MORE households in Lapu-Lapu City will have a steady supply of potable water from Metropolitan Cebu Water District (MCWD) with the development of a new production well inside the property of real estate developer Primeworld Landholdings Inc. in Barangay Agus.To ensure the availability of water for the tenants of Primeworld District, a resort-style community that […]
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Lusaran Bulk Water Project to start providing water on Sept. 4, says MCWD
THE Metropolitan Cebu Water District (MCWD) announced that the Lusaran Bulk Water Project is set to supply potable water to them starting September 4, 2022.MCWD made the announcement in a statement they sent to SunStar Cebu on Friday, July 22, 2022.Engineer Joffrey Hapitan, chief executive officer of JE Hydro and Bio-Energy Corp., the company undertaking […]
MCWD, barangay officials visit Lusaran water project
OFFICIALS of Barangays Lahug, Apas and Busay, as well as top management of the Metropolitan Cebu Water District (MCWD) inspected the ongoing site development of the Lusaran Bulk Water Project six weeks before it will start supplying potable water to the water district.The three barangays will directly benefit when the project is commissioned on September […]
Garcia eyes Loreche as hospital admin
CEBU Governor Gwendolyn Garcia plans to hire former Department of Health (DOH) 7 chief pathologist Mary Jean Loreche to help manage all provincial and district hospitals in the province.Garcia plans to form a management team for all provincial and district hospitals to ensure that good medical services are received by every Cebuano living in the […]
Cindi files 2 bills on Day 1 of 19th Congress
NEWLY elected Lapu-Lapu City Lone District Rep. Cynthia “Cindi” King-Chan has filed two measures on the first day of the 19th Congress on July 1, 2022, and these are bills that seek to declare June 17 every year as a special non-working holiday in the city during its commemoration of its Charter Day and create […]
Lagon: Consolacion’s cityhood a priority
NEWLY-ELECTED Cebu Sixth District Rep. Daphne Lagon is eyeing to pursue the cityhood of Consolacion and the creation of a national high school in Cordova town during the 19th Congress.Lagon told SunStar Cebu on Friday, July 1, 2022, that she will file these priority bills on Monday, July 4, at the start of Congress’ regular […]
MCWD official: Expect water rate increase
CONSUMERS of the Metropolitan Cebu Water District (MCWD) may soon see a rise in their water bills as the utility provider mulls a higher water tariff within one year.John Macabinta of the MCWD corporate planning department told reporters Friday, June 17, 2022, that the company is about to submit the requirements to the Local Water […]
China COVID jitters flare up as parts of Shanghai resume lockdown
SHANGHAI/BEIJING — Shanghai and Beijing went back on a fresh coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) alert on Thursday after parts of China’s largest economic hub imposed new lockdown restrictions and the city announced a round of mass testing for millions of residents. The most populous district in the Chinese capital, meanwhile, announced the shutdown of entertainment […]
Si Marcos or si Isko or si Leni: Cebu’s 3rd district execs divided
A LOCAL chief executive of one of the towns under Cebu’s third district has thrown his support behind the tandem of Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. (BBM) and Sara Duterte-Carpio for president and vice president in the May 9, 2022 elections.This now gives the district at least three presidential bets to back just two weeks after […]
3rd District officials not invited to One Cebu assembly, to back Isko
CEBU’s third district officials were reportedly not invited to join One Cebu party’s endorsement of former senator Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. (BBM) in his bid for the presidency in the May 2022 elections.Third District Board Member John Ismael “Jimbo” Borgonia told SunStar Cebu Wednesday, April 13, 2022, that none of them, including the officials from […]
Capitol gives 20 ambulances to Cebu hospitals, 8 patrol cars to police stations
THE Cebu Provincial Government is spending nearly P42 million to provide 20 ambulances to the hospitals it runs in the province.Each of Cebu’s four provincial hospitals will get two ambulances, while the 12 district hospitals will receive one ambulance each, according to Sugbo News, the official news platform of the Cebu Provincial Government.Each of the […]
Bakud endorses Marcos-Sara
BARUG Alang sa Kauswagan ug Demokrasya (Bakud), a political party based in the fifth district of Cebu, has announced its support for the tandem of Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. a…
MCWD partially restores water supply in 79 barangays
THE Metropolitan Cebu Water District (MCWD) has partially restored the water supply of at least 79 barangays or 47 percent of the total 168 barangays that the water district is ser…
7 bets unchallenged in Cebu Province
SEVEN candidates from Cebu Province are considered clear winners in the May 2022 elections. This after either their bids were left unchallenged or their opponents withdrew just before the Nov. 15, 2021 deadline for the withdrawal and substitution of aspiring poll candidates. Rhea Gullas, who initially ran for mayor of Talisay City, is now one […]
Cebu Province sets P18.3B budget for 2022
THE Cebu Provincial Government has prepared an P18.3 billion budget for 2022, the largest chunks of which will be spent on infrastructure, health and the Covid-19 response. Next year’s budget is P3 billion higher than the 2021 budget, which is P15 billion. The Capitol’s allocation for infrastructure in the 2022 budget includes concreting of provincial […]
63 bets seek elective posts in Cebu City
EIGHT individuals want to become Cebu City mayor as 55 others filed their certificate of candidacy (COC) for different elective positions in the city. Those who filed their COC for mayor are Michael Matañoza of Abag-Promdi, Margarita “Margot” Osmeña of Laban ng Demokratikong Pilipino (LDP), Michael Lopez Rama of PDP Laban, Jose Carmelotes Layon of […]
Radaza prefers to be Lapu mayor in 2022
REP. Paz Radaza will not seek a fresh term in Congress. Instead, she will run for mayor again in Lapu-Lapu City. Leading her Team Deretso, she filed Wednesday, Oct. 6, her certificate of candidacy (COC) for mayor. She said she would like to continue the programs and projects she initiated when she was mayor of […]
Cebu City politics heats up
IT WAS a day to remember for voters of Cebu City as the Rama and Osmeña rival political groups formally announced, whether fully or partially, their much-awaited slates on Tuesday, Oct. 5, 2021 and opened the battleground for the May 2022 local elections. The Partido BARUG, PDP-Laban, Kusug, and Panaghiusa coalition with the Marino partylist […]
Durano kin shift support to Gwen
BLOOD is thicker than water, but not where politics is concerned. A week before the start of the filing of certificates of candidacy for the 2022 elections, Sogod town’s mayor and vice mayor have shifted their allegiance to the One Cebu provincial political party led by Gov. Gwendolyn Garcia, from the Bakud party run by […]
DBP grants P50-M loan to water district
STATE-RUN Development Bank of the Philippines (DBP) extended a P50-million loan to Sipocot Water District (SIPWADI) to rehabilitate its existing water lines and provide services to more barangays in Camarines Sur, the bank said in a press release on Thursday. The loan agreement was signed on July 30, the bank said in an e-mailed response […]