Cebu City joins ASEAN Landmark Lighting Ceremony

Chris Ligan 08/08/2017

Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmena and his wife, Councilor Margarita Osmena, led the ASEAN Landmark Lighting Ceremony at the Fort San Pedro, Plaza Independencia at 6 pm on Tuesday. The event is part of the celebration of…

Osmeña says putting BRT on hold meant to favor Dino

Inna Gian Mejia 08/07/2017

“Political, if not graft.” This was how Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña described the decision of the National Economic Development Authority (NEDA) to temporarily halt the implementation of the P16.9 billion Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) project to…

Oops! 2017 Sinulog Festival Queen pageant emcees did a Steve Harvey

Morexette Erram 01/13/2017

The emcees in the 2017 Sinulog Festival Queen pageant did a Steve Harvey. It felt like a Miss Universe moment following a mix-up in the announcement of winners when emcees Vince Escario and 2014 Miss Earth Jamie…

Tom O. charges BDO for alleged tax fraud

Izobelle T. Pulgo 01/04/2017

Cebu Mayor Tomas Osmeña has filed a complaint before the Office of the City Prosecutor, claiming that Banco de Oro – Magallanes Branch has committed “tax fraud”. Osmeña said that BDO-Magallanes declared a gross annual revenue of…

Special session for city’s garbage issue moved to Friday

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 01/04/2017

The special session to tackle the Cebu City’s garbage problem has been postponed to Friday morning, January 6. Vice Mayor Edgardo Labella made the announcement on Wednesday morning after learning that a lot of the city councilors…

Meds delivered at your doorsteps

Inna Mejia 11/10/2016

While Cebu City council questioned the plans of the Osmeña administration of hiring additional job order employees to aid in city’s new program, Mayor Tomas Osmeña said he believed the city could eventually save for hospitalization and…

Tomas assures more employees for BPO firms

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 11/10/2016

CEBU City will continue to improve its programs to accommodate the growing needs of the business process outsourcing (BPO) industry, Mayor Tomas Osmeña said yesterday. “We’re putting programs to make Cebu City the number one host of…

SHUT IT DOWN

Izobelle T. Pulgo 10/20/2016

First, there was the stench. Then, there were the flies. This was the scene that greeted Environment Secretary Regina “Gina” Lopez when she visited the Inayawan Landfill located in Barangay Inayawan, Cebu City to see for herself…

Sacrifice and reasonable compromise

Stephen D. Capillas 10/20/2016

  Overheard on the radio, an elderly listener weigh in on Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña’s proposal to ban private car use in one of two Cebu bridges during peak hours in favor of buses to fetch…

Legitimizing habal-habal

10/06/2016

We take at face value Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña’s proposal to legitimize the operation of habal-habal (motorcycle-for-hire) units if only to provide yet another mass transport alternative to Cebu City residents. In pushing for the establishment…

Labella: local govt code provides that vice mayor will act as mayor in the absence of the latter

Nestle L. Semilla 07/22/2016

Even without any appointment made by Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña, Vice Mayor Edgardo Labella will take over as acting mayor from July 23 to July 28. In an interview Friday morning, Cebu City Vice Mayor Edgardo…

Tomas wants to open up Camp Lapu, build flyovers

Nestle L. Semilla 07/15/2016

Opening Camp Lapu-Lapu to the riding public and building 10 flyovers and underpasses are just some of the plans disclosed by Mayor Tomas Osmeña to decongest traffic in Cebu City. But the mayor declined to elaborate on…

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