OF the hundred or so priorities in their legislative agenda, pest control and lighting problems are not the least of the Cebu City Council’s concerns. In yesterday’s session, the City Council passed a resolution asking the Cebu…
THE Cebu Provincial Government is set to hand over next week a P1 million aid to the Ormoc City Government, to help the city manage the effects of the 6.5 earthquake which hit the area last…
We hope that the boy who contracted dengue after being administered the vaccine Dengvaxia will recover from his ailment and that his parents keep a close watch over his health until after his system flushes out the…
FOLLOWING the tragic death of a triathlete in last Sunday’s Cobra 70.3 IronMan Philippines, Cebu City Councilor Jerry Guardo submitted a resolution to the city council yesterday that will require every athlete to submit a medical certificate…
Deputy Speaker Gwendolyn Garcia officially submitted House Resolution No. 1073 to the House of Representatives that will look into Philippine Athletics Track and Field Association’s (Patafa) exclusion of Cebuana Olympian Mary Joy Tabal from the national team…
STARTING today, trucks may pass through some roads in Mandaue City on a daily basis. This after the Traffic Enforcement Agency of Mandaue (TEAM) announced that they will start the 60-day dry run of the no-truck ban…
THREE years after it was passed into law, the Mandaue City government activated yesterday its Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) Center, which aims to assist the National Conciliation and Mediation Board (NCMB) and the Department of Labor in…
The late councilor Gervasio Lavilles authored Municipal Resolution 138 in Aug. 31, 1931 calling on Congress to enact a law converting the municipality of Cebu into a city. Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña said the city is…
The Department of Labor and Employment in Central Visayas (DOLE-7) is set to form a task force this week to expedite the resolution of labor cases in the region involving prohibited forms of contractualization. DOLE-7 Director Exequiel…
Improve justice system instead Introduce reforms on the law enforcement and the country’s justice system and there will be no more need to enforce the death penalty. This was the stand of 12 congressmen, who are in…
THE Mandaue City Council passed a resolution that called on the City Health Office and City Engineers Office to conduct a study on the viability of building and operating a city-owned incinerator or crematorium. Councilor Nilo Seno,…
Allow me to wish everyone a prosperous New Year. I pray that as we say goodbye to 2016, 2017 will bring us new hope and a better life especially in our relationship with God and with mankind,…