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CEBU CITY (Mar.14, 2022) -- Anaa na karon ang Lalawigan sa Sugbo ug ang Dakbayan sa Sugbo sa pagtandiay pilay bili sa il ang masigka-mga luna nga ipangbaylo ilawom sa sud lan nilang kasabotan nga may kalabotan sa Provincial OrdinanceKini93-1.ang gibutyag nga kalamboan ni Engr. Dax Arcilla Jr., ang labaw sa Di vision for the Welfare of the Urban Poor sa kagamhan an sa dakbayan sa Sugbo, atol sa pakighinabi sa PIO karong adlawa.Ingon niya, nakig tagbo kanila si Gobernador Gwen Garcia bag-o lang og gikalipay nila nga mismong ang gobernador naghin gapin ang kaikag nga ma human na gyud kining suli ran kabahin sa PO 93-1.
PHOTO: Ang kinatibuk-ang 33 ektaryas nga yuta sa kagamhanan sa Lalawigan sa Sugbo ilawom sa Provincial Ordinance 93-1 anaa mahimutang sa 11 ka mga barangay sa dakbayan.
Ingon ni Arcilla, nipahigayon sila og subsob nga tigom tali sa iyang team nga gilangko ban nila ni Konsehal Ray mond Garcia ug Konsehal Jocelyn Pesquera, nga pulos mga abogado; Bise Mayor Dondon Hontiveros; Atty Colin Russel , legal consul tant sa mayor; Atty. Mat Eric Medalle, chief of staff sa mayor; Atty Jade Ponce, pangulo sa Land Manage ment Office sa dakbayan; ug Bo Varquez, South Road Property (SRP) Nag-ingonmanager.siArcil la nga kung mahan-ay na nila ang tanan, mobalik sila sa Kapitolyo alang sa laing hugna sa pakigsabot. Kung mahashas na ang tanan, iduso nila ang nahimong kasabotan sa Konseho sa dakbayan sa Sugbo alang sa pag-uyonKungniini.gipasar na sa Konseho, makigpinirma hay na unya si Mayor Rama kang Gobernador Garcia ug usa ka Memorandom of Agreement.“Inigkahuman nato og formulate ani we will meeting with the team of the governor para mabridge nato ang gap now. If we are in range for some thing nga mutually ac ceptable unya equitable sa atong mga tawo, then sub mit na nato sa council for approval,” dugang ni Arcil la. Malaumon siya nga karon nga may team gyud nga nagtuon sa kasab otan dili na kini masangit sa Commission on Audit (COA), nga nahitabo niad tong 2016 kay tan-aw sa COA dili kini makiangayon alang saSumaladakbayan.ni Arcilla, moabot lang sa 32 ektaryas nga luna sa probinsiya ug dili 57 ektaryas ang langko ban sa kasabotan kay kini lang ang gipuy-an gyud og mga lumolupyo sa dak bayan. Usa unya sa ibaylo nga yuta sa dakbayan ang sa South Road Properties. “It is to avoid kana bitaw unnecessary compli cation. Katong giapil ang yuta sa Cebu Zoo, daghan to siyang giapil nga mga yuta which were not part of 93-1…grabe to siya ka-com plicated ang isyu. Karon, atong gi-simplify aron say on sulbaron,” nagkanayon si Arcilla.
“Duna lang tay gap on what the province is will ing to accept for their lots and what the city is willing to give. So, naa ta ron sa stage of valuation unsa may value sa ilaha, unsa say val ue sa atoa,” pulong ni Arcil la. Kahinumdoman, atol sa kasumaran sa Char ter Day sa dakbayan niad tong Peb. 24, nimando si Mayor Mike Rama sa pipila niya ka mga sinaligan nga kinahanglang humanon og mahatagan kasulbaran ang isyu sa 93-1 sa dili pa ang Marso 25, nga maoy adlaw sa pagsugod sa lokal nga kampanya.
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Whiletoday.working to wards this goal, the Mayor said the City will intensify its vaccination campaign for minors from 5 years old to 17 yearsHeold.said he tasked the City Health Department (CHD) and its Vaccination Operations Center (VOC) to study the proposal of a local school for a mass vac cination of its students at its campus.In a letter to the Mayor, Centre for Interna tional Education (CIE) – Brit ish School said that, while it had shifted to online learn ing when the pandemic started, it now prepares to resume face-to-face classes.
“We respectfully re quest your good office for approval on our endeavor to arrange for COVID-19 vaccine to be administered to our students, who are minors between the ages of 5 to 11 years old, in our school campus for a period of at least 2 days,” wrote Lea Solon, CIE vice presi dent for Tumongoperations.nato nga makabalik na ang atong mga kabataan sa ilang mga tulunghaan, nga mag faceto-face na sila og balik inig sugod unya puhon sa Agos to sa bagong tuig tingtung ha. Mayor Rama wel comed the idea and asked CHD and its VOC if it can be done while still follow ing Department of Health (DOH) protocols, such as proximity to a hospital or an emergency response team onHestandby.alsoasked the IATF with DOH to give it some serious“Whenconsideration.allowed,we can start with the schools that would request for it, then our public school sys tem,” he“We’llsaid. do for our primary students, 5 to 11, kindergarten to Grade 6, high school, 12 to 17, then senior high and college, 18 and above,” he Meanwhile,added. CHD head Dr. Jeffrey B. Ibones said he conferred with DOH-7 and subsequently advised CIE to prepare an emergency response pro tocol that would include a pediatrician and an ambu lance on standby during vaccination.Ibones also dis closed that his office has connected with the Depart ment of Education (DepEd) Cebu City Schools Division to discuss the mechanics for mass vaccination of stu dents in the public school system.
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“Dr. Ilya Tac-an (his assistant department head) started to work on that with DepEd last week,” he told the PIO. Sun•Star Cebu re ported on March 13 that DepEd-7 director Salus tiano Jimenez noted more than 5,300 public grade school teachers in the re gion are still unvaccinated due to “personal beliefs” and comorbidities.Onit,Mayor Rama encouraged schoolteachers to set an example by having themselvesAlthoughvaccinated.hedoes not want to force the teach ers to do so, the Mayor said it is important that they know the importance
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“Tumong nato nga makabalik na ang atong mga kabataan sa ilang mga tulunghaan, nga mag faceto-face na sila og balik inig sugod unya puhon sa Agos to sa bagong tuig tingtung ha,” Rama said in his press statement
04 CEBU CITY (March 14, 2022) – Mayor Mike Rama wants students to return to school face-to-face when class es for the next school year start in August.“Iamin favor of the return to face-to-face class es,” he told the media in an online presser this morning, but added that adequate preparations should be made and clear protocols established.These include ef forts to encourage further the vaccination of students and the need to inculcate in them the religious practice of minimum health stan dards as his directive issued last FridayTeacherspromotes.should also be encouraged to get themselves vaccinated in order to protect not just themselves but their stu dents, he pointed out.
PHOTO: Junior High. Maxwell Faciol, 14, of Sambag l, gets his first jab during the during the National Vaccination Days - Pediatric Vaccination of Minors, 12 to 17 years old, last March 10 at Robinsons Galle ria. (PIO/Ruel Rosello)
05 of getting vaccinated, espe cially since they are dealing with children.“(The teachers) know better. I don’t want to tell them, have yourself vaccinated. If they really love the children, it goes without saying, vaccination is the way to liberation,” he told the press this morning.
The City with DepEd recently collaborated with USAID through RTI Interna tional for a “Safe Return In Person Classes” campaign launched last March 8 to promote the vaccination of school-age citizens.
PHOYO: Mayor Mike Rama addresses the leadership of the Cebu City Police Office led by Police Colonel Ernesto Salvador Tejada Tagle during their command conference at Casino Español. The mayor today says CCPO should increase visibility and foot patrol at night as deterrence against public disturbance.
PHOYO: Mayor Mike Rama (left) and Cebu City Police Office Director Co Ernesto Salvador T. Tagle during a recent meeting. (PIO/File) from
CEBU CITY (Mar. 14, 2022) -- Mayor Mike Rama has di rected the city’s police force to increase its men’s visibili ty and foot patrol, especial ly at night, to prevent riots. He, however, said there is no need for the City to re-impose a curfew for all. “Ang ato karon is bring all establishments…. This entails self-policing and even our own police. I have given them a directive and visibility is part of what I told them,” he said in his press conference via Zoom this morning.Mayor Rama was reacting to reports on a viral late night brawl that happened in front of a bar along Salinas Drive in Brgy. Lahug. Meanwhile, the Emergency Operations Center (EOC) reminded bar-goers, especially the younger ones, to drink moderately.Councilor Joel Gar ganera, EOC head, said that while there is no more curfew and bars have been allowed to open until late night, people should re main responsible and avoid any altercations.Inhispress state ment today, Mayor Rama emphasized self-policing among establishments and shared responsibility among the people, as the City continues to focus on economic“Thatrecovery.iswhy we emphasize once more the need for us in Cebu City, even with the rest of One Cebu Island, to embrace a shared responsibility to prevail and focus on our Road to Recovery and achieve back our prosperi ty,” he said.The City is currently under CoViD Alert Level 2 until tomorrow, March 15.
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MAYOR TO COPS: MORE VISIBILITY,FOOT PATROL
CEBU CITY (Mar. 14, 2022) – Upat ka mga punto ang tutokan unya sa pagtuki sa ipahigayong “Solid Waste Management Summit” su nod buwan.Kini ang gibutyag ni Atty. Gerry Carillo, chairman sa Cebu City Risk Reduction Management Council, sa pakighinabi kaniya sa PIO. Ang upat mao ang malata o biodegradable, magamit pa o ang recy clable, ang salin o residual, ug ang gitawag nga special waste. Pulong ni Carillo, iyang napanglantawan nga sa unang adlaw pa lang sa tulo ka adlaw nga sum mit mapasabot dayon ang kasamtangang kahimtang sa dakbayan aron makab-ot ang angayang buhaton sa labing daling panahon.
PHOTO: Katapusang adlaw karon sa pagpanghatag sa P3,000 nga hinabang alang kada-usa sa sobra sa 90,000 ka mga senior sa dakbayan. (PIO/ Allan Cuizon)
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Matud ni Rosalina, sakop sa Barangay Peace keeping Action Teams (BPAT) sa Tejero si Delfin sa wala pa kini masakit. Sa may kalambigi tang kalamboan, gibutyag ni Portia Basmayor, labaw sa DSWS, nga magpabarog sila og tulda sa may Plaza Sugbo atubangan sa City Hall aron adto paingon kadtong mga senior nga wala pa gihapon nakakuha sa ilang Angkwarta.mga buhatan sa City Hall nga nitabang sa DSWS mao ang Cebu City Environment and Natural Resources Office, Depart ment of Manpower De velopment & Placement, Department of General Services, Department of Public Services, Bike Lane Patrollers, Department of Veterinary Medicine and Fisheries, Management In formation and Computer Services, Department of Agriculture, Department of Engineering and Public Works, ug ang Market Divi sion.
"The mayor should explain why they were called to this summit. Limit lang ta sa importante nga topic para dili molayo ang discussion,” ingon niya. Gusto ni Carillo nga adunay igong kapaingnan ang ipahigayong summit kansang sangpotanan na glakip sa pagbuhat unya og "Action Plan", nga maoy angay tagaan og igong pagtagad sa mga sakop sa summit ad hoc committee hangtod na sa pagpatuman unya sa ilang masabotan mahitungod sa pagbahig sa mga basura sa dili pa ilabay sa dumpsite.Saiyang bahin, si Reymarr Hijara, ang summit lead convenor, niingon nga walay pay tukmang adlaw nga ipahigayon ang kali hokan.
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EBU CITY (Mar. 14, 2022) -- Gipanghingusgan sa mga kawani sa kagamhanan sa dakbayan ang pagpangha tag sa P3,000 nga hinabang pinansiyal pinaagi sa pag siguro nga maadto gyud og matunolan kadtong mga wala nay igong kusog nga mogawas o nagpana gana paggawas tungod sa CoViD. Kini kay karong adlawa maoy katapusan sa tulo ka mga adlaw nga pag pang-apud-apod sa P3,000 nga ayuda alang sa mga se nior citizens sa dakbayan. “Naa may uban nga mga senior citizen nga gi-advice-san sa ilang mga anak nga dili mogawas gi hapon kay tungod sa pan demic so kami nga DO (dis bursement officers), among gipaningkamotan pod nga mahatod jud nato ang ser bisyo para sa atong mga senior citizens,” pulong ni Janah Rosary G. Pagli nawan, social worker sa De partment of Social Welfare and Services (DSWS). Ang DSWS maoy gisangonan sa kagam hanan sa dakbayan nga maoy mang-apud-apod sa hinabang, inabagan sa ubang mga buhatan sa City Hall. “Mao to, nigawas gyud mi sa opisina para mag-house-to-house sa kadtong mga bedridden nga dili kaadto sa opisina. Kay mao man sad na among trabaho isip usa ka public servant,” nagpakanayon si Paglinawan.Dako ang pas alamat ni Rosalina Vargas nga taga-Tejero sa maong gibuhat sa mga kawani sa Cty Hall.“Nagpasalamat ko kay dako kaayo ni nga ta bang sa among kinahang lanon. Daghan kaayo ko’g paliton nga maintenance ug mga inadlaw nga kon sumo,” pulong niya. Siya ang nidawat sa P3,000 alang sa iyang bana nga si Delfin, 68, kay kini dili na man makabangon human nga na-stroke niad tong 2017.
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tinuig nga himuon ni Kon sehal Garcia isip pasalamat sa mga seniors sa barangay nga nagpaluyo kanunay kaniya sukad pa kaniadtong konsehal pa siya sa baran gay hangtud karon nga siya kandidato na pagka-bise mayor pares ni Mayor Rama. Si Konsehal Garcia nipahinumdom sa paning kamot nilang duha ni May or Rama, ilabi na alang sa ilang panglawas, diha sa pagtukod sa bag-ong Cebu City Medical"KaronCenter.naa na tay bag-ong digital x-ray, CT scan, MRI machine. Nindot na ang CCMC mora’g ho tel," ingonGihisgotanniya. sab sa konsehal ang paghatag og importansiya sa kagam hanan sa pagtuon sa mga kabataan, hinungdan nga nigahin kini og P300 mily ones alang sa uniform, bag, sapatos, school supplies, ug malabhan sa face mask alang sa mga bata sa pam publikong mga tulunghaan sa dakbayan.
Dugang P500M giplanoalang sa mga senior
Gusto ni Mayor Mike Rama nga dugangan pa ang ayuda sa kagam hanan ngadto sa mga senior citizens pinaagi sa paghatag kanila og hearing aid, antiyohos, wheelchair, ug uban pa. (PIO/Ruel Rosello)
"Mas panindoton pa nako ang pagserbisyo. Doblehon pa nako," ingon niya. Gawas sa kalinga wan, niipahigayon sab ug libreng masahe ang bu hatan sa Department of Manpower Development and Placement. Aduna say libreng serbisyo legal ug libreng antiyohos alang sa mga lolo ug Lakiplola.kanila si lola Rosalita dela Peña, 69, ba rangay health worker sa Kamputhaw ug usa sab ka Person with"LipayDisability.kaayo ko nga nahatagan mi'g kalin gawan," namulong siya.
Pulong niya, gusto ni Mayor Mike Rama nga mahitabo kini sa dili pa ang Marso 25, nga dili maapas kay daghan pang angay andamon, ilabi na ang sa si kinsa unyay angay motam bong gikan sa nagkadai yang mga sektor sa dak bayan. “Mo-set lang ta unya og petsa. Basin karong first week sa April para mahapsay nato og maayo," nagkanayon si Hi jara.
Lakip sa gibutyag ni Konsehal Garcia ang pagahulmahon nga Cebu City College nga anha ma himutang sa wala na karon tindahi nga Ramos Public Market. "Ang Ramos Public Market atong gi-renovate and it will be a site for Cebu City College," sulti niya. Didto sab sa ka lihokan si Konsehal Niña Mabatid, nga kandidato sa grupo sa pagka-kongresis ta sa amihanang distrito, nga nisaad nga iyang iduso ang P20,000 nga hinabang pinansiyal alang sa mga nag-edad og 80 anyos, P30,000 sa 90 anyos, ug P50,000 sa 100 anyos.
KAMPUTHAW, Cebu City (Mar. 15, 2022) -- Dugang pundo nga moabot sa P500 milyones ang tinguha ni Mayor Mike Rama nga pan gitaon aron matabangan ang mga senior citizens sa uban pa nilang panginah anglanon.Kini ang gipadayag sa mayor atol sa panagti gom sa mga senior sa Brgy. Kamputhaw, nga usa ka tinuig nga tulomanon ni Konsehal Raymond Alvin Garcia, nga nahimo kaniad tong konsehal sa maong barangay.“Mangita ko og budget para sa mga senior. P500 milyones pero dili mominus sa P200 milyones. Para naa moy magamit,” pulong niya.Ang katuyoan sa mayor mao nga makaha tag ang kagamhanan sa dakbayan og hearing aid, walker, wheelchair, adult diapers, ug eyeglasses nga gamit kaayo sa mga senior citizens. Ang “Senior Citi zens Day” sa Kamputhaw
PHOTO: Laing tigom sa convenor's group sa Solid Waste Management Summit, nga gikatakdang mahitabo sunod buwan. (PIO/ Ruel Rosello)
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-- The City Government has fast-tracked the bidding of several infrastructure proj ects to beat next week’s election ban on the con struction of public works. He under scored the need for every one to be not contented with the Alert level 1 status. “As your mayor, we all just need to do our job in uni ty. Together, let us see the dawn when we shall experi ence normalcy, rather than just be satified with the so-called new normal,” he pointed out. As your mayor, we all just need to do our job in unity. Together, let us see the dawn when we shall normalcy,experienceratherthanjustbe satified with the so-callednormal.new -Mayor Mike Rama Dr. Jeffrey B. Ibones, the acting city health offi cer, reported Monday that the city already vaccinated 73 percent among its es timated 90,000 A2 senior citizens, and passed the 70 percent limit to be classified under Alert Level 1. He said the city also achieved its target quota in the 4th Bayanihan Ba kunahan, or National Vac cination Days, since March 10 that got extended until Friday and, pending an of ficial declaration, may again topped all local govern ment units in the country with the highest rate of in dividuals being vaccinated. As of 6PM today, the city’s Vaccination In formation Management System (VIMS) showed that 838,345 adults have been vaccinated, or 116.44 per cent above the 70 percent threshold to achieve herd immunity.Of these, 691,385 or 96 percent got their first dose, while 666,456 had their second jab. It means 24,949 await their second dose, showed the VIMS tally that also indicated it already master-listed 1,120,771Amongadults. the fully vaccinated, some 106,870 got their booster shots, while 26,563 of those who listed for it have yet to walk in and theirMeanwhile,jab. Cebu City has fully vaccinated 50,085 teenagers, 12 to 17, with 11,606 awaiting their second dose. Also, some 29,212 of those listed in the city’s PaBakunaTa.com reg istration portal have yet to get their first jab. Furthermore, the city also fully vaccinated 2,169 primary minors, five to 11, while 6,087 await their schedule for second dose, VIMS record indicat ed. While 19,139 pri mary minors have regis tered, some 10,856 await their advice through text messages through their parents from CEBUCITYVAX of their schedule for their first dose.
