‘Skin and bones’ budget for city cut down to P6.1B

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 12/08/2016

The “skin and bones” budget of P7.2 billion proposed by Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña for next year was skinned and deboned further to P6.1 billion by the Team Rama bloc in the Cebu City Council. During…

Mandaue City to host 4th International River Summit

Dominic D. Yasay 12/07/2016

Mandaue City will be hosting the convergence of at least 500 participants from all over the country and abroad for the fourth leg of the International River Summit in November 2018. Spearheaded by the League of Cities…

Mandaue drug surrenderers get free groceries

Norman V. Mendoza 12/06/2016

ASIDE from livelihood, why not entice drug suspects to surrender with free groceries? The Mandaue City Police Office recorded 50 drug surrenderers in the past three weeks since they launched their “Grocery for Surrenderers.” Senior Supt. Roberto…

‘Self-sufficient’ rehab center in upland Cebu City

Dominic D. Yasay 12/03/2016

A 50-hectare government-owned drug rehabilitation center that will provide livelihood programs for drug surrenderers will be constructed in an upland barangay in Cebu City in the first quarter of 2017. According to Presidential Assistant for the Visayas…

Joavan’s visitor nabbed in jail

Izobelle T. Pulgo 11/29/2016

CHARGES of falsification of public documents and disobedience will be filed against a woman who presented a fake marriage certificate to jail personnel during a visit to inmate Joavan Fernandez yesterday. A water test done on what…

Operation Second Chance to shut doors in 2017

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 11/17/2016

DUE to overcapacity, Cebu City will refuse to accept minor offenders from other towns and cities starting January next year in a city-owned rehabilitation facility called Operation Second Chance Center (OSCC). Mayor Tomas Osmeña sent out letters…

Informal settlers rejected once again to stay at Osmeña Shrine

Inna Mejia 11/14/2016

AROUND 50 informal settlers who were ejected from Osmeña Shrine in Barangay Kalunasan, Cebu City gathered inside the City Hall yesterday morning to stage another silent protest, asking Mayor Tomas Osmeña once again to allow them to…

No funds for Yolanda rehab in 2017 budget, says Recto

11/13/2016

SENATE Minority Leader Ralph Recto on Friday noted the lack of explicit allocations for the rehabilitation of areas devastated by supertyphoon Yolanda in the Visayas three years ago, calling for an “itemization” of related projects under the…

YOLANDA STATUS REPORT: More work to be done, 3 yrs after

Victor Anthony V. Silva 11/08/2016

Government agencies have completed 74 percent of all Yolanda rehabilitation projects in Central Visayas after three years, but an official of the regional National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA-7) said a lot remains to be done. Based…

Recalibrating funding for the war on drugs

10/25/2016

It’s that time of year again when local governments prepare their budgets for next year, and as expected, Cebu isn’t about to ignore President Rodrigo Duterte’s favorite campaign against illegal drugs in their respective wish lists. Cebu…

K9 dogs to be deployed in jail, bus terminal

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 10/24/2016

Three K9 dogs will help monitor the Cebu Provincial Detention and Rehabilitation Center (CPDRC) and the South Bus Terminal as the local government attempts to avert any terror attacks and arrest illegal drug couriers. The Cebu provincial…

Rehabilitation of surrenderers in rehab centers takes priority

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 10/23/2016

The bulk of the P50- million budget proposal for Cebu City’s campaign against illegal drugs will go to the rehabilitation of the drug surrenderers in the different barangays of the city, who can now be sent to…

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