Sinulog 2021 contingents to get P150K assistance after festival postponement

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 01/13/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Sinulog 2021 contingents will get P150,000 each as reimbursement or financial aid after the festival was canceled to prevent the spread of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19). Vice Mayor Michael Rama said…

Sinulog choreographers to receive P100K each from Rama

Doris C. Bongcac 01/12/2021

MANDAUE CITY, Cebu — Cebu City Vice Mayor Michael Rama has agreed to release P100, 000 to each of the Sinulog choreographers to help them take care of some of their pending obligations. Marvey Caño, spokesperson of…

Labella still awaits IATF approval of Sinulog 2021

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 01/08/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Interagency Task Force (IATF) for the coronavirus pandemic has not yet communicated its decision on the Sinulog 2021. This was the update of Cebu City Mayor Edgardo Labella, who is awaiting the…

EOC grateful to Sinulog organizers for virtual showdown

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 01/07/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Cebu City Emergency Operations Center (EOC) is grateful to the Sinulog 2021 organizers for heeding the request of the medical community and the police to cancel the physical activities of the upcoming…

Lack of coordination puts Sinulog 2021 in limbo

01/06/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The seeming lack of coordination between the Sinulog 2021 organizers and the Interagency Task Force (IATF) represented by the Emergency Operations Center (EOC) in Cebu City has put the festival in limbo. The…

Labella supports Sinulog activities unless IATF says otherwise

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 01/05/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu City Mayor Edgardo Labella has expressed support for the upcoming Sinulog 2021 activities, which will be mostly virtual except for the grand parade of January 17, 2020. However, Labella said that he…

Cebu City Council forms adhoc committee to help Labella with annual budget

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 12/10/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Cebu City Council is stepping in in the formulation of the 2021 annual budget proposed by Mayor Edgardo Labella. After two weeks of budget hearings, Vice Mayor Michael Rama, during a privilege…

Cebu City Council puts on hold election for committee chairs

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 07/22/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Cebu City Council decided to put on hold the election for new committee chairs and members until the official appointment of incoming Councilor James Cuenco. Vice Mayor Michael Rama, in a press…

VM Rama says cutting of 300 trees for new cemetery should have gone through proper process

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 07/10/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Around 300 trees were cut in Barangay Guba here to pave the way for the development of a new public cemetery to address the shortage of burial spaces due to the Coronavirus Disease…

A simple celebration on Independence Day as Cebu City Vice Mayor Rama reiterates autonomy of LGUs

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 06/12/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The commemoration of the 122nd Independence Day in Cebu City was a no-frills and simple flag-raising ceremony with only a few personnel of the City Hall in attendance. The City Cultural and Historical…

Labella believes Rama is innocent of graft charges

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 03/06/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu City Mayor Edgardo Labella believes Vice Mayor Michael Rama is innocent of graft and corruption. “I believe the innocence of the Vice Mayor,” said Labella Rama is facing graft and corruption cases…

The crowning of Cebu City, the Queen City of the South

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 02/24/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The year was 1936 when then-Congressman Vicente Rama, more known to his people as the Don Vicente Rama, was teased in Congress why the bustling economic leader of the country’s mid-southern islands remained…

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