Arce: From market head to cemetery guard

Nestle L. Semilla 07/01/2016

FORMER PROBE head and market administrator Raquel Arce has been assigned to guard the Doña Pepang Cemetery in Barangay Tejero. In a press conference yesterday, Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña announced that Arce will work as night…

Probe head quits post, but stays as market administrator

Romayne Danielle Rivera 06/21/2016

THE head of Cebu City’s Prevention, Restoration, Orderly, Beautification, and Enhancement (PROBE) team tendered her resignation on Tuesday. Raquel Bohol-Arce said she wanted to allow Mayor-elect Tomas Osmeña to pick someone he trusts to lead the office…

Displaced residents ask city gov’t to let them stay at Osmeña Shrine

Nestle L. Semilla 06/04/2016

Displaced residents in Cebu City who built makeshift houses at the Osmeña Shrine in Barangay Kalunasan are pleading to the Cebu City government to let them use the 4.2-hectare vacant lot. The residents alleged that they were…

Houses in Osmeña Shrine not covered by moratorium

Nestle L. Semilla 06/01/2016

The houses built in Osmeña shrine in Barangay Kalunasan, Cebu City are not covered by a memorandum imposing a moratorium on the demolition of houses of settlers and their eviction, acting Cebu City Mayor Margot Osmeña said…

Pro-poor groups laud moratorium on demolitions in Cebu City

Julit C. Jainar 05/24/2016

AT least seven pro-poor and militant groups lauded Cebu City Acting Mayor Margot Osmeña for suspending the implementation of all pending demolition orders involving vendors and informal settlers occupying public places and city-owned properties. Tadeo Navea, of…

Margot suspends demolition of vendors, illegal settlers

Julit C. Jainar 05/24/2016

ACTING Cebu City Mayor Margot Osmeña yesterday issued a memorandum ordering the suspension of all pending demolitions targeting vendors and informal settlers occupying city-owned properties until June 30. The suspension will not apply if there is an…

Rama wants BO-PK, Team Rama posters taken down

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 02/21/2016

Though campaign posters of both Team Rama and Bando Osmeña-Pundok Kauswagan (BO-PK) plastered throughout Cebu City don’t constitute premature campaigning, Mayor Michael Rama wants them removed. Rama said he issued a standing order for the Prevention, Restoration,…

Labella tells PROBE to remove cell sites

Marc Eric Cosep 02/04/2016

DESPITE the request of Sun Cellular to extend the use of its cell sites, Acting Cebu City Mayor Edgardo Labella ordered the Prevention, Restoration, Order, Beautification and Enhancement (PROBE) team to implement the removal of the telecommunication…

Senate probe: ‘Tanim-bala’ victims detail extortion try

Inquirer.net 11/13/2015

VICTIMS of the alleged “tanim-bala” scam at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (Naia) recounted during a Senate investigation yesterday how airport security personnel tried to extort money from them and made them admit to owning the bullets…

Slow probe

Editorial 11/05/2015

  Unless there’s a late-breaking development or the police uncovers a solid lead, the murder of  human resources manager Agnelen Uy may remain unsolved for some time. The woman  was found dead inside the family’s  green Picanto…

Vendors asked to clear roads

Marc Eric Cosep 10/23/2015

CEBU City’s Prevention, Restoration, Order, Beautification, and Enhancement (PROBE) team has sent a 72-hour notice to vendors asking them to demolish their structures that obstruct roads leading to cemeteries. The move is part of the city’s preparation…

Vendors face charges

Nestle L. Semilla 08/28/2015

The Prevention, Restoration, Order, Beautification and Enhancement (PROBE) team filed charges against two ambulant vendors whom they apprehended during clearing operations at Natalio Bacalso Avenue last Wednesday. Rocelyn Tanguilan, spokesperson of the United Small Vendors of Cebu…

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