Credit risk database for SMEs

THE Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) announced it will begin work this month accumulating a credit risk database (CRD) that will help banks to effortlessly evaluate the creditworthiness of sm...

Council to look into CCMC construction

THE Ad Hoc Committee created by the Cebu City Council will seriously look into the construction of the Cebu City Medical Center (CCMC) so the people would know why it has been delayed when thi...

Mabatid takes over cooperative council

CEBU City Councilor Prisca Niña Mabatid has finally taken over the Cebu City Cooperative Development Council (CCCDC) and has conducted two meetings last October 29 and November 5, 2020.

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Cebu City behind in development planning: Tumulak

COUNCILOR Dave Tumulak said the development planning, including zoning, of the Cebu City Government is far behind other Local Government Units (LGUs) resulting to messy traffic system, flash f...

Public now more vigilant outdoors

THERE is a drop in the outdoor transmission of COVID-19 in the city in the last 14 days.

Councilor Joel Garganera, the deputy chief implementor of the Emergency Operations Center (EOC),...

Labella open for talks with adjacent LGUs for jeepney entry

CEBU City Mayor Edgardo Labella is open to the possible entry of jeepneys from other local government units (LGUs).

This was the mayor’s response to the request of Talisay City Mayor Ge...

Sue firms for waterway obstructions

THE Cebu City government is preparing legal actions against establishments in the city that refuse to remove their structures obstructing the waterways.

Mayor Edgardo Labella said there are...

Let Sto. Niño vendors take part in relocation talks

CEBU City Vice Mayor Michael Rama is urging Cebu City’s executive department to involve the vendors in talks regarding the city’s plans to relocate them and their stalls from the D. Jakosalem S...

Better coordination among education agencies sought

STRENGTHEN the coordination of agencies under the Teacher Education Council so training for educators in the country can be improved.

This was the call made by several senators and Cabine...

DepEd has unliquidated CAs

THE Commission on Audit (COA) have called out the central and regional offices of the Department of Education (DepEd) for accumulating over P1.922 billion in unliquidated cash advances in 2019....

US networks break from live Trump address due to ‘lies’

SEVERAL US TV networks late Thursday halted live coverage of Donald Trump’s first public appearance since election night after concluding that the president was spreading disinformation.

T...

Five-eyed fossil shrimp evolutionary ‘missing link’

THE discovery of a fiveeyed shrimp-like creature that lived about 520 million years ago may end a long-running debate about the evolution of Earth’s most common animals.

Arthropods, ran...

FB removes ‘inauthentic’ networks spanning 8 nations

FACEBOOK (FB) has dismantled seven separate networks of fake accounts and pages on its platform that were active in Iran, Afghanistan, Egypt, Turkey, Morocco, Myanmar, Georgia, and Ukraine due...

‘Sorry Amazon’

A LEADING French supermarket chain announced that it would share its online retailing network with shuttered bookstores and other local businesses. Amazon has been predominant in the new COVI...

PUJS MUBALIK NA SA KADALANAN SA MANDAUE

SA DILI madugay, ang mga traditional jeepneys magdagan na og balik sa kadalanan sa Mandaue.

Sigun ni Manlalaban Jamaal James Calipayan, executive director sa Traffic Enforcement Agency...

BSP andam na moimprinta sa National ID cards

SI BANGKO Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) Governor Benjamin Diokno nianunsiyo nga ang Central Bank andam na moimprinta sa national ID ug gisusi na niini ang mga printing machines.

Ang Cent...

Ceres Bus Liner nisaad nga ayuhon ilang operations

ANG Vacallar Transport nga nagpadagan sa Ceres Bus Liner nisaad nga ayuhon ang ilang operations human nalambigit ang mga bus niini sa sunod-sunod nga aksidente sa kadalanan sa Siyudad sa Sugbo...

CEBU PB TAKES UP P15B 2021 BUDGET

THE Cebu Provincial Board has started discussing last October 26, 2020 the proposed P15-billion budget for 2021, an all-time high budget in Cebu’s governance history.

Board Member Glen...

3 Ceres buses suspended by LTFRB

THE Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) 7 has suspended each of the three Ceres buses that involved in road accidents. Ceres is owned by Vallacar Transit Corporation b...

SSS members to receive benefits: spokesperson

THE Social Security System (SSS) in Cebu said its bonafide members from the private sector are receiving several benefits, the amount of which will depend on their contributions.

SSS C...

Cockfighting will be revived: Martinez

FORMER Congressman Celestino “Junie” Martinez Jr. said the billion-peso cockfighting industry in Cebu will soon be revived with the reopening of cockpit operation.

Martinez, also a forme...

Alegado sees Cebu as world base port

CONSOLACION, Cebu Vice Mayor Teresa Pepito “Nene” Alegado said that in her personal view, Cebu as the center of the Philippines can be a world’s base port like Singapore and Hongkong.

DOLE readies parents of child labor for business

PARENTS of child laborers in Central Visayas started acquainting themselves with how to engage in business.

Department of Labor and Employment-7 (DOLE7) Regional Director Salome O. Si...

DA aid for SRP food terminal

DEPARTMENT of Agriculture (DA) 7 Director Salvador “Salva” Diputado said the P14 million they gave to the Cebu City Government is intended for Regional Food Terminal at South Road Properties....

Kalag-kalag @ home

Many might have wished spending the long weekend at a resort somewhere. After all, our officials closed cemeteries. But the fear of getting Covid-19 still scares us. In addition, do we have...

Help Super Typhoon Rolly victims!

Super typhoon Rolly, known internationally as Gobi, has begun carving a huge swath of destruction across Luzon as of this writing.

PAGASA, the state’s weather bureau, said the super ty...

China aims at new level of prosperity

The Chinese Communist Party’s Central Committee recently adopted an economic plan for 2021 to 2025, along with an ambiguous target of becoming a global technology leader by 2035. A communique...

Pres. Sergio Osmeña on the 1946 Budget

The biggest problem of President Osmena was on how to heal the country’s economy, law, and order. This was just few of the many strategies he expressed in a speech on September 4, 1945: