The worrying trash at SRP

Cris Evert Lato-Ruffolo 12/18/2016

When John (not his real name) bought his condominium unit at the South Road Properties (SRP) in 2010, he had high hopes for the area, believing that it would soon be the next big real estate destination…

PB to discuss committee report on 93-1 landswap

Izobelle T. Pulgo 12/17/2016

THE committee on properties of the Cebu Provincial Board is set to present its report on Monday’s regular session, regarding the memorandum of agreement (MOA) signed by Gov. Hilario Davide III and Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña…

Watching closely the Cebu City Council on 93-1 issue

Atty. Ruphil F. Bañoc 12/15/2016

For more than ten long, agonizing years of waiting, the thousands of occupants of the lot covered by 93-1 finally saw the light at the end of the tunnel when Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña and Cebu…

Land swap

Editorial 12/13/2016

With barely two weeks to go, the Cebu City Council may or may not approve the agreement signed by Mayor Tomas Osmeña and Cebu Gov. Hilario Davide III that would finalize a land swap deal for occupants…

DWUP hopeful Duljo-Fatima fire victims can rebuild homes before Christmas

John Carlo Villaruel 12/07/2016

THE Division for the Welfare of the Urban Poor (DWUP) is hoping that families who were affected by the fire in Barangay Duljo-Fatima last week can rebuild their damaged houses before December 25 so they can celebrate…

Tom hits firms, promises aid to poor

Morexette Erram 12/03/2016

Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña called on urban poor groups to support his legal battle against some major developers while he promised aid to them and their children in a speech during the Urban Poor Solidarity Week…

Tomas asks urban poor groups’ support in his bid to take back SRP lots

Morexette Erram 12/03/2016

Cebu City Tomas Osmeña called for support from members of the urban poor communities in Cebu City to claim back the real estate properties several national conglomerates purchased and owned in the South Road Properties (SRP) in…

Fire prevention project for Barangay Suba mulled

Inna Mejia 11/30/2016

THE Cebu City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (CCDRRMO) has proposed a community-based fire prevention system in Barangay Suba following two successive fires which hit the densely populated village within just weeks. CCDRRMO proposed the installation…

Better lukewarm than absent

Rina Jimenez-David 10/21/2016

For a while there, it looked like activists and political protesters were happy playing footsies with the police and military. Where normally activists, many of them from the Left, would be the first to raise a howl…

Over 1,000 urban poor avail of free food, medical services

Carmel Loise Matus 06/25/2016

WHILE supporters of President-elect Rodrigo Duterte whooped it up in a concert held at the South Road Properties (SRP), over a thousand urban poor residents availed of free services offered by Duterte supporters at the Plaza Independencia,…

Fire hits Tabunok urban poor community

Doris C. Bongcac 06/09/2016

LACK of an access road prevented Talisay City firefighters from immediately putting out a fire which hit an urban poor community in the interior portion of Sitio Nonok in Barangay Tabunok, Talisay City at 3 p.m. Thursday.…

Mayor’s VETO keeps out moratorium on demolitions

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 11/26/2015

The Cebu City Council  yesterday failed to override the veto of Mayor Michael Rama who refused to approve an ordinance for  one-year moratorium on demolitions in the city. The outcome disappointed  urban poor groups hoping for relief…

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