Malacañang said President Marcos will personally go to Cebu, following the onslaught of Typhoon Tino which has claimed 66 lives and displaced more than 129,000 families. Palace Press Officer and Communications Undersecretary Claire Castro said Marcos will be going to Cebu, but has yet to disclose...
The province of Cebu is conducting relief operations following the magnitude-6.9 earthquake on Tuesday night. Gov. Pamela Baricuatro arrived in Bogo City, near the epicenter of the earyhquake, on Wednesday morning to establish a joint operations center. With her are food, medicine, and equipment...
CEBU CITY – Cebu Gov. Pamela Baricuatro denied receiving a sports utility vehicle (SUV) from a contractor, who recently appeared in a Senate hearing probing anomalous flood control projects. Baricuatro on Wednesday, Sept. 10, said the bullet-proof Land Cruiser that she is currently using is owned...
CEBU CITY – Clad in a casual long-sleeved, blue striped cotton top that she paired with white pants and chic rubber shoes, former Cebu province Gov. Gwen Garcia was nothing but vibrant in her first media appearance since her shock loss in the mid-term polls. The ex-governor welcomed a group of...
CEBU CITY – Cebu Gov. Pamela Baricuatro has ordered a province-wide suspension of infrastructure and waterworks projects for audit and compliance checks. The suspension stemmed from a memorandum that Baricuatro issued on July 28 and took effect on Aug. 22. The memorandum directed the Provincial...
CEBU CITY – The management of a high-rise resort project in Bantayan Island, Cebu province, whose construction has been ordered stopped due to supposed environmental violations, has insisted that there was nothing illegal with the building. The management of The Stria, an 11-story luxury...
CEBU CITY – Gov. Pamela Baricuatro expressed frustration over the several fire safety violations discovered in the two key buildings inside the Capitol compound. “This is a safety issue. We always talk about progress but our very own seat of power is not even complying with a simple fire...
CEBU CITY – Passengers will no longer have to shell out extra budget when using toilets in major terminals in Cebu province. Gov. Pamela Baricuatro has issued an executive order stopping the collection of fees from passengers using toilets of the Capitol-run Cebu South Bus Terminal and Cebu North...
The transition team of Cebu Gov. Pamela Baricuatro was surprised over the 2025 annual budget of the province. Jose Esgana, the former mayor of Santa Fe, Cebu who headed Baricuatro’s transition team, said they learned that the province’s P25-billlion annual budget has some allocation that is not...
CEBU CITY – In a bid to bring down pork prices, Gov. Pamela Baricuatro has ordered the lifting of the ban on the entry of hogs and livestock into the province of Cebu. Baricuatro signed a series of executive orders that eased the movement of livestock and meat products. EO Nos. 16, 17, and 18...
Cebu Gov. Pamela Baricuatro has appointed former Tourism Secretary Ace Durano as provincial administrator. Durano and eight other officials were sworn in on Tuesday, July 1, as provincial government officials and vowed to deliver effective public service to the people of Cebu. Other officials...
CEBU CITY – The disqualification case filed against incoming Cebu Gov. Pamela Baricuatro is bound to fail. Veteran lawyer Ferdinand Topacio said this as he cited three reasons why the disqualification case will not prosper. In a press conference on Saturday, June 28, Topacio described the filing...
