Solon to discuss Metro Cebu’s traffic problem

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 10/07/2016

THE House of Representatives transportation committee headed by Catanduanes Rep. Cesar V. Sarmiento will meet with businessmen, including transport industry stakeholders, today at the Waterfront Airport Hotel and Casino Inc. in Lapu-Lapu City for a public hearing.…

Some city scholars barred from entering condo

Margarette Managaytay 10/03/2016

Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña said yesterday the city’s scholars are required to submit an endorsement letter before they could enter the city’s dormitory. Some scholars from the mountain barangays sought the help of Vice Mayor Edgardo…

Osmeña eyes legalizing ‘habal-habal’

Margarette Managaytay 10/03/2016

CEBU City Mayor Tomas Osmeña said he will establish the “habal-habal” or motorcycles for hire as a legitimate industry in the city by tapping it to transport school children and hiring seniors to manage their terminals. “We…

Condo ‘problem’ reaches Cebu City Council

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 09/30/2016

A controversy resulting from what could be a case of miscommunication reached the attention of the Cebu City Council. It all started with a letter to Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña from Buot barangay captain Rosalina Callino…

WRIT OF KALIKASAN VS CITY DUMPSITE

Izobelle T. Pulgo, Jose Santino S. Bunachita 09/23/2016

To close or not to close the controversial Inayawan landfill will now be up to the Court of Appeals (CA) to decide. Making good on his promise to sue Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña over alleged violation…

BARANGAY WORKERS UNPAID

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 09/22/2016

Buddy Lopez, 54, has been struggling to make both ends meet for nearly four months now. Lopez is supposed to be gainfully employed as a member of Barangay Tisa’s Lupong Tagapamayapa, or an arbitrator for disputes among…

That Waze survey and the ‘Train to Busan’

Stephen D. Capillas 09/22/2016

Anyone who experienced Metro Cebu’s traffic, regardless of how horrible it may be to some, may still be surprised by the recent Waze survey that showed Metro Cebu’s roads, streets and traffic to be the most unfriendly…

30 city hall, barangay workers test positive for drugs

Margarette Managaytay 09/22/2016

THIRTY employees were found positive during the drug testing conducted at the Cebu City Hall and some barangays. Four of those who tested positive for drug use were barangay employees, while 26 were from the different departments…

Tomas confirms closure plans for Cebu City Zoo

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 09/19/2016

Cebu City residents may have to count the days until they bid goodbye to the 272 animals of the Cebu City Zoo. Most of them will be shipped to a planned zoo in Negros Oriental while the…

No Lakbay Aral trips for Cebu City Hall

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 09/19/2016

THERE won’t be any Lakbay Aral or out-of-town study trips for City Hall department heads and employees this year after Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña ordered that seminars and trainings be done in-house. “This administration adheres to…

Sue us, mayor dares firm, hauler

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 09/09/2016

CEBU City Mayor Tomas Osmeña said he would not pay the owner of the landfill in Consolacion and the private hauler, who transported the city’s garbage earlier this year. