Church to print bolder letter vs. Sugbuak plan

The Archdiocese of Cebu is coming up with a bolder pastoral letter that will contain more valuable information on the pros and cons concerning the three proposed bills for the creation of the three separate provinces here in Cebu. This as provincial board member Victor Maambong is filing on Monday a resolution airing the sentiment of the League of Municipalities against it.

Monsignor Achilles Dakay said yesterday that the Cebu Archbishop Ricardo Cardinal Vidal is set to issue a bolder and informative pastoral letter than the previous one against the plan to divide Cebu.

Despite the insistence of Kintanar, Yapha and Martinez that their move would be beneficial to their constituents, Vidal had branded the move to divide the province as "evil".

Dakay revealed that some parishioners have favored for Cebu split but the opposition is overwhelming as shown in the surveys in the parishes that were done after masses.

In the same manner, Maambong yesterday said his resolution will contain the clamor of the LMP as represented by its president Dalaguete Mayor Ronald Allan Cesante to request House Committee on Local Government Chairman Emilio Macias for the holding of a public hearing here. - Ferliza C. Contratista and Jasmin R. Uy