PB to create disaster body for province
THE Cebu Provincial Board will discuss in its regular session next week the creation of a Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction Management Council (PDRRMC), as the need to have one is required by law and was pointed out in their Dec. 19, 2011 out-of-town session in Medellin.
But even without...
Waste project still at bid stage
AFTER a failure of bidding in managing Cebu’s solid waste was declared in 44 towns and seven cities last year, one of the bidders submitted last Thursday an unsolicited proposal to develop an integrated waste-to-energy facility project.
Three bidders—Sinova Capital, Green Energy Solutions...
House disaster body tackles quake
FOLLOWING the earthquake that hit Cebu and Negros Oriental last Monday, congressional officials are urging disaster risk reduction agencies to work better to prevent misinformation.
The House committee on national defense conducted a hearing on disaster risk management yesterday to...
A bio-pic on Calungsod to be shot
THE provincial governments of Cebu and Ilocos Norte will co-produce a movie about Pedro Calungsod, the soon-to-be Visayan saint.
The two provinces see this as a way of promoting Cebuanos and strengthening their sister-province relationship.
Ilocos Norte Gov. Imee Marcos, who is...
Guv gives out aid to island brgys.
CLOUDY skies and a pump boat with a broken propeller did not stop Cebu Gov. Gwen Garcia from pushing through with her scheduled visit last Sunday to Bantayan town in Bantayan Island to distribute rice and sardines.
She told more than two hundred residents and students inside Doong...
Get sued or sign waiver: Garcia to 14 lot owners
STA FE, BANTAYAN—Some 14 families who sold lots to the Cebu Provincial Government so these can be turned into a runway for the island’s airport may be liable for estafa.
Apparently, after receiving full payment from the Capitol, the families resold the lots.
Yesterday, Gov. Gwen...
Capitol saved P90M in 2011, got over P157M from taxes
CAPITOL earned P2.95 billion in 2011 and spent only P2.86 billion, according to the Statement of Receipts and Expenditures (SRE) of the Cebu Provincial Government at the Department of Budget and Management (DBM).
THe SRE showed that Capitol had savings of almost P90 million in 2011.
Election protest ‘nears resolution’
A YEAR and seven months without any local official to manage their town because of an electoral protest, residents of the Municipality of Compostela can now hope for a resolution as the Commission on Election (Comelec) will start re-canvassing election returns on Feb. 15.
Cebu Vice Gov....
Minor setback: Davide on loss of Sonny’s support
LAWYER Hilario Davide III described yesterday as a minor setback former senator John Henry “Sonny” Osmeña’s decision not to support his gubernatorial bid in 2013.
He said the possibility of an alliance with other local parties, like that of Vice Gov. Agnes Magpale, remains because “...
Mar talks about impeachment of Corona at PB league event
TRANSPORTATION Sec. Mar Roxas surprised delegates to the 7th Visayas Island Conference of the Provincial Board Members’ League of the Philippines (PBMLP) yesterday by talking about Chief Justice Renato Corona’s impeachment.
With its theme on education and employment, the conference...
6 lawmakers met with Cebu guv
ALL six congressmen in the Province have agreed to remain “politically united” at the local level for the 2013 midterm elections, Rep. Pablo Garcia (Cebu, second district) said Friday when asked what they talked about during their meeting last Thursday night at the Marco Polo Hotel with Governor...
Cordova port to start partial operations today
CORDOVA port’s operation will start today, but the complementary reclamation site next to it is far from finished.
Gov. Gwen Garcia gave its contractor a month to “triple time” so it can meet its June target completion.
“The port has the access, but we needed to reclaim the...
Two LGUs receive checks for winning in last Sinulog
THE Capitol awarded the cities of Carcar and Toledo the same cash prize they received during the Sinulog Festival last Jan. 15.
Gov. Gwen Garcia handed a check for P1.3 million to Carcar City Mayor Nicepuro Apura and a check for P100,000 to Toledo City Mayor Aurelio Espinosa.
