Team Rama chiefs mull filing case against Margot

Nestle L. Semilla 10/14/2017

THE 47 barangay captains allied with Barug Team Rama are planning to file counter charges against Cebu City Councilor Margarita “Margot” Osmeña after the Office of the Ombudsman cleared them of the criminal and administrative complaints filed…

Margot opens up on life, career, advocacies

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 05/02/2016

(CONCLUSION) Was there ever a point that you thought of quitting? No, because I made an oath. Sometimes, but it goes away. Sometimes you can think, as long as you don’t do it. Like how many times…

ALL OR NOTHING

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 02/13/2016

Will Cebu City officials set aside politics and together address the P185-million payable on Feb. 20 to avoid paying millions of pesos in penalties? As of yesterday, no resolution was in sight. Cebu City Mayor Michael Rama…

Dizon resigns as council fails to override veto

Marc Eric Cosep 02/11/2016

CEBU City Councilor Alvin Dizon gave up his post as chairman of the housing committee after the Cebu City Council failed to override the veto of then-acting mayor Edgardo Labella of the ordinance providing a one-year moratorium…

SRP loan payment due in 9 days, still no budget

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 02/11/2016

Nine days from now, Cebu City Hall has to pay around P180 million to the Land Bank of the Philippines (LBP) as amortization for the city’s loan on the South Road Properties (SRP). But the problem is…

SLIM BUDGET GETS SLASHED

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 12/19/2015

Zero outlay for motor vehicles, SRP master plan, asphalting With its budget severely slashed to P6.4 billion, the Cebu city government will have to operate with many outlays that were  reduced or given “zero” allocations. In a…

P1.5B drainage fund still unused

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 12/05/2015

Cebu City Hall has a P1.5 billion budget for drainage projects this year but the amount hasn’t been spent. This was pointed out by Councilor Margarita “Margot” Osmeña during the last day of  marathon budget hearings for…

Osmeña: Probe use of city aid

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 11/12/2015

Based on an opinion by the Department of Budget and Management (DBM),  an P800 million  lumpsum for  aid to Cebu City barangays last year became  “inoperative” with Mayor Michael Rama’s veto. With this,  Cebu City Councilor Margot…

Two media personalities to run for Cebu City councilors post in 2016

Nestle L. Semilla 10/10/2015

Two Cebu media personalities are running for councilors in Cebu City this 2016 elections under the Bando Osmeña Pundok Kauswagan (BO-PK). Print journalist Garry Lao and broadcast personality Malou Tabar’s plans to run for the councilorial posts…

Mayor Rama: I won’t beg Council to approve budget

Doris C. Bongcac, Jose Santino S. Bunachita 10/09/2015

Work resumed at Cebu City Hall yesterday, a day after over 1,000 employees crowded Plaza Sugbu to protest against delays in the passage of the P2.8 billion Supplemental Budget 1 by the City  Council. But some employees…

BUDGET STILL STUCK

Jhunnex Napallacan, Jose Santino S. Bunachita, Juli Ann M. Sibi 10/08/2015

Cebu City Council sits on P2.8 billion budget Garbage trucks loaded with stinky trash parked close to City Hall. A crowd of city government employees in white T-shirts and black armbands filled the Plaza Sugbu by 7…

Margot questions P18K for advisor

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 03/23/2015

For P18,000 a month, former Cebu City councilor Edwin Jagmoc attended meetings, flag-raising ceremonies, launchings and other social activities of Cebu City Hall. Jagmoc’s list of “accomplishments” puzzled Councilor Margot Osmeña, who heads the City Council’s budget…

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