TEACHERS and non-teaching school personnel who will participate in the two-month pilot study on limited face-to-face classes in low-risk areas are expected to be fully vaccinated against coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19), officials said Monday, September 27, 2021. In Central Visayas, however, only around half of the public school teachers are fully vaccinated so far, although […]
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Megawide, City execs award certificates to ambulant vendors
ALSO, City Market Operations Division (MOD) chief Irvin Cabales clarifies that the certificate of recognition that the City and Megawide distributed to stall owners at the Carbon Public Market does not expire after three years, contrary to what some stall owners believe OFFICIALS of the Megawide Construction Corp. and the Cebu City Government distributed certificates […]
Maynilad, DoT partner for wastewater drive
MAYNILAD Water Services, Inc. partnered with the Department of Tourism (DoT) on a wastewater management campaign to increase public awareness on environmental protection and sustainable tourism. The west zone water concessionaire signed an agreement with DoT on Thursday to launch the “Maynilad Kubeta PH X It’s More Fun in the Philippines” partnership. Under the partnership, […]
LANDBANK OKs P2.3B in loans for acquisition of 1,093 PUVs
STATE-RUN Land Bank of the Philippines (LANDBANK) on Thursday said it approved P2.32 billion in loans as of August for the purchase of 1,093 modern public utility vehicles (PUV). The bank said the financing is part of the SPEED PUV (Special Package for Environment-Friendly and Efficiently-Driven Public Utility Vehicles). “Another P4 billion is being processed […]
Editorial: Destroying public trust
The persistence of SunStar Cebu columnist Bobby Nalzaro in asking about Cebu City Mayor Edgardo Labella’s physical state could have pushed the latter’s son to tell the veteran journalist about the condition of his father. Jaypee Labella divulged that his father had suffered a mild stroke during his hospital stay last August; however, there was […]
Private schools press for amendment to take away BIR discretion on preferential tax rates
PRIVATE SCHOOLS said the Senate needs to approve within the month an amendment to the tax code which explicitly makes the industry qualified to enjoy preferential tax rates, in order to avoid any situation in which the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) can declare them ineligible for tax relief. Senate Bill (SB) No. 2272, which […]
Economic team wants LGUs to take on hospital funding
THE DEPARTMENTS of Finance and Budget and Management (DBM) said they do not support taking back budget responsibility for public hospitals, citing a Supreme Court devolution ruling that allocated more funds to local government units (LGUs). The issue arose during a budget briefing at the Senate Wednesday, in which Senator Franklin M. Drilon noted “dozens” […]
Comelec public works ban for polls to start March 25
THE COMMISSION on Elections (Comelec) said the public works ban for the May national elections will run from March 25 to May 8, 2022. The commission’s spokesman James B. Jimenez said the public works ban covers disbursement and spending as well as construction activity. Works are typically frozen around election season in order not to […]
Editorial: Government as a slasher movie
How can one come around to understanding a huge budget cut for anything concerning public health in pandemic time? The Research Institute for Tropical Medicine (RITM), the country’s capital laboratory for Covid-19, faces a budget cut of P170 million in the government’s proposed 2022 budget. RITM Director Celia Carlos, during the House budget hearing, said […]
SEC issues cease-and-desist order vs R.L. Aggregates
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has issued a cease-and-desist order against R.L. Aggregates and Diversified Lending Group, Inc. for its “fraudulent” and “deceitful” scheme. R.L. Aggregates was found soliciting investments from the public using a copy of its articles of incorporation that was altered to state that “the corporation shall direct, solicit, accept or take investments/placements from the […]
Bluehelix Bridge Solution (BBS) Rolls Out Decentralized Cross-chain Bridge Services
Cayman Islands, Sep 1, 2021 – (ACN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – Bluehelix formally released Bluehelix Bridge Solution (BBS), a decentralized MPC-based cross-chain bridge solution that supports the decentralized cross-chain access of any public chain, any heterogeneous chain, any homogeneous chain, or any ecological native asset, days ago. As of August 31, independent cross-chain addresses exceeded […]
Showa Denko Announces Issuance of New Shares and Secondary Offering of Shares
TOKYO, Aug 23, 2021 – (JCN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – Showa Denko K.K. (the “Company”) hereby announces that its board of directors has resolved matters relating to the issuance of its new shares and the secondary offering of shares on August 23, 2021, as set forth below. With the aim to establish a leading position […]
7 biz groups warn vs. keeping telecom sector as ‘public utility’
THE heads of business and trade groups are rejecting a recommendation to maintain the telecommunications industry as a public utility, warning it will deter foreign investments and widen the digital divide in the Philippines. The seven leaders objected to the recommendation—proposed by several senators during deliberations on Senate Bill (SB) 2094, or “An Act Amending […]
LTFRB: Enough PUVs for Cebu workers during MECQ
LAND Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) 7 Director Eduardo Montealto said the Capitol’s policy on mandatory wearing of wearable air purifiers among public utility vehicle (PUV) drivers and conductors in Cebu Province had “slightly” affected transport operations on Monday, Aug. 16, 2021. This, after some PUV drivers were not able to pick up passengers […]
J&J, PBSP to roll out training programs to fight TB
JOHNSON & JOHNSON Philippines, Inc. (J&J) and business-led non-government organization Philippine Business for Social Progress (PBSP) have partnered to train healthcare workers in addressing tuberculosis (TB) cases at the community level, based on updated guidelines from the Department of Health. “The public health system was focused on COVID-19 [coronavirus disease 2019] and our fellow Filipinos largely had to stay home. […]
Police sets eyes on PUVs with closed windows
THE Cebu provincial and city police have started apprehending drivers of public utility vehicles (PUV)—air-conditioned buses, minibuses, modern jeepneys, vans for hire and taxis—who failed to follow public health protocols designed to slow down the spread of Covid-19. At 12:01 a.m. Friday, Aug. 6, 2021, the Cebu Police Provincial Office (CPPO) implemented Executive Order (EO) […]
Police probe burials without a permit
THE Cebu City Police Office (CCPO) is looking into reports that a public cemetery in the city has been burying the dead even without the proper documentation which includes a permit from the Cebu City Health Department. CCPO Deputy Director for Operations Lt. Col. Wilbert Parilla stressed that there is a process that needs to […]
77 PUV drivers nabbed for health protocol violations
THE Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) 7 has apprehended the drivers of 77 public utility buses and public utility jeepneys in Cebu as of Aug. 3, 2021, the third day of the implementation of the modified enhanced community quarantine (MECQ), for failure to implement the minimum health and safety protocol. LTFRB 7 director […]
Police collar 270 MECQ violators in Cebu City
THE police apprehended 270 people who violated community quarantine protocols in the first two days of the modified enhanced community quarantine (MECQ) status in Cebu City. Interior areas of barangays are the next target of the police officers. Of the apprehended people on Aug. 1-2, 2021, 23 were minors, 205 violated the curfew, 65 were […]
Damage in infra, farm output from rains at P1.87B
THE GOVERNMENT has so far recorded P1.87 billion worth of damage to public structures and agricultural produce due to weeks of incessant rains brought by the southwest monsoon. The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) said Monday that the partial cost of damage to roads and flood-control structures has reached P1.17 billion. “As of […]