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Around 1,500 regular and casual employees of the Cebu provincial government can expect a salary increase two weeks from now. Provincial Budget Officer Danilo Rodas said the increase will be retroactive to Jan. 1 this year. The…
CEBUANA judge Geraldine Faith Econg was recently appointed by President Benigno Aquino III as one of six Sandiganbayan justices. Econg, former presiding judge of the Regional Trial Court Branch 9 in Cebu City, is among the six…
President Benigno Aquino III has appointed Liceria Lofranco-Rabillas to lead the Cebu City Prosecutors’ Office, which has no regular chief since October 2014. Rabillas, a prosecutor for 16 years, took her oath of office before Executive Justice…
With 5,000 sq. km. in land area, Cebu is 4.8 times bigger than Hong Kong and 7.4 times bigger than Singapore. Like the two city states, Cebu is also strategically located. It has a good seaport and…
Failure of policy to shift from early success in import substitution into export industrialization and poor governance in general, characterized by high level of corruption from the top down to the local level, constrained the country from…
Capitol officials agreed that there is a reason behind President Benigno Aquino III’s move to veto the bill increasing the pension of Social Security System (SSS) members. Gov. Hilario Davide III said he was pleased to hear…
Pres. Benigno Aquino III made a quick Cebu visit yesterday afternoon to pay his respect to the late labor leader Democrito “Kito” Mendoza. Aquino stayed for about 30 minutes to view Mendoza’s remains and speak to his…
President Benigno Aquino III made a short visit to Cebu City today to pay his respect for the late labor leader Democrito “Kito” Mendoza. Aquino who came with Cabinet Secretary Rene Almendras and House Speaker Sonny Belmonte…
There is a snowball’s chance in hell for Congress to approve a proposed P1,000 across-the-board increase for pensioners of the Social Security System (SSS) but if it’s coming from House Speaker Feliciano Belmonte, then it has to…
Last Friday, the culminating activities of the feast in honor of the Sto. Niño started with a dawn procession. The Walk with Mary was attended by about 250,000 devotees and was followed by the traslacion which brought…
President Benigno Aquino III’s veto of House Bill 5842, which mandates an across-the-board increase of P2,000 for Social Security System (SSS) pensioners, can be seen both ways. But it all redounds to the national government’s seeming incapacity…
The first line of dialog in the “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” movie was spoken by legendary actor Max Von Syndow, who plays the ill-fated character Lor San Tekka. His statement provides a useful reminder to everyone…
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