Budget politics

Editorial 11/25/2016

Technically, Cebu City Hall’s budget deliberations still have more than a month to go before the December 31 deadline, but every city councilor knows better than to wait that long before they roll out the “skin and…

BO-PK allies on hand for seniors cash aid

Margarette Managaytay 10/27/2016

ALLIES of Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña who are planning to run in next year’s barangay elections were on hand to facilitate yesterday’s distribution of cash aid to seniors in various venues. In Barangay Sambag 1, about…

BO-PK allies signing clearances, Team Rama bloc claims

Margarette Managaytay 09/19/2016

BARANGAY officials affiliated with Team Rama are up in arms over the designation of private citizens identified with the Bando Osmeña-Pundok Kauswagan (BO-PK) who supposedly sign certifications and clearances that are processed by the Cebu City government.…

Team Rama to attend today’s Ela

09/02/2016

TEAM Rama councilors are expected to attend the last day of the three-day Executive Legislative Agenda (Ela) meetings today. Cebu City Vice Mayor Edgardo Labella said yesterday that they did not attend because they did not receive…

Political survival

Editorial 09/01/2016

When former Cebu City mayor Michael Rama disclosed during a press conference that Team Rama was switching from the United Nationalist Alliance (UNA) to the PDP-Laban, he may have anticipated that he won’t be able to join…

Councilor Abella bolts Team Rama

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 08/31/2016

The Cebu City Council will now have two independent councilors after Councilor Nendell Hanz Abella, who was affiliated with Team Rama, decided to leave the party to become one. Abella followed Councilor Dave Tumulak, who also left…

Osmeña offers Tumulak deputy mayorship

Margarette Managaytay 08/26/2016

CEBU City Mayor Tomas Osmeña is offering Councilor David Tumulak the position of deputy mayor for police. “If he (Tumulak) is open, I am willing to consider working with him. Why not? In my opinion, Dave has…

Depoliticizing services in the barangays

Editorial 08/26/2016

When Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña ordered the withdrawal of ambulances from all of the city’s barangays, he was met with opposition, as expected, from rival Team Rama-allied officials who filed a complaint at the Ombudsman-Visayas. Perhaps…

Osmeña: Postponing brgy polls won’t affect BOPK

08/26/2016

CEBU City Mayor Tomas Osmeña said postponing the barangay elections is just like postponing democracy. Osmeña said the postponement of barangay elections would not affect his party Bando Osmeña-Pundok Kauswagan (BO-PK), but rather create a level playing…

4 CASES VS. OSMEÑA

Izobelle T. Pulgo 08/25/2016

Alcover lodges complaints at the Ombudsman for the Visayas Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña faces a string of complaints before the Office of the Ombudsman for the Visayas over alleged unlawful acts that ranged from his grant…

Politics in cash aid

Editorial 08/24/2016

It’s barely been two months, and as expected, the Team Rama bloc in the City Council is already making some noise, parlaying its fiscalizer role to question nearly everything from the drug problem, the mayor’s loss of…

Tomas bars dep’t heads from appearing before city council

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 07/24/2016

Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña has barred City Hall department heads from appearing in regular or executive sessions in the city council. Osmeña said he would not want the department heads to be subjected to the “grandstanding”…

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