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CEBU CITY (March 15, 2022) — The Inter-Agen cy Task Force (IATF) today, March 15, downgraded Cebu City to Alert Level 1 from Thursday, March 16, until the rest of the month. Through Resolution No. 164-D that Health Sec retary Francisco T. Duque III signed as chairperson earli er today, the IATF reduced the alert status of this city along with Siquijor island province in Central Visayas. The rest of the re gion remain under Alert Level 2. Mayor Mike Rama welcomed the development that he thought affirmed his Kagawasan declaration through Executive Order No. 163 last Feb. 24 that he further expanded through a directive he issued last Fri day, March“Reward11. comes al ways when all are one and united. This classification we all deserve it,” he said. “Achieving excel lence is one, but sustaining it is another. Maintaining steadfastness, persistence, consistency by all of us, if we continue to be united, do self-saricifce, and apply self-policing, will make ex cellence a way of life,” he added.
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The second bid ding was held last Mar. 1. The projects are the Sea side Homeowners Associa tion (HOA), Brgy. Basak San Nicolas road concreting and drainage system (P11 million); City Hall’s execu tive building 9th floor re pair and renovation (P11 million); Tabarno HOA, Brgy. Busay road concreting (P1.3 million); and the ISKP Lot 1128, Brgy. Lahug road concreting (P897, 151.40).
The biggest, which was bid out last March 1, is for Phase 4 of the new CCMC that amounts to P916.8 million.Phase 4 includes the furnishing and com pletion of the 4th and 5th levels, and the structural construction of the 8th, 9th, and 10th“Partlevels.of our TOR (terms of reference) is that a contractor can qualify for the project if it has a rating of AAAA from the PCAB (Philippine Contractors Ac creditation Board). This is a prerogative of the City to ensure high quality of the project,” Reston said.
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CEBU CITY (March 15, 2022) — The Office of the Ombudsman has dismissed the case a former mayor filed against city officials over the supposed delayed reconstruction then of the Carbon Market Unit II build ing, for lack of Ombudsmanmerit.
Sam uel R. Martires approved on Nov. 8, 2021 the decision of assistant prosecutor Lyn G. Dimayuga that she penned on Oct. 15, 2021 to reverse her earlier decision on July 30, 2018 supposedly to in dict the city officials after receiving and giving con siderarion to various mo tions forAtty.reconsideration.Jocelyn“Joy”
G. Pesquera, who recently assumed as city councilor, received this afternoon a copy of the decision on be half of her clients, now as cended Mayor Mike Rama and his secretary now Atty. Dominic A. TheDiño.case stemmed from a case filed by former mayor Tomas R. Osmeña in October 2016 after he assumed office against his predecessor then and seven other officials over the reconstruction of Car bon Market Unit II that got burned inThe1998.Ombudsman cleared Mayor Rama and the other officials of any liability over the delay of the project by its contrac tor, Geety Realty and De velopment Corp. (GRDC), whose qualifications the complainant questioned. The city granted GRDC the project in March 2013 for P167,340,190.72. The other officials served either in the Bids and Awards Committee (BAC) or the Technical Working Group (TWG) created for the project.They included Atty. Raphael Christopher L. Yap, then head of the Cebu City Traffic Office who served as BAC chair; Atty. Jose Marie N. Poblete, C.E., the city ad ministrator who sat as BAC vice chair; and then Coun cilor Jose C. Daluz III, chair of the TWG.The BAC members included Diño, then Rama’s chief-of-staff; then city treasurer Eustaquio B. Cesa; then city planning and development coordi nator Alipio N. Bacalso, Jr. and Dr. Ester G. Concha, then Rama’s senior admin istrative assistant and now special assistant for social welfare.
Under Commis sion on Elections (Comelec) guidelines, public works construction, public works materials delivery, and issu ance of treasury warrant or similar devices for a future undertaking chargeable against public funds, are prohibited starting Mar. 25. However, there are certain exemptions to this ban, including ongo ing projects and those that have been given notices of award before the deadline, Reston said.“We have to submit a request for exemption to the Comelec. The Office of the Mayor is collating these already for submission,” he said. He also said that DEPW already started com piling all supporting docu ments for the projects the City will request for ban ex emption.
Joel Reston said the Bids and Awards Committee (BAC) already awarded at least five batches of infrastruc ture since January this year. “We have been working to award these projects to the winning contractors before March 25,” he said.Most projects are road concreting and drain age systems, renovation of government buildings and properties, and construc tion of school buildings and other facilities.
Another bidding was held on Mar. 2. The projects include the con struction of a four-story, 20-classroom school build ing for Suba Elementary School (P35.7 million); and the renovation and im provement of Brgy. Laban gon’s PWD Bldg.-Livelihood Center (P3Severalmillion.)road con creting projects in baran gays Lorega-San Miguel, Paril, Kalunasan, Adlaon, and Tagbao were also part of the Mar. 1 bidding.
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The BAC is already conducting post qualifica tion of the winning bidder. Reston said May or Mike Rama is expected soon to sign the “Notice of Award” for the winning contractor.The new CCMC building is part of the may or’s 21 priority projects, which he wishes to com plete before his assumed term ends in June.
