CEBU CITY – A Cebuano lawmaker has filed a bill that seeks to increase the starting salary of public school teachers. CEBU City second district Rep. Eduardo Rama Jr. with colleague Rep. Rachel del Mar of the first district of Cebu City. (Photo lifted from Rep. Rama’s FB page) Cebu City second...
CEBU CITY – Security measures are in place for the Bar examination at the University of San Carlos and University of Cebu here on Nov. 9, 13, 16, and 20. Brig. Gen. Roderick Alba, chief of the Police Regional Office-Central Visayas, said the Cebu City police are ready to secure the exam...
CEBU CITY -- The Cebu Port Authority (CPA) on Saturday, Nov. 5, reported that more than 230,000 passengers were recorded in various seaports of Cebu from Oct. 28-Nov. 4. The influx of passengers was expected because of the observance of ‘Undas,’ which was described by CPA as generally peaceful....
CEBU CITY – School as well as municipal and city officials in Cebu were reminded that wearing of face masks in indoor and outdoor setting within the province is optional. Gov. Gwen Garcia, in a memorandum on Thursday, Nov. 3, for local government unit officials and school division...
CEBU CITY – Gov. Gwen Garcia issued Executive Order No. 43 on Friday, Nov. 4, eliminating the Covid-19 test requirement for inbound travelers to Cebu. EO NO 43 Garcia said fully vaccinated travelers to the province will no longer be required to present any form of Covid-19 test. But unvaccinated...
CEBU CITY – A Quezon City-based company vowed to provide thousands of jobs and spur economic activity once it starts developing a controversial 4.6-hectare property in Sitio San Miguel, Barangay Apas here. RESIDENTS block the police to prevent the demolition team from tearing down their houses in...
CEBU CITY – Hundreds of inmates benefited from a humanitarian mission that a Cebu City-based foundation conducted in Metro Manila last October. INMATES and jail personnel receive free eye examination during a charity mission conducted by the Cebu City-based Semi Di Speranza Foundation Inc. at the...
CEBU CITY – This city has banned construction in 30 mountain barangays due to threat of landslides. Mayor Michael Rama here issued Executive Order No. 13 dubbed “Oplan: Likay (avoid) sa Landslide” on Thursday, Nov. 3, to establish a mechanism, preparedness, response, rehabilitation, and...
CEBU CITY – A police officer was found dead inside the barracks of the Regional Mobile Force Battalion-Central Visayas (RMFB 7) in Sibonga town, Cebu province on All Souls’ Day. PATROLMAN Edgardo Silva (FB) The fatality was identified as Patrolman Edgardo Silva, 32. Silva, a native of Tanjay,...
CEBU CITY – Police here seized more than P21-million worth of shabu from two suspected drug pushers in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Mabolo on Tuesday night, Nov. 1. BARANGAY Mabolo Media Board FB Police identified the suspects as Christian Amistad, 32, and Jason Taborada Turno, 36, residents...
CEBU CITY -- Some 61 houses were razed in a fire that broke out in a densely populated area in Barangay Tabunok, Talisay City on Monday night, Oct. 31. According to the city’s Department of Social Welfare and Services Office (CSWDO), the fire displaced 50 to 70 families. No casualty was reported...
CEBU CITY – People started visiting various cemeteries here on the eve of All Saints' Day on Monday, Oct. 31. BRIG. Gen. Roderick Alba (right), chief of the Police Regional Office-Central Visayas, inspects a cemetery in Cebu City on Monday, Oct. 31. (Calvin D. Cordova) With the easing of Covid-19...
