PB approves P30-M budget for PhilHealth premiums

05/19/2015

THE Cebu Provincial Board (PB) yesterday approved a P30-million supplemental budget for the payment of two years worth of health insurance premiums. This is the second supplemental budget approved by the PB this year. Barely a month…

Mayor Garcia’s pa asks governor to hold off suspension

Melissa Q. Cabahug 05/06/2015

FORMER Cebu congressman Pablo Garcia visited Cebu Gov. Hilario Davide III yesterday morning to ask him to reconsider the six- month suspension  imposed on his son, Dumanjug Mayor Nelson Garcia. “The governor was apparently misled by the…

Get drivers who use sidewalks to park, escape traffic — PB

Victor Anthony V. Silva 04/19/2015

The Cebu Provincial Government is calling on all traffic management units throughout the province to apprehend and penalize owners of all types of vehicles, especially motorcycles, that park or drive along sidewalks supposedly intended for pedestrians. A…

PB supports Cordova on international port project

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag, Victor Anthony V. Silva 04/07/2015

The Cebu Provincial Board (PB) unanimously approved last Monday a resolution authorizing Cordova town to negotiate with a major developer for a 1,500-hectare port project in barangay Gabi. The resolution authored by PB Member Arleigh Sitoy involves…

Gov’s office get biggest share in provincial budget

Peter L. Romanillos 10/17/2014

Cebu Gov. Hilario Davide III will have more than half a billion pesos at his disposal as part of the P3 billion budget he submitted for review and approval to the Provincial Board (PB) yesterday. About P587…

Capitol wants P3B budget for 2015

Peter L. Romanillos 10/03/2014

Cebu Gov. Hilario Davide III will ask for a budget close to P3 billion next year, a little higher than this year’s “realistic and conservative” P2.59 billion. Davide said the bulk of the budget will go to…

Acevedo named PB secretary

Peter L. Romanillos 09/23/2014

A 38-YEAR-OLD female lawyer was selected by the Cebu Provincial Board (PB) as the head of its secretariat following the retirement of Provincial Secretary Anecita Pasaylo. Pulchra Marie Acevedo was formally introduced before the PB in yesterday’s…

Oliva: No police escort came to secure P635,000 in vault

Peter L. Romanillos 09/16/2014

Toledo City Treasurer Ofelia Oliva said she authorized her staff to leave the P635,000 balance of a P6 million payroll for teachers and employees in a steel vault inside their office last Sept. 5. In yesterday’s Provincial…

PB to finalize review of anti-child sex tour ordinance

Peter L. Romanillos 09/08/2014

THE Cebu Provincial Board (PB) will review for third and final reading the Anti-Child Sex Tourism ordinance in its session today. If passed, hotels and resorts in the province’s component towns and cities will be required to…

Davide urges hoteliers to be vigilant vs child abuse, trafficking

Peter L. Romanillos 09/05/2014

CEBU Gov. Hilario Davide III yesterday called on hotels and resorts to be vigilant in monitoring guests who check in with minors. In an interview yesterday, Davide said the hotels have a responsibility to protect the minors…

PB defers Citom request for pocket lanes in Capitol lots

Peter L. Romanillos 08/19/2014

The Cebu Provincial Board (PB) deferred the city government’s request to set up pocket lanes in province-owned lots along the Banilad-Talamban road after questions were raised on the nature of the agreement in yesterday’s regular session. PB…

PB wants sanctions on cabbies using smartphones, tablets while driving

Peter L. Romanillos 08/11/2014

The Cebu Provincial Board (PB) is asking municipal and city governments to impose sanctions on drivers of public utility vehicles (PUV) who use their smartphones while driving. A resolution sponsored by PB Member Arleigh Sitoy stated that…

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