The first bidding the BAC conducted this year was last Feb. 22. These infrastruc ture projects total to P38.6 million. They include the construction of Lorega-San Miguel’s barangay health center (P12 million); Sitio Cabantan, Brgy. Luz road concreting (P7.5 million); Brgy. Suba road concreting (P7.1 million); J. Urgello St. road widening (P3 million); and Upper Kawayan, Brgy. Sambag II road concreting and drainage system (P2.7 million).
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Reston said these projects are already in various stag es of implementation, with several more set for bidding tomorrow, Mar. 16. As a general rule, contractors have seven days from receipt of their “Notice of Award” to for mally start construction.
Among the proj ects that the Department of Engineering and Public Works (DEPW) bid out was Phase 4 of the construction of the new Cebu City Medi cal CenterCity(CCMC).Engr.
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PHOTO: Even if we are already under Alert Level 1, wearing of face mask and vaccination against CoViD should still be ob served, a health expert advises the City Government. (PIO/File)
Dr. Mary Jean Lo reche of the Department of Health 7 (DOH-7) said that despite the improved alert level from today until Mar. 31, it is still important to maintain compliance with minimum health standards. She cited data from different countries in Eu rope and Asia that have ex perienced another surge of CoViD cases.“What could have accounted for this is that they removed the face mask requirement too soon. They were so confident that with their cases going down and high vaccination rate, they removed their face masks,” she told today’s conver gence meeting at the Social Hall. The surge in oth er countries is driven by a variant being called “delmi cron” or a combination of the delta and omicron vari ants.
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Rama said he relied on the BAC and the repre sentation of the TWG on the project that all procure ment procedures and regu lations were complied with. He said he gave no unwarranted benefits to the contractor, pointing out that the Office of the City Engineer monitored the progress of the construc tion. He noted that the Audit Observation Memo randa (AOM) used as basis for the filing of the com plaint, were addressed to then Acting Mayor Mar garita V. Osmeña, and that he received no copy of the AOMs nor advise to attend the exit conference.Instead,Rama ar gued that that his both predecessor and successor “should be held account able for preventing the project from being com pleted inThe2003.”Ombudsman saw no evidence that GRDC solely committed the delay, noting that the project got suspended on May 13, 2013 when the city used Unit II as temporary evacuation cen ter for the fire victims from Bato, Ermita.Recently, what was then Unit II has been transformed into an interim market while a joint venture (JV) the city entered last year with Megawide Con struction Corp. pursues the redevelopment and mod ernization of the Carbon Market area.The JV is now on review in the city legislature after Mayor Rama sought to cure the contract either through an amendment of the JV agreement or the adoption of a supplemen tal memorandum of agree ment.
For Cebu City to avoid this kind of surge, Dr. Loreche said it should con tinue enforcing the need to wear face masks, especially in public places and when there is the presence of other people.Atthe same time, Dr. Loreche highlighted the need to continue cam paigning for gencecongratulatedMayorvaccination.MikeRamatheconvergroupmembersfor their efforts, which resulted to the Alert Level 1 status, but he, too, acknowledged that the work still contin ues.
“I thank everybody. But there is still more to be done. So much more,” the mayor said. Under Alert Level 1, there are no more limit to the capacity in establishments. Contact sports and face to face classes are also al lowed.
CEBU CITY (Mar. 16, 2022) -- Minimum health proto cols, especially the wearing of face masks, should still be properly observed even as the city shifts to Alert Level 1 starting March 16. This is because while City officials and health experts celebrate the improvement, the down grade is not a reason for ev eryone to be already com placent.
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In his motion filed on March 20, 2020, Rama said there was “no evidence that he acted with manifest partiality, evident bad faith or gross inexcusable negli gence” when he approved the BAC recommendation to award the contract for the reconstruction of Car bon Market Unit II to GRDC.
Dr. Loreche said the government is already studying the possibility of administering a second booster shot to the highly vulnerable sectors such as the senior citizens, those with comorbidities, and those in the medical sector. She explained that the level of protection that a person gets from vaccines is expected to go down in time those who get vacci nated later would be the primary defense against the spread of the virus.
“There was nothing irregular (with) BAC Reso lution No. 2013-03-07, nor on the Abstract of Bids, that would arouse suspicion,” he pointed Thereout. was nothing irregular (with) BAC Reso lution No. 2013-03-07, nor on the Abstract of Bids, that would arouse suspicion.
Dr. Carol Cajegas of the Emergency Operations Center (EOC) reported that as of today, the city’s dai ly positivity rate is only at 1.86 percent, or that out of the 753 individuals tested yesterday, Mar. 15, only 14 turned outThepositive.occupancy rates in hospitals is also at just 21.7 percent.
PHOTO: Lakip si Emilio Cagas, nga taga-Labangon, sa mga persons with disabilities nga midawat sa hinabang nga P3,000 gikan sa kagamhanan sa dakbayan. (PIO/ Ruel Rosello)
CEBU CITY (Mar. 16, 2022) -- Pagtabang sa kabanay ug pagpalit sa batakang panginahanglan maoy gas tohan alang niadtong may kakulian sa panglawas sa il ang nadawat nga hinabang pinansiyal gikan sa dak bayan. Si Emelio Cagas, 39, nawad-an sa kahayag ug nagtrabaho isip masahista, niingon nga iyang ipadala ngadto sa iyang asawa ang P3,000 nga iyang nadawat. "Ako ning ipada la didto sa Samar kay tua man akong pamilya. Mali pay na to akong asawa kay apilan man pud nako gikan sa akong pagmasahe, kay naa pa man pud koy tulo ka buok anak,” pulong niya Sa iyang bahin, si Deselda Wenceslao, 49, nagpasalamat kay aduna na siyay ikapalit og bugas ug pangbayad sa "Pasalamatutang. ko sir kay naa na koy pangbayad sa utang ug sa kuryente. Ang sobra ani palit bu gas ug sud-an. Maayo na kaayo," pulong niya. Sama kang Wenc eslao, mao sab kini ang gastohan sa iyang kwarta ni Josephine Letigio, giya sa mga nawad-an og kahayag nga mga"Palitmasahista,sud-an, bu gas, bayad boarding house. Dako na kaayo ni og tabang namong PWD (people with disabilities)” sulti sab ni Le tigio.
