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CEBU CITY, Philippines — Personnel of the Cebu City Jail Male Dormitory celebrated the 31st anniversary of the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) by planting 100 seedlings in Osmeña Shrine in Barangay Kalunasan, Cebu City…
Much as it won’t sit well with urban poor rights groups, Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña’s decision to dismantle the houses and to bar settlers from occupying the Osmeña Shrine has some valid points. First, and it…
AROUND 50 informal settlers who were ejected from Osmeña Shrine in Barangay Kalunasan, Cebu City gathered inside the City Hall yesterday morning to stage another silent protest, asking Mayor Tomas Osmeña once again to allow them to…
REACTING to the criticism from Councilor Pastor “Jun” Alcover, Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña clarified that the city government remains to be the sole owner of Osmeña Shrine in Barangay Kalunasan. Osmeña admitted that there was a…
Settlers of the Osmeña Shrine in Barangay Kalunasan asked Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña to provide them with a relocation site after their houses were demolished last Tuesday. “We are requesting Mayor Tom to put us somewhere…
Clutching her crying six-month-old baby, 31-year-old Dayen Bacaro tried to stop Cebu City Hall’s demolition team from dismantling her small home at the Osmeña Shrine yesterday morning. “We had to borrow money to buy housing materials. We…
Some settlers in the Osmeña Shrine in Barangay Kalunasan, Cebu City lost their houses on Tuesday morning. The members of City Hall’s Prevention Restoration Order Beautification Enhancement (PROBE) team implemented the order issued by Mayor Tomas Osmeña…
Regret was written all over Belen Abrigana’s face as she saw personnel of Cebu City Hall’s Prevention, Restoration, Order, Beautification and Enhancement (Probe) team arrive at their house near the Osmeña Shrine yesterday. “Sakit kaayo sa buot…
THERE was no resistance from settlers at the Osmeña Shrine as their shanties were dismantled by Cebu City Hall’s Prevention Restoration Order, Beautification and Enhancement (PROBE) team Tuesday morning. About 50 PROBE personnel headed by their chief…
The Cebu City Prevention, Restoration, Order, Beautification and Enhancement (Probe) team will proceed with the demolition of 15 houses of informal settlers in the 4.2-hectare Osmeña Shrine if the court cannot present a temporary restraining order (TRO)…
SETTLERS who built structures at the Osmeña Shrine in Barangay Kalunasan, Cebu City, have asked the court to stop the Cebu city government’s scheduled demolition of their shanties in the area. The 15 settlers filed last Thursday…
SETTLERS that built 15 structures at the Osmeña Shrine in barangay Kalunasan, Cebu City filed a case for damages against City Hall last Thursday. Acting City Legal Officer Eleodoro Diaz said the settlers also sought a temporary…
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