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LTO to roll out new vehicle plates in January 2013
Owners of new vehicles should expect to use new license plates on their cars next year. The Land Transportation Office will implement standardized motor vehicle plate numbers in January 2013. Stakeholders in a forum yesterday asked the LTO to have the new license plates attached in car manufacturing plants and not after the sale of […]
Price tags sought for ukay-ukay products
August 26, 2012
VENDORS of ukay-ukay or used clothes and goods should place price tags on their wares. The Cebu City Council passed a resolution for this purpose last week. Vendors should also issue receipts, said Councilor Alvin Dizon, who authored the resolution. “(We) likewise request the Bureau of Internal Revenue to monitor and inspect these ukay-ukay shops […]
Five oil firms cut prices
June 4, 2012
MANILA— For the eighth consecutive week, local oil companies are slashing prices of petroleum products effective today to reflect the continued downtrend in the international oil market. Petron Corp., Pilipinas Shell Petroleum Corp., Eastern Petroleum, Phoenix Petroleum and Seaoil Philippines have decided to slash prices of diesel by 65 centavos a liter; kerosene by 60 […]
With privatization, will costs in Vicente Sotto hospital go up?
May 22, 2012
SOME patients in Vicente Sotto Memorial Medical Center in Cebu City expressed opposition to plans to privatize the state-run hospital. Since its establishment in 1911, VSMMC has offered government-subsidized medical services for the poor. Regional Director Dr. Asuncion Anden of the Department of Health (DOH) said she supports the plan to convert the VSMMC […]
Cebu, C. Visayas schools set to increase tuition next year
April 9, 2012
AT least 26 private elementary and secondary schools in Central Visayas, mostly in Cebu, will implement an increase in tuition and other fees for school year 2011-2012. While the increase ranges from four to 42 percent, the Department of Education in Central Visayas (DepEd-7) said the figures may double after the May 15 deadline for […]
Oslob rate increase is temporary
April 5, 2012
Regional Director Rowena Montecillo of the Department of Tourism said the April 15 rate increase for whale shark tourists is “temporary” until results of an ongoing study by marine experts tapped by the Cebu provincial government is done. “Initially during the meeting with the Technical Working Committee, the move was to totally ban […]
Cebu bus owners set to charge P8 fare rate
March 22, 2012
For years, Cebu bus operators have been charging less than the official fare because tight competition forced rates to stay low. Not anymore. Starting next week, the fare will go up to P8 instead of the current P6 for the first five kilometers. An additional P1.40 for every succeeding kilometer will be collected instead of […]
Labor group files P90 wage hike business says it’s untimely
March 22, 2012
WITH a minimum fare rate of P8 approved by the government last Tuesday, a labor group filed a petition for a wage increase for Central Visayas workers yesterday afternoon. The Associated Labor Unions-Trade Union Congress of the Philippines (ALU-TUCP) in Central Visayas filed a P90 across-the-board daily wage increase before the Regional Tripartite Wages and […]
Cebu transport groups continue to ply routes
March 14, 2012
While Cebu’s transport groups voiced support for today’s nationwide transport strike, they will continue to ply their routes and file their P1.50 fare hike petition. The Cebu Integrated Transport Services Cooperative (Citrasco), said they will submit their P1.50 fare hike petition to the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board in Central Visayas (LTFRB-7) today. Citrasco […]
October 20, 2012
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