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Mayor’s marching orders: Finish CCMC by June 30
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“You complete the shell (building structure), and I’ll help you look for the mon ey (for the interior),” he told the group, which comprises officials from CCMC, De partment of Engineering and Public Works (DEPW), as well as of the winning contractor for the project’s Phase 4.By “money” the mayor meant pledges from the private sector to help raise funds for the hospi tal’s interior furnishings and equipment.The Mayor remind ed the group that he has worked on gathering funds since 2015, when he went to different Filipino com munities in the US. He also got the pledges of Opera tion Smile and other private donors.
Aside from the contractor, representatives from Oper ation Smile were also pres ent during the meeting to discuss their specific loca tion inside the new CCMC. Initially, three areas were proposed for Oper ation Smile, ranging from 600 to 1,000 square meters. However, Mayor Rama said one whole floor in the new CCMC should be allocated for Operation Smile. “The direction of the mayor is the whole floor will be for Operation Smile,” he said, adding that it can be a showcase and a tourist attraction for the Operationcity.
Smile Executive Director Emilia no Romano welcomed the mayor’s pronouncement, saying they need between 1,000 to 1,400 square me ters for their Romanofacility.said they target to do 50 to 100 cleft lip and cleft palate surger ies per month in the facili ty they will establish within that space. He said that in the Visayas alone, there is an estimated 45,000 people with cleft lip and cleft pal ate.
“If you don’t do this for me now and I will win (in the May 9 elections), I will remove you. Mark my word,” heThewarned.Mayor wants the structure of the build ing’s remaining floors to be completed before his assumed term ends. And by May 6, he wants to hold a “showcase” on the con struction’s milestones.
The BAC is yet to formally award the project to M.E. Sicat. A contract signing was previously set but it had to be resched uled after other bidders threatened to protest.
(TOR) -- that they should have a rating of AAAA from the Philippine Contractors Accreditation Board (PCAB)
CEBU CITY (Mar. 17, 2022) -- “I want the hospital to be completed by June 30.” This was the stern reminder of Mayor Mike Rama to the Cebu City Medical Center (CCMC) Task Force, in its regular meeting today, March 17, at the City Hall Caucus Room. He reminded the group, which is headed by his Secretary Atty. Dominic Diño, that he started the new CCMC project in 2015 yet until now, it has not been finished.
The Bids and Awards Com mittee (BAC) has already identified M.E. Sicat Construction Inc. as the win ning bidder for the P916.8 million Phase 4 of the new CCMC building. The project includes the interiors of the fourth and fifth levels and the structural construction of the eighth, ninth, and 10th levels.Inresponse to the Mayor’s directive, M.E. Si cat’s Vice President for Op erations Reymond Babanto assured that they can pull off the mayor’s deadline.
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“Yes, it is possible. But we need your coopera tion and we need your sup port,” he told the group. Among others, Babanto said they need to already be allowed to con duct an ocular visit to the site. They also need a copy of the building’s entire floor plan.
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OPERATION SMILE
“In Operation Smile, our focus is on com prehensive care. The sur geries are only 10 percent of the whole comprehen sive care,” he Romanosaid.said that aside from surgeries, they will also offer speech ther apy sessions for their pa tients. And with their own operating room, they can also help their over 300 registered volunteers in the country to develop their skills.
Atty. Diño assured M.E. Sicat that Mayor Rama said the City will not enter tain any protests or objec tions anymore.TheBAC ruled out other bidders as they did not qualify to one of the project’s terms of reference
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PLAZA INDEPENDENCIA, Cebu City (Mar. 17, 2022) -- Mas nisanag ang kaga bhion dinhi karong adlawa, Mar, 17, kay 34 ka maanyag nga mga dalaga sa “Hiyas ng Pilipinas” ang nakigsawo kang Mayor Mike Rama ug Bise Mayor Dondon Honti veros sa Gihangoppanihapon.ang ilang pag-abot tungod kay ang samang kalihokan maka tabang sa pagpadis-og og balik sa turismo dinhi sa dakbayan."On behalf of the City Government you are all welcome. Plaza Indepen dencia is yours only for to night,” ingon ni Mayor Mike Rama sa pagsugat sa mga kandidata, nga naggikan pa sa lainlaing dapit sa nasud. Aron ipakita ang iyang kalipay, gihalaran niya sila og duha kanta ug gipailaila ang bise mayor. Sa iyang bahin, namulong si Bise Mayor Hontiveros nga makata bang ang kalihokan sa pag dasig sa pagbisita sa dak bayan.
Ang mga sakop sa Hiyas ng Pilipinas board of directors, nga pulos mga Sugboanon, gilangkoban nila ni Karla Tandoy, direc tor for charity; Sugar Borja Sagarino, finance director; Auguste Izhar Pepito, com munications director; Alma Maria, public relations di rector, Roy Erwin Tizon, op erations director; Jesselle Saniel, vice president, ug Ronald Yap Elpa, chairman of the board.SiNeil
Odchigue sa Hiyas ng Pilipinas niingon ang mga kandidata, nga naggikan sa lainlaing mga probinsiya sa nasud, pulos mga bag-ong nangapil og pageants."Hiyas ng Pilipinas has a partnership with the City Government, with the very reason that,it once to help booster the tourism industry back again.so,this activity was plan before but it was decided nga since we are already alert level 1,it is high time for us to open back atong mga usu al activities nato for the normal nato nga classifica tion before, " nagkanayon si Odchigue.Ingon niya, gihi mo nila ang auditions sa niaging tuig pa, taliwa sa giatubang nga pandemya lukop nasud."Nag-audition ta ani during the pandemic period. Naay online, naa say physical presencel, de pende sa region and base sa ilahang quarantine cate gory," tug-an ni tionalsapangalanugideklararadunaCity.andWaterfrontipinasronasyonMahitaboOdchigue.angkosaHiyasngPilkarongMarso27saCebuCityHotelCasinosaLahug,CebuMatudniOdchigue,unyaytulongangamgamananangamaosaymodalasasanasudalangtulokalainlainginternangaindigay.
