Opposition bets slam plan to revoke scholarships of militant students

Inquirer.net 02/20/2019

MANILA, Philippines – Otso Diretso senatorial candidates on Wednesday came to the defense of progressive students and assailed National Youth Commission (NYC) chairperson Ronald Cardema for asking President Rodrigo Duterte to revoke the scholarships of “anti-government” students.…

Tumulak supports plan to regulate house rentals

Morexette Marie B. Erram 11/19/2018

  Cebu City Councilor Dave Tumulak expressed support on the suggestion made by Senior Supt. Royina Garma, director of the Cebu City Police Office (CCPO), for the city to pass an ordinance regulating house rentals. Tumulak said…

Closure and rehab plan

Editorial 11/12/2018

Cebu City residents can only hope that the proposed closure and rehabilitation plan for the Inayawan landfill to be presented tomorrow will pass the stringent requirements set by law, specifically Republic Act 9003 or the Ecological Solid…

Garganera wants city to produce post-closure rehab plan

Inquirer.net, Morexette Marie B. Erram 11/09/2018

INAYAWAN LANDFILL CLOSING down and ceasing the operations of the Inayawan landfill is not enough. This was asserted by opposition Councilor Joel Garganera of the Barug-PDP Laban group after he filed a resolution urging the Cebu City…

Sinas said PRO-7 ready for any inquiry into Cebu’s killings

Nestle L. Semilla 10/29/2018

We’re always ready. This was the response of Chief Supt. Debold Sinas on Senator Grace Poe’s plan to file a resolution for the Senate to conduct an inquiry into the killings in Cebu. Sinas said they can…

Gov’t’s plan to put on hold additional excise tax on fuel lauded

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 10/16/2018

LOCAL business leaders in Cebu welcomed the government’s pronouncement that it will be putting on hold the additional excise tax to be levied on fuel products starting January 2019. The move, according to businessmen, will not only…

Landslide victims to file P1B class suit

Rosalie Abatayo 10/05/2018

Concerned citizens of Naga City and the relatives of the landslide victims plan to file the P1-billion suit against government offices and entities involved in quarry activities on October 29, forty days after the massive landslide wiped…

Investors plan to halt expansion in PH worries Cebu biz groups

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 09/06/2018

TRAIN 2 WOES HIGHER prices of products, a depreciating peso, and the possibility of losing tax incentives. The business sector, both local and foreign, have to contend with these issues, with some even already saying that they…

Bizmen wary over city’s plan to hike business tax

Morexette Marie B. Erram 09/01/2018

Several business groups in Cebu City expressed reservations over the city government’s plans to increase the business tax rate by 1.5 percent. In a statement sent to Cebu Daily News, Robert Go, president of the Philippine Retailers…

Security plan in place for Duterte visit in Mandaue

Nestle L. Semilla 08/29/2018

Starting at 5 p.m. today the Police Regional Office in Central Visayas will be on heightened alert in preparation for President Rodrigo Duterte’s visit tomorrow in Mandaue City, Cebu. Chief Supt. Debold Sinas, the director of PRO-7,…

DOE, PRO-7 BACK CCPO PLAN TO SUE OSMEÑA

Rosalie O. Abatayo 08/26/2018

FOR FACILITATING RELEASE OF BUTANE REFILLERS The violation might be petty but the distribution of butane canisters filled with liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) is illegal and must be deterred. Because of this, the Department of Energy in…

Muslims protest plan to demolish mosque

AP 08/10/2018

BEIJING — Thousands of Muslims gathered at a mosque in northwestern China on Friday to protest its planned demolition in a rare, public pushback to the government’s efforts to rewrite how religions are practiced in the country.…

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