DPS collects 480 tons of garbage in 12 hours; new collection hours set

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 07/02/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines —The Cebu City Department of Public Services (DPS) collected 480 tons of garbage from 2 p.m. of  Monday, July 1, 2019 to 2 a.m. of Tuesday, July 2, 2019, following the marching order of…

IN PHOTOS: Edgardo Labella is proclaimed new Cebu City mayor

Gerard Vincent Francisco 05/14/2019

Cebu City, Philippines—Cebu City Vice Mayor Edgardo Labella was proclaimed the new mayor of Cebu City on Tuesday afternoon, May 14, 2019, at the Social Hall of the of the Cebu City Hall here. Labella of Partido…

Osmeña: Illegal gambling business protected, financed by Garma

Delta Dyrecka Comendador 05/07/2019

Cebu City, Philippines—Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña claimed that the illegal gambling business in Cebu is protected and financed by Cebu City Police Director, Colonel Royina Garma, following the release of documents showing that Garma was allegedly…

Frenzied street partying

Izobelle T. Pulgo, Nestle L. Semilla 01/15/2017

Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña called in the Marines to help secure Juana Osmeña Street on Sunday after receiving reports that revelers attending a party hosted by a local radio station were again getting too rowdy. The…

Exempt ‘law-abiding’ gun owners from ban, Tom says

Ador Vincent S. Mayol, Inna Mejia 01/09/2017

If Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña had his way, he would allow licensed gun owners to carry their firearms outside their homes during the Sinulog celebration. That way, he said, those wishing to launch terror attacks will…

Tom: No Miss Cebu, Sinulog sa Kabataan sa Dakbayan next year

Inna Mejia 01/09/2017

THERE will still be no Miss Cebu pageant and Sinulog sa Kabataan sa Dakbayan in next year’s Sinulog festivities. Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña said that he was not considering the holding of the Miss Cebu next…

Tom to investigate business permit applications himself

Inna Mejia 01/07/2017

Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña is personally reviewing the business permit applications of three banks in Cebu City as he ordered the City Treasurer’s Office (CTO) not to process their renewals. He said East West Bank, Bank…

Council grants emergency powers to Osmeña

Morexette Erram 12/23/2016

Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña was granted authority by the Cebu City Council to use the unspent savings of last year worth P9 million pesos on hiring a private hauler to collect garbage and dump it into…

Cebu City to open a business permit office in Robinsons Galleria Cebu in 2017

John Carlo Villaruel 12/21/2016

Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña and Robinsons Land Regional operations manager Floramie Vega signed today a memorandum of agreement (MOA) that will allow the city government to operate a business permit office at Robinsons Galleria Cebu. Under…

The worrying trash at SRP

Cris Evert Lato-Ruffolo 12/18/2016

When John (not his real name) bought his condominium unit at the South Road Properties (SRP) in 2010, he had high hopes for the area, believing that it would soon be the next big real estate destination…

Hybrid train arrives, but no available route

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 12/14/2016

The hybrid electric road train from the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) arrived in Cebu City yesterday, but there’s no route big enough to accommodate it. Joel Yu, the point man of Cebu City Mayor Tomas…

The enemy

12/14/2016

We are just as surprised as anyone on hearing reports that our reporter Jose Santino Bunachita was bluntly told to “get out” by Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña during a news conference held yesterday. The mayor didn’t…

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