“We would say we are fortunate to host this pageant and hopefully you get to promote the city we all love. Like what I always say when I was still playing professionally, I would tell my foreign teammates that Cebu City is supposed to be the capital of the Philip pines,” ingon“Again,niya.as Mayor Mike, mentioned earlier, we welcome you and we are again fortunate to have this pageant here in Cebu City," dugang sa bise mayor. Siya ug si Mayor Rama ang pinasidunggang dinapit sa kalihokan, nga gi pangulohan ni Eva Psychee Patalinjug, Miss Cebu 2015 first runner up ug Hiyas ng Pilipinas national director. Ang Hiyas ng Pili pinas maoy unang indigay nga nanukad dinhi sa dak bayan sa Sugbo. Sagad sa ubang mg indigay adto himuon sa Metro Manila, sama sa Binibining Pilipinas, Miss Universe Philippines, ug uban pa.
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PHOTO: Gikalipay ni Mayor Mike Rama (atubangan, nakaitom nga blazer), ug Bise Mayor Dondon Hontiveros (naka-brown nga jacket) ang pagpahigayon sa Hiyas ng Pilipinas kay makatabang kini sa pagpaila og balik sa dakbayan ngadto sa mga turista. (PIO/Ruel Rosello)
PHOTO: Carballo (PIO/ Ruel Rosello)
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14 MAY BAG-O NA NGA MISS CEBU!
Cebu City (Mar. 17, 2022) -- Napili sa gabii niadtong Marso 17 ang kandidata nga si Gabriella Mai Carbal lo isip mananaug sa Miss Cebu 2022 atol sa Corona tion Night nga gipahigayon sa Plaza GawasIndependencia.sacash, laing premyo nga iyang na dawat mao ang libre nga biyahe sa United States, wa pay labot sa uban nga mga insentibo nga gihatag ngadto kaniya. Nidaug sab isip first runner-up si Dannika Anne Ocampo, samtang second runner-up si Ciarha Jenyne Monsanto, third runner up si Chriatene Marie Aberion ug fourth runner up si Karla Marie Frances Nierre. Si Rhean Emmnu ele Caruana maoy nipung git sa special award nga “Best in Evening Gown”. Ang mga kandi data nga wala ma-final ist makadawat hinuon og Php10,000 isip consolation nga premyo. Katapusang nap ahigayon ang Miss Cebu niadto pang tuig 2016, o unom ka tuig na ang naka labay. Si Konsehal Joce lyn Pesquera, nga mao sab ang pangulo sa Cebu City Tourism Commission, mali payon ug mapasalamaton nga nagmalampuson ang pagpahigayon sa maong kalihokan."We’re so happy it’s successful. And it’s one way of showing to the world that Cebu is very ready to receive all our tourists," in gon niya.Ang Miss Cebu naandan nga himuon ug ip ahigayon kada-Enero, kung magsingabot na ang kasau logan sa Piyesta GipasabotSenyor.niPes quera nga ilahang gitunong nga kagabii ang pagkorona sa mga mananaug kay kini ang ika-501 ka tuig nga kasumaran sa pag-abot ni Ferdinand Magellan sa atong nasud. Niadtong Marso 16, 1521 dihang nakita sa gipang gutom na kaayo nga si Ma gellan ug mga kaubanan ang isla sa Zamal (Samar na karon) human sa hapit duha ka tuig nga paglayag gikan sa Espanya.
PHOTO: Ang mga mananaug sa Miss Cebu 2022, nga sila si (wala padung tuo) third runner up Kris tine Marie Aberion, first runner up Danica Anne Ocampo, Miss Cebu 2022 Gabriela Mai Car ballo, second runner up Ciairha Jenyne Monsanto, ug fourth run ner up Karla Marie Frances Niere. (PIO/ Ruel Rosello)
PHOTO: Gikalipay kaayo ni lolo Vivencio Tariman, 68, nga tuyo gyud siyang gidu aw ni Mayor Mike kauban si Kapitana Ze naida Colina. Gidayeg ni Colina si Tariman nga maayo motrabaho sa wala pa kini nastroke niadtong Enero. (PIO/Nova Yanson)
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Pasalig sa ninasunoganmgagitumanMayorMike
BACAYAN, Cebu City (Mar. 18, 2022) -- “Ang paner bisyo kinasingkasing, dili perwisyo.”Mao kini ang gi pamahayag ni Mayor Mike Rama atol sa iyang pagbisi ta sa Sitio Huyong-huyong, Bacayan, karong adlawa, Marso 18,Sumbanan2022. niya ni ini si Vivencio Tariman, 68, nga malipayon ug mapas alamaton nga siya gibisita sa mayor.”Lipay kaayo ko sa tanan kay mura’g sa dinhi lang dapita karon pa ko na ka-eksperinsiya nga kamo niduaw nako. Karon pa ko kamatngon nga may mayor nga niduaw nako ug kap itan. Salamat kaayo,” nag kanayon si lolo Vivencio. Siya usa ka street cleaner sa Bacayan sulod sa walo ka tuig sa wala pa mastroke niadtong Enero ug naglubog nalang sa banig. “Mao ni siya ang nag-maintain sa drainage nga sa una magbaha bitaw gyud diri; unya karon subay na gyud ba,” pulong pag dayeg ni Kapitan Zenaida Colina saGitambaganBacayan. ni Mayor Rama si Tariman nga mosukol gyud sa iyang sakit ug magpakaayo. Mi hatag sab si Mayor Rama og hinabang aron magamit sa iyang pagpatambal.
LABANGON, Cebu City (Mar. 18, 2022) -- Human sa 11 ka adlaw gikan gi sumbongan sa nasunogan sa Labsalex, Brgy. Laban gon nga unom ka buwan nalang wala pa gyud silay nadawat gikan sa kagam hanan, gituman ni Mayor Mike Rama ang iyang pas alig nga moabot gyud ang hinabang.Ang mga tinug yanan sa Department of Social Welfare and Ser vices (DSWS) niapud-apod karong hapon sa hinabang pinansiyal nga tag-P20,000 alang sa 183 ka mga tag-iya og balay ug P10,000 alang sa mga nag-abang lang o nakigsawo og balay. Ang maong pag panghatag wala nahitabo kung wala ang usa sa mga lumolupyo nga nangur so og duol sa mayor atol sa pagbisita niini sa ilang dapit niadtong Marso 7 ug gisumbongan nga wala si lay nadawat nga tabang sa kagamhanan.Kaganiha, tuyong gipangita sa PIO si Jenie Dagodog, 29, aron kuhaan sa iyang pamahayag kaba hin sa pagtuman gyud sa mayor sa pasalig niini.
