News Briefs

SALARY HIKE FOR CAPITOL WORKERS

A 10 to 14 percent salary increase starting this month and an assurance of promotion greeted Capitol employees in yesterday’s first General Assembly held at the Capitol Social Hall.

Cebu Gov. Gwendolyn Garcia said she hopes the salary increase and promotion will help spur the employees to work harder and “raise the bar and strive for excellence.”

“Over here in Cebu, government is working and government works for the people and government stands proud because this is the Cebu provincial government,” Governor Garcia said./Correspondent Tweeny Malinao

DEAD DOLPHIN FOUND ASHORE

A DEAD dolphin was found along the shore of barangay Canlumacad, Santander town in southern Cebu on Jan. 1, New Year’s Day.

PO2 Anthony Aba of the Santander police precinct said someone called them up to report the discovery of the dead dolphin by an unnamed fisherman at 6:30 a.m. last Sunday.

Aba said the dolphin had scratches and bruises in its body. He said they believed that a seacraft rammed the dolphin, resulting in its death.

Carmelina Gumilac, fishery technician of Santander’s agriculture office, said the dolphin’s injuries may not be intentional. She said the dolphin may have hit a rock due to strong waves.

Gumilac said the dolphin may have also come from the Tañon Strait. The dolphin, she said, was estimated to be between 1 to 2 years old, weighs 30 kilograms and measures 62 inches long and 35 inches  wide.

Gumilac said the dolphin was  buried in barangay Canlumacad./Correspondent Jhunnex Napallacan

‘MY MANDAUE’ PROJECTS

MANDAUE City Hall’s infrastructure program dubbed “My Mandaue” will be geared towards promoting private-public partnership and encouraging community involvement in the projects.

Mandaue City Mayor Jonas Cortes said while they appropriated substantial funds for infrastructure projects, they are inviting companies doing business in the city to be involved as part of their corporate social responsibility.

Among their priorities are flood control and drainage systems improvement, education, concreting and clearing of pavements and assistance to senior citizens./Correspondent Norman V. Mendoza

WAGE INCREASE FOR WORKERS

LAPU-LAPU City Hall’s job-order workers will receive a 7 percent increase in their daily wage starting this year.

Officials said they have identified revenue to fund the wage increase which raises the daily wage rate from P327 to P349./Correspondent Norman V. Mendoza

’Start the year right’

HEALTH officials advised the Cebuanos to start the year with a healthy lifestyle.

“Living a healthy lifestyle should be included in this New Ys resolution,” DOH-7 Regional Director Susanna Madarieta said.

Madarieta added that too much fatty foods causes cardiovascular diseases, the leading cause of death in the country.

Madarieta also warn the public from too much alcohol intake and smoking, which can cause  complications in the liver and gastrointestinal tract, trigger mental depression and lun    g problems./REPORTER CANDEZE R. MONGAYA