Ex-rebel turns self in to gov’t.
ANOTHER former member of the New People’s Army surrendered to the authorities.
In a ceremony yesterday, Cebu Gov. Gwendolyn Garcia handed over P30,000 check as seed capital to 22-year-old rebel returnee Dennis Basera, who was based in Mati City, Davao Oriental during his rebel years....
Guv imposes moratorium on logging permit
CEBU Gov. Gwendolyn Garcia yesterday called for a 60-day suspension of the logging activities of a private company in the uplands of the southern town of Alcoy.
Marian Development Corp. has a 25-year forest lease under an Integrated Forest Management Agreement (IFMA) on 231 hectares of...
Why not let PUVs go thru Cansaga highway?
MAYORS of Mandaue City and the towns of Consolacion and Liloan were urged to study the possibility of allowing public utility vehicles (PUV) to use the Cansaga Bay Bridge and highway.
In a resolution approved by the Cebu Provincial Board (PB), Member Arleigh Sitoy said opening the bridge...
NBI 7 does not subject Sinulog Foundation director, aide to a lie detector test
TWO security guards, a cashier and two maintenance workers underwent a polygraph test in relation to the burglary at the Cebu City Sports Center (CCSC) last Monday.
They were identified as Allan Ramil and John Eric Pepito, Marie Angelie Pascual, Manuel Quemada and Rosita Velasco.
2 PB members log 100% attendance
TWO Cebu Provincial Board (PB) members recorded a perfect attendance in 41 sessions last year, while two others missed only one session where they went on leave.
Based on Cebu PB records, First District PB Member Sergio Restauro and Fifth District PB Member Jude Sybico attended all...
Capitol sends P100T worth of relief assistance to Mandaue fire victims
IN RESPONSE to the needed assistance of the fire victims in Mandaue City, the Cebu Provincial Government sent about 100,000 worth of assorted goods.
Cebu Gov. Gwendolyn Garcia ordered the Provincial Social Welfare and Development Office (PWDO) to immediately send 25 sacks of rice, 10...
Byron files complaint vs. FLI, gov’t agencies
HOMEOWNERS allied with Byron Garcia filed a syndicated estafa complaint against a property developer and officials of the Housing and Land Use Regulatory Board (HLURB) and the Metropolitan Cebu Water District (MCWD).
Garcia and 12 homeowners of Corona del Mar accused Filinvest Land Inc. (...
Capitol gives P50T to each brgy. chief of Compostela
THE Municipality of Compostela has been operating since the middle of 2010 without a mayor and other officials, prompting Gov. Gwen Garcia to directly give assistance to the town’s 17 barangays yesterday.
Garcia met with the barangay officials and gave each of them P50,000. She also gave...
Gwen, Bartolome unveil CCPO forensic facility
A ONE-STORY building that houses the digital forensic laboratory was inaugurated inside the Cebu Provincial Police Office compound in Barangay Lahug, Cebu City yesterday morning.
The facility will be used in tracking down cyber crimes like online pornography, officials said.
Cebu...
Protect the forest: Gullas’s message to Talisay
TAKE care of the forest as it provides water and prevents flooding.
This was the message of Rep. Eduardo Gullas (Cebu, first district) to residents of Talisay City, which was celebrating its 11th Charter Day celebration.
Gullas, father of the Talisay City charter, and Gov. Gwen...
Vice guv backs DOT ad campaign
THE latest tourism slogan, “It’s more Fun in the Philippines,” gained the approval of Cebu Vice Gov. Agnes Magpale.
“If it fits to the status of the Philippines, why can’t we adopt it?” Magpale, the tourism chairperson at the Provincial Board (PB), said during a press conference.
Capitol spends P72K for contingent
THE Cebu Provincial Government will spend more than P72,000 for Sinulog costumes, props and float, said officials.
Provincial Engineer Eulogio Pelayre said the P40,000 float is already being done at the back of the capitol building and is mostly made of materials from last year’s float....