"Nagpasalamat mi ni May or Mike Rama nga napadali niya ang among cash assis tance. Kay sa tinud-anay lang dako kaayong tabang ni para namo sa panahon karon…. Pasalamat sab mi ni Konsehal Edu Rama," sulti niya.Si Konsehal Edu Rama maoy chairman sa committee on social ser vices sa Konseho sa dak bayan. "Gahuwat ra gyud mi nga masuroy si mayor sa among dapit. Karon, naha tagan na gyud og kasulba ran," dugang ni Jenie Matud niya, ang P20,000 nga iyang nadawat ipalit niya og ga materyales aron matukod na ang ilang balay. Ang iyang silingan nga si Sheila Jane Alonso, 29, nagpasalamat sab sa mayor nga nakadawat siya og P10,000."Dako gyud ang akong pasalamat ni Mayor Mike nga nadawat na gyud namo. Mapun-an na gyud namog palit ang materyales kay ‘sus, kanang mag-uwan, lisud kaayo, magbaha gyud amoa," sigon niya. Matud ni Konsehal Rama, nagsige og pangu musta ang iyang opisina sa hingtungdang mga buha tan sa City Hall aron paspas nga mogawas ang pundo, apan nasapawan gyud kini sa mga papeles alang sa P5,000 nga ayuda human sa bagyong"AngOdette.accounting office nato medyo na-over whelmed gamay sa mga fi nancial assistance samtang nagsige ta og follow-up,” pasabot sa konsehal.
PHOTO: Wala pay duha ka sema na ang milabay natuman dayon ni Mayor Mike Rama ang iyang gipasalig nga tabang alang sa mga taga-Labsalex, Brgy. Labangon. (PIO/Ruel Rosello)
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MAYOR BACKS ORDER FOR BPO APRILWORKERS’1RETURN
Michael Rama, Hontiveros, and oth er city officials will hold an opening program at the Mahayahay coast in Brgy. Pasil.
The quarterly coastal cleanup is pursuant to City Ordinance No. 2593, or “An Ordinance Institu tionalizing the Cleanup of Rivers, Natural Waterways, and Coastal Areas within the Territorial Jurisdiction of the City of TheCebu.”ordinance was signed on December 10, 2020.
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Councilor Joel Garganera, who heads the Emergency Operations Center (EOC), said they have already met with em ployees and managers of IT-BPM companies who expressed that the 100-per cent onsite work require ment beEarlier,postponed.theNation al Government, through the Fiscal Incentives Review Board (FIRB), directed ITBPM companies to require all employees to physically report to work starting
“Our quarterly cleanups serve as a remind er to our fellow Cebuanos that a little effort goes a long way to keep our coast line and waterways clean,” Hontiveros said.
PHOTO: Mayor Mike Rama pauses to check the Guadalupe River during one of his barangay visits. The river is one of the areas that will be cleaned up tomorrow. (PIO/File)
CEBU CITY (Mar. 18, 2022) –The Cebu City Government is set to hold its seventh city-wide coastal cleanup tomorrow, Mar. 19. Spearheaded by Vice May or Donaldo “Dondon” Hon tiveros’ office, the quarterly activity is a partnership with the Environmental Man agement Bureau (EMB)-7 and the Department of the Public Works and Highways kaayo(DPWH)-7.“Mapasalamatontasamgagovern ment offices nga atong ka-partner aning atong dakong kalihokan para ma limpyo ang atong coastline sa Sugbo,” said the vice mayor, the designated ac tivity ground commander.
“But a more last ing change comes from a re-education and realiza tion that the garbage we throw ends up somewhere, and it is most often where they end up that it is doing damage,” he added.
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CEBU CITY (Mar. 18, 2022) -- Mayor Mike Rama to day expressed support for the National Government’s move to require all em ployees of business process outsourcing (BPO) compa nies to report on-site by next month.With the City’s CoViD numbers continu ously decreasing, the myor said it is important for the information technology and business process man agement (IT/BPM) sector to help establish a sense of “normalcy” in the city. “We are already managing CoViD,” he said in this morning’s conver gence meeting at the City Hall SocialTheHall.mayor said that as per data from the Cebu IT-BPM Organization (CIB.O), majority of employ ees in the sector have al ready been vaccinated. City Health Officer Dr. Jeffrey Ibones also said they have partnered with different IT-BPM companies to bring the city’s vaccina tion program right in their offices.
City Government employees and other vol unteers will join the clean up, which will commence at 9 a.m. Each department or office is assigned to one of 15 identified cleanup sites. These sites are spread in the five major riv ers of the city: Mahiga, La hug, Guadalupe, Kinalum san, andMayorBulacao.
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The City is also cur rently under Alert Level 1 status until March 31. This means that all, including those with comorbidities, are allowed to freely go, and business establishments are permitted to operate at full capacity, provided mini mum health standards are observed.
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17 April 1, after two years of being allowed to work from home. Garganera said that in their meeting, the sector agreed to the directive, only that they asked for more time to do“It’sso.just that the period given by the FIRB is just three weeks. They want a transition period nga taas lang gamay,” he said, add ing that this will allow com panies to adjust their work spaces for the return of their workers.Darwin John Moi ses, who represents the CIB.O in the convergence group, said a number of employees who have re turned to their home prov inces and are taking care of sick family members find it a challenge to go back to Cebu City immediately.
In reaction, Mayor Rama said there can be ex ceptions, but the directive should stay.“Inevery rule, there is always an exception. It’s a management move,” the mayor said.He also said the IT-BPM companies should have already invested in the needed adjustments in their offices, such as ventilation and partitions, even before the directive to return to on-site work.Hereiterated that the city should work in bringing back normalcy to the lives of its people, es pecially after officials and experts have worked hard to bring the City’s CoViD numbersAsdown.of today, the City’s daily positivity rate is at 1.9 percent, way be low the World Health Or ganization threshold of five percent. Positivity rate means the number of posi tive results from among the samples tested on a specific day.