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NEW LAPU LEGAL OFFICER

A NEW city legal officer was appointed more than a year after the post became vacant in Lapu-Lapu City.

Yuri Benluan, a 32-year-old resident of barangay Basak, Lapu-Lapu City, practiced law for five years.

On assuming office last Monday, Benluan admitted that he had minimal experience handling the position. He said he will study the pending cases in his office and wait for instructions from Mayor Paz Radaza.

Lapu-Lapu City’s former city legal officer lawyer Joseph Vincent Lim died of an illness in 2010.

He was temporarily succeeded by lawyer. Michael Dignos, the liaison officer of Lapu-Lapu City Rep. Arturo Radaza. Correspondent Norman V. Mendoza

ADDITIONAL TRAFFIC PERSONNEL

WITH more new establishments opening in Mandaue City, the Traffic Enforcement Agency in Mandaue (Team) sought for an additional 20 aides to man the traffic.

TEAM chief Edwin Ermac said their present personnel of 180 cannot cover the city’s traffic. Mandaue City officials had yet to deliberate on the request.

While the request is pending, Ermac said they will tap the barangay tanods.  He said they deputized 60 barangay tanods from 27 barangays.

The deputized tanods will also be given citation tickets.  Ermac said the tanods have also gone to intensive traffic training.

Those interested to become traffic enforcers can go to their office in Mandaue City Sports Center. All applicants should be college-level educated. Reporter Jucell Marie P. Cuyos

TOURISM DATA UPDATE

BARANGAY officials of Talisay City were ordered to conduct a survey to update the existing data on the tourist attractions in their area.

The Talisay City Council said the survey is in preparation for the Capitol’s “Access Cebu” text program.

A resolution filed by Councilor Charles Basillote called for support to the program, one of several done by the province.

“Access Cebu” also required Talisay City’s tourism officer to provide accurate and updated about the city.

The program is a collaboration between the Capitol, Globe Telecom and Payvenue.

Globe and TM users who wish to learn about Cebu can text ACCESS <space> CEBU and send to 2278.

Cebu Gov. Gwendolyn Garcia together with Payvenue and Globe Telecom signed the agreement last November.

The province will provide information about local government units, its local tourism sites and services from various cities and municipalities in Cebu.

Payvenue Computer Consultancy Services, a Cebu City-based company, will facilitate the collation and updating of information on Cebu’s towns and cities for its content from the province while Globe Telecom will service the program.

The Access Cebu project is another tourism project of the province, which has been promoting sites in the countryside through its ongoing Suroy-Suroy Cebu project. Correspondent Carmel Loise Matus