Scholar’s appeal: Don’t abolish Paglaum scholarship program

Rosalie Abatayo 10/09/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Yvonne Tombiga survived the five-year ordeal of keeping up with school while struggling with poverty. Last March 2019, the 21-year-old native of Tabogon town in northern Cebu finished her degree in Civil Engineering.…

Labella’s EO orders ban of pork, pork products from Luzon

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 09/14/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu City Mayor Edgardo Labella has ordered a ban on the entry of pork and pork products from Luzon following the confirmation of the presence of the African Swine Fever (ASF) in some…

Cebu City to give P150 subsidy to each graduate of the 126 public schools in the city

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 03/02/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines—Graduates of all public elementary and high schools in Cebu City are expected to each receive a P150 subsidy this March for their graduation rites. Councilor Joy Young, deputy mayor for scholarships and education, told…

Angara to legitimate jeepney operators: Claim your fuel subsidy cards

Inquirer.net 02/27/2019

  MANILA, Philippines — Reelectionist Sen. Sonny Angara has urged more than 80,000 legitimate jeepney franchise holders to claim their fuel voucher cards to avail of the government’s subsidy under the Pantawid Pasada Program (PPP). Angara made…

City dad calls for transparency on distribution of rice subsidy for habal-habal drivers

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 02/26/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines—Cebu City Councilor Pastor Alcover, Jr., demands more transparency on the distribution of the rice subsidy of the habal-habal drivers which started distribution on Saturday, February 23. Alcover, in his privilege speech during the regular…

1, 400 habal-habal drivers claim rice subsidy from City Hall

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 02/23/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines— The Cebu City government prepared 2,000 sacks of rice for distribution to habal-habal and Angkas drivers today, February 23, but only 1, 400 sacks were claimed as of 2 p.m. Annabeth Cuizon, executive assistant…

1K Cebu City registered habal-habal drivers to receive rice subsidy on February 23

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 02/22/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — At least 1,000 registered habal-habal or motorcycle-for-hire drivers are expected to receive their sacks of rice that will be distributed by the Cebu City government on Saturday, February 23 at the Plaza Independencia…

Bantayan execs to ask Comelec to exempt town’s ambulance boat fare subsidy from poll ban

Rosalie O. Abatayo 02/12/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The municipal government of Bantayan will be asking the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to exempt the boat fare financial subsidy for the town ambulance carrying patients to mainland Cebu from the ban on…

Habal-habal drivers to get rice subsidy

Morexette Marie B. Erram 12/17/2018

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Concerned on the plight of habal-habal (motorcycle-for-hire) and Angkas drivers who were affected by the decision of the Supreme Court to suspend Angkas operations, Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña said he will be providing…

Osmeña allocates P15M rice subsidy for motorcycle-for-hire drivers

Morexette Marie B. Erram 12/17/2018

CEBU CITY, Philippines -Concerned about the plight of Angkas and habal-habal drivers in Cebu City, Mayor Tomas Osmeña has decided to allocate P15-million as rice subsidy for all 6,000 motorcycle-for-hire drivers in the city. The city council…

Piston-Cebu to discuss fuel subsidy, jeepney modernization with new LTFRB-7 chief

Rosalie O. Abatayo 09/02/2018

Chapter leaders of Pinagkaisang Samahan ng mga Tsuper at Operators Nationwide (Piston) in Cebu will meet with the new Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB-7) Regional Director Eduardo Montealto, Jr. within the week. The transport group…

Fuel subsidy and fare rate hikes

Editorial 08/16/2018

With the scheduled issuance of cash cards for passenger jeepney operators in Cebu this month under the government’s Pantawid Pasada program — if they haven’t received them yet as of this writing — one has to ask…

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