Rama ends coalition with Garcia for 2025 elections

Pia Piquero 09/25/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Suspended Cebu City Mayor Michael Rama officially declared the end of the Rama-Garcia political coalition for the upcoming 2025 midterm elections. This means the dissolution of the alliance between Rama’s political party, Partido…

Rama wants interim “Don Sergio Osmeña, Sr. Park” in downtown Cebu City

Wenilyn B. Sabalo 09/09/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines —  Cebu City Mayor Michael Rama intends to transform the location of the house where the late president Sergio Osmeña Sr. was born, along Osmeña Boulevard, in downtown Cebu City, into a temporary park…

Rama, Garcia to take oath on Thursday morning

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 06/29/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu City Mayor Michael Rama and Vice Mayor Raymond Garcia will be taking their oaths on Thursday morning, June 30, 2022, at the Plaza Sugbo. Along with them would be Barug PDP Laban…

Cutie Del Mar puts to rest rumors of shifting alliances

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 06/07/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu City North District Congresswoman-elect Rachel “Cutie” Del Mar, a member of the opposition party, Bando Osmeña Pundok Kauswagan (BOPK), denied rumors that she will be jumping to Barug PDP-Laban, the city’s current…

Rama: Barug does not abandon its members

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 05/11/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Reelected Cebu City Mayor Michael Rama denied the allegations that Barug-PDP Laban turned its back on North District Congressional candidate, Councilor Prisca Niña Mabatid. In a post conceding the result of the elections,…

Rama, Garcia lead in Cebu City partial count

Delta Dyrecka Letigio, Wenilyn Sabalo 05/09/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Barug PDP-Laban candidates are leading the Cebu City polls as of 11 p.m. on May 9, 2022. According to the data from the Comelec Transparency Server as of 10:17 p.m., incumbent Mayor Michael…

Barug candidates woo INC members

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 04/08/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu City Mayor Michael Rama hopes to get the endorsement of the Iglesia ni Cristo (INC) this coming elections.  The mayor was joined by councilorial candidates, Vice Mayor Donaldo Hontiveros,  Councilor Joel Garganera,…

Ace Durano sees better chances of winning Cebu governor’s seat

Vhenna Marie Mantilla 03/25/2022

DANAO CITY, Philippines – Cebu gubernatorial candidate Joseph Felix Mari “Ace” Durano is optimistic of his chances of winning the governor’s seat for Cebu Province in the coming elections. Durano, who is also a former secretary of…

KUSUG has yet to name a presidentiable to support

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 01/27/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu City’s Partido Kugi Uswag Sugbo (KUSUG) led by vice mayoral candidate, Councilor Raymond Garcia, has yet to name a presidential candidate to support.  This despite the pronouncement of Rama-led Partido Barug supporting…

Barug-KUSUG’s support for BBM divides coalition

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 01/26/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu City’s Partido Barug, Kugi Uswag Sugbo (KUSUG), and Panaghiusa, maybe a formidable coalition for the local elections, but when it comes to their national bets, they are divided. Mayor Michael Rama, the…

Panaghiusa to push for two more districts in Cebu City

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 12/15/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines—The Daluz-led Partido Panaghiusa is pushing for two more districts here.  This is one of the visions they plan to pursue with their coalition with the Garcia-led KUSUG, and Rama-led Barug parties.  Panaghiusa President, Jose…

Who will be filing their COCs and when?

Delta Dyrecka Letigio, Futch Anthony Inso, Mary Rose S. Sagarino 09/30/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — There is no definite schedule yet as to when Cebu’s top political officials and aspiring candidates will be filing their Certificate of Candidacies (COC) in the next coming days, but some of them…

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