TomO OKs P2.4-B prepayment, but questions use of SRP sales proceeds

Doris C. Bongcac 02/19/2016

FOR former mayor and Bando Osmeña-Pundok Kauswagan (BO-PK) leader Tomas Osmeña, there is nothing wrong with paying off the P2.4-billion balance of the South Road Properties (SRP) loan. What he is opposed to is the use of…

Russian roulette with the SRP loan

02/15/2016

  With only four days to go before the deadline to pay the P185-million amortization on Cebu City’s South Road Properties (SRP) loan, city residents are treated to a sickening spectacle of Mayor Michael Rama and his…

DRUG TEST FOR ALL

Jose Santino S. Bunachita, Marc Eric Cosep 02/15/2016

With the elections barely three months away,  the Cebu City Office on Substance Abuse and Prevention (Cosap) has issued a challenge to candidates of all elective posts in the city: take a drug test. Dr. Alice Utlang,…

Mga bulay-og gyud kung di kabayad sa SRP loan

Lloyd Suarez 02/14/2016

Super Hirit Saludo ko sa lider nga makamao nga mopaubos kay diha sa pagka-mapaubsanon makita ang sinsiridad sa panerbisyo. Karon akong naobserbahan nga nalimot na ang taga BO-PK ug Team Rama nga importante kaayo ang pagpaubos kay…

‘WHERE IS RESPECT?’

Nestle L. Semilla 12/31/2015

Acting Cebu City Vice Mayor Archival hits  minority bloc for ‘usurpation’ council An exasperated Acting Vice Mayor Nestor Archival Sr. yesterday said the majority bloc is studying legal action against members who staged a two-day “takeover” of…

Vote power questioned; City Hall mulls reenacted budget

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 12/22/2015

CAN Cebu City reenact its annual budget and fall back on the current, much larger amount of P13.4 billion? The pros and cons of reenacting the budget after the City Council last week approved a slashed figure…

Archival eyes lower energy bills in City Hall in 60 days

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 12/17/2015

He’s only occupying  the post for two months, but acting Cebu City Vice Mayor Nestor Archival Sr.   said he wants to dramatically reduce power, water and street lighting bills to set an example of energy conservation as …

City Council’s inaction

Ricky Poca 12/07/2015

Last Wednesday, the BO-PK-dominated council still refused to act on the proposed Supplemental Budget 1 of the mayor despite the recent court ruling that said there is no conflict between the resolution and the ordinance. Apparently, just…

Budget stalled till 2016?

Editorial 11/12/2015

Cebu  City Mayor Michael Rama seems  more concerned with  the fate of the P2.8 billion Supplemental Budget 1 (SB1) than next year’s  P8.9 billion budget proposal. First, he’s   scaled down the proposed 2016 budget allegedly   to give…

Refilled butane canister bears ‘Type O’ campaign sticker

Marc Eric Cosep 11/06/2015

A REFILLED butane canister that allegedly bore a “Type O” sticker was bought by the Cebu City Disaster Risk Reduction Management Council yesterday.   CCDRRMC research and planning chief Harold Alcotin said he went to barangay Tejero…

‘Let’s follow a clear road map for Cebu’s growth’

11/06/2015

  An open letter to Cebu’s political leaders, present and future by Sabino  R. Dapat A concerned Cebuano With all the conundrum of the coming elections, we continue to hear about the squabble of local officials of…

Official: City garbage disposal more efficient

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 10/30/2015

A City Hall official said the increased  volume of  garbage in Cebu City shows “more efficiency of collection”, not  failure of the city’s solid waste management program. Since September, no city funds have been spent for  garbage…

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