s license of a motorist to the Cebu city government using a…

Sans ordinance, landlords should take initiative to monitor tenants

Delta Dyrecka Letigio and Rosalie O. Abatayo 12/03/2018

REQUIRING renters to secure clearances before approving their lease would be an added burden to them and in essence, is ‘anti-poor’, says Cebu City Councilor Dave Tumulak. Instead, Tumulak wants the Barangay Anti-Drug Abuse Council (BADAC) strengthened…

Labella appeals to barangay officials to implement ordinance that prohibits street caroling

Morexette Marie B. Erram, Nestle L. Semillla 11/17/2018

Cebu City Vice Mayor Edgardo Labella urged barangay officials in the city to implement a city ordinance that prohibits caroling in the streets and onboard jeepneys. He said the ordinance sponsored by Councilor Augustus Pe Jr. imposes…

Other Cebu LGUs encouraged to enact anti-discrimination ordinance

Morexette Marie B. Erram 10/30/2018

Senator Risa Hontiveros has encouraged other local government units (LGUs) to replicate Cebu City’s Anti-Discrimination Ordinance. In an anti-discrimination seminar held on Tuesday (October 30), Hontiveros said there is a need to respect the lesbian, gay, bisexual…

Forty-year ordinance implemented: Street renamed after WWII ‘martyr-gov’

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 10/13/2018

AFTER forty years since the ordinance was passed, Progreso Street at Barangay Ermita, Cebu City, has finally been renamed to Jose S. Leyson Street in honor of the Cebuano governor who died as a martyr during the…

Septage ordinance violators to join coastal cleanup day

09/10/2018

At least 33 families in Cebu City were issued notices by the City Environment and Natural Resources Office (CENRO) last Friday for violating Section 26 of City Ordinance No. 2398, which requires every household to have their…

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