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CEBU CITY - The mayor of Cebu's southern coastal town of Samboan on Monday cited the almost PHP17-million community development projects of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) which enable them to more effectively fight coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19). Mayor Emerito Calderon Jr. said his town has prioritized healthcare services for his constituents through its partnership with the DSWD-Central Visayas in coming up with a set of sub-projects as the municipality responds to the pandemic. Calderon cited the Kapit-Bisig Laban sa Kahirapan Comprehensive and Integrated Delivery of Social Services (KALAHI-CIDSS) of the DSWD as a source for a total of PHP15.6 million funds used for isolation facilities, health stations, communication devices, and medical equipment. "I have witnessed how limited we are in responding (to) the challenges brought by COVID-19. That is why I wish that all barangays would have their own health stations to bring medical services closer
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+ May 17, 2021 Rep. Eduardo Gullas (Cebu, 1st District) is not seeking re-election next year, ending an illustrious political career that spanned more than half a century. A source very close to the family said that Gullas planned his retirement as early as in 2019, fifty years after he won as congressman of the district, then still known as the 3rd, by a slim margin of 16 votes over the late Antonio Cuenco. A formal announcement will be made after he has met with his political leaders, I was told.
Eddiegul is the only surviving member of the delegation from Cebu to the 7th Congress which was supposed to serve a four-year term starting in a January, 1970 but was unable to do so because Ferdinand Marcos abolished it when he declared martial law in 1972.