Skills program for inmates of Cebu City Jail launched

Nestle L. Semilla 03/07/2017

AT LEAST 90 inmates of the Cebu City Jail together with their beneficiaries will avail of the skills development program offered by the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology in Central Visayas (BJMP-7). The 91 inmates witnessed…

A different kind of surrender

Cris Evert Lato-Ruffolo 12/26/2016

(A four-part series on why there is hope for drug users and pushers) Fe Mantuhac Barino, 59, could not remember a time when her life was not affected by illegal drugs. The chief executive officer of Duros…

PESO Officer assails Ombud indictment

Izobelle T. Pulgo 11/27/2016

AFTER making news last week that her indictment had been affirmed by the Office of the Ombudsman, Grace Jamio, the Public Employment Service Officer of Lapu-Lapu City, filed a Petition for Certiorari before the Supreme Court assailing…

Environmental awareness and action

Atty. Gloria Estenzo Ramos 11/13/2016

Conscious of the fact that education is key to awareness and action to protect our dying Earth and the guaranteed rights of our people to a “balanced and healthful ecology”, a law, Republic Act No. 9512, known…

3 YEARS AFTER YOLANDA: World Vision joins typhoon survivors in celebrating life and resilience

PR 11/08/2016

Life moves on for most Leyteños as they commemorate Supertyphoon Yolanda’s third anniversary today. Three years after Yolanda, survivors slowly rise up and build back what they had lost. Rogelio Pagobo, a 66-year-old baker from Tacloban, has…

Alcover’s proposed ordinance: Mandatory community service for Tokhang surrenderers

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 08/29/2016

WHAT else can be done to the growing number of drug users and pushers that have turned themselves in to authorities? If Cebu City Councilor Pastor “Jun” Alcover Jr. is to be asked, mandatory community service is…

Winners search to empower more women entrepreneurs

Victor Anthony V. Silva 08/01/2016

THE Mandaue Chamber of Commerce and Industry (MCCI) seeks to empower more women entrepreneurs during its celebration of Mandaue Business Month (MBM) this year. Now on its sixth year, the search for Winners (Women in Need, Now…

Barangay execs pledge aid in war on drugs

07/25/2016

ABOUT 40 barangay officials of Cebu City signed a covenant with the Police Regional Office (PRO-7) to signify their support in the campaign against illegal drugs yesterday. City Councilor and Association of Barangay Councils (ABC) president Philip…

Capitol eyes skills training centers for surrenderees

07/08/2016

The Cebu Provincial government is looking at offering short vocational courses for the drug personalities who surrendered as a possible means to help them renew their lives. The project will be in partnership with the Technical Education…

Mayor Gullas seeks city council’s help in market project

Carmel Loise Matus 07/05/2016

TALISAY City Mayor Eduardo Gullas is asking the city council to help fast track the passage of the resolution supporting the construction of the new Tabunok Public Market. In his keynote speech during the inaugural session of…

Job fair at Mandaue City Sports Complex tomorrow

Rey Anthony Anacleto 04/26/2016

MANDAUE City Hall will hold a job fair at the Mandaue City Sports Complex tomorrow, Wednesday. Mandaue City Hall Information Officer Roger Paller said the job fair which starts at 8 a.m. and ends at 5 p.m.…

Mega Cebu links up with Tesda to professionalize traffic enforcement

04/09/2016

MEGA Cebu has partnered with the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (Tesda) Cebu to help the local government units (LGUs) within Metro Cebu to have a standard traffic enforcement. “With this development, we are looking at…

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