AN OFFICE under the jurisdiction of the Cebu City Health Department (CHD) will be temporarily closed on Jan. 26-27, 2021 for disinfection, a move aimed at protecting workers from contracting Covid-19. This was announced by CHD head Dr. Jeffrey Ibones, whose office is responsible for issuing sanitation permits and health cards for business establishments and […]
Category: Finance
DOF: PH targets 55% vaccination end-2021
FINANCE Secretary Carlos Dominguez III has revealed in an exclusive interview with CNBC that the country is set to receive the initial doses of the Covid-19 vaccine in February, with the government targeting majority of the 55 percent of the population to be inoculated by the end of 2021. The national government is pouring P82.5 […]
Agri sector to grow 3% in 2021
ECONOMIST Bernardo Villegas sees agriculture as the top sunrise industry in this pandemic-stricken economy. “If there’s an area that we should spend time on, it is the agriculture sector. We must support and invest in all levels of agriculture,” said Villegas in an online forum. He predicted that the sector would grow three percent this […]
Batuhan: All is not lost
THOUGH many of us don’t know Murphy (or Sod, for those of us who are more Commonwealth-inclined), most of us are familiar with his law. “If anything can go wrong, it will.” Perhaps no bigger demonstration of this law just ended, in the person and presidency of Donald J. Trump. No other phenomenon in modern […]
Former police officer shot dead by ‘riding-in-tandem’
A FORMER police officer was killed when he was shot by men on board two motorcycles in Sitio Bliss, Barangay Labangon, Cebu City past 3 p.m. Monday, Jan. 25, 2021. The incident took place a few steps from the Labangon Police Station and a stone’s throw from the ancestral house of the victim, who was […]
Comply with health protocol or else, liquor-selling establishments warned
ESTABLISHMENTS in Cebu City that sell liquor are responsible for their customers. In the case of “sari-sari” stores, they cannot sell beyond the 11 p.m. curfew. They also cannot allow customers to consume liquor in their premises. In the case of restobars and restaurants, they can only sell two bottles of liquor per customer. Customers […]
DOH 7 works on having Covid-19 vaccine freezers
THE Department of Health Central Visayas (DOH 7) is working on acquiring appropriate bio-freezers for the incoming Covid-19 vaccines. Dr. Mary Jean Loreche, DOH 7 spokesperson, said there is no specific number of doses or a specific vaccine brand to be used in Cebu yet, but DOH 7’s preparations are ongoing. She assured the public […]
City gives Pasil residents 1 week to demolish homes
THE Cebu City Government has given 22 property owners a week to voluntarily demolish their structures that are within the three-meter easement zone in Brgy. Pasil, starting Jan. 25, 2021. This was announced by Councilor Jerry Guardo, chairman of the committee on infrastructure, after the City allowed the owners more than a week ago to […]
Road clearing deadline extended
LOCAL government units (LGUs) will have more time to clear their roads and other public spaces after the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) extended the deadline of road clearing operations from February 5, 2021, to Feb. 15. With the new deadline, the DILG will conduct road clearing validation from Feb. 16 to […]
Cebu City police recommend early start of curfew
THE Cebu City Police Office (CCPO) has asked City Hall to move the start of curfew from 11 p.m. to 10 p.m. The existing executive order in Cebu City mandates a six-hour curfew, which starts at 11 p.m. until 5 a.m. But Police Lieutenant Colonel Wilbert Parilla, deputy director for operations of the CCPO, said […]
DOH 7 to immunize 1.5M kids vs. childhood preventable diseases
THE Department of Health in Central Visayas (DOH 7) is targeting toimmunize more than 1.5 million children against preventable diseases such as measles, polio and rubella. Dr. Joan Antonette Albito, medical coordinator of the DOH 7’s National Immunization Program, said they hope to secure their targets for this year during their month-long Measles, Rubella and […]
Pork prices in C. Visayas higher by 10%, but stable
PRICES of pork are higher by five to 10 percent in major public markets and meat shops in Central Visayas, the Department of Agriculture 7 and the Central Visayas Pork Producers Cooperative (Cevippco) confirmed. But they assured that these are stable compared to the prices in Metro Manila. “Our local supply is still enough but […]
Soriano: Are your children overpaid or underpaid?
Compensating family members is a very sensitive topic and can spark conflict from all angles when handled poorly. It can also cause division among family members and non-family executives. In my experience handling family-managed businesses in Asia, I have observed that family members tend to either be undercompensated or overcompensated, and rarely are they aligned […]
BIR collections overshoot target despite pandemic
DIGITALIZATION efforts as well as an intensified campaign against delinquent taxpayers and tax dodgers have enabled the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) to collect P1.94 trillion, surpassing its revised target for 2020. Of the total, P1.67 trillion or 86 percent were collected through electronic payment channels. Of the P1.67 trillion collected through e-channels last year, […]
Qualified medical frontliners to receive financial incentives
SELECTED medical frontliners from government hospitals and health units in Cebu City will receive cash incentives from the government. The City Council has approved a resolution allocating P37 million for the special risk allowance and hazard pay of medical frontliners in the fight against the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19). City Councilor Raymond Alvin Garcia, committee […]
Labella extends leave of absence
CEBU City Mayor Edgardo Labella is still on leave. His doctor had advised him to stay home for a few more days, while he recovers from an ear infection. The infection had prompted Labella to go on leave on Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2021, after his doctor recommended that he took some rest so his illness […]
Issuance, renewal of biz permit extended
THE Lapu-Lapu City Government has extended the deadline for the issuance and renewal of business permits for one week to accommodate more business owners. The effectivity of the three-week renewal and issuance expired on Thursday, Jan. 21, 2021. The move is part of the City’s compliance of the ease of doing business law. Business owners […]
Osmeña ‘willing to go’ to SC over SRP lot sale
THE camp of former Cebu City mayor Tomas Osmeña will file a motion for reconsideration after the Regional Trial Court (RTC) Branch 10 dismissed the case he filed over the “illegal” sale of South Road Properties (SRP) lots. Amando Virgil Ligutan, Osmeña’s legal counsel, said they are willing to fight the case up to the […]
City Savings Bank aids schools
THE Covid-19 pandemic made 2020 a challenging year and the education sector was not spared. The global health crisis affected teachers, students and parents. In the Philippines, distance learning has been imposed by the government since October to protect students and teaching staff from contracting the novel coronavirus, which was first detected in Wuhan, China. […]
Editorial: Securing vaccine equity
NOBODY is left behind. This is equity in plain terms. Upholding the principle of equity is a challenge for society, more so equity in immunization, particularly to inoculate people against infection of the Sars-CoV-2 virus that causes coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19). Yet, vaccine equity should remain a priority for governments, particularly the Philippines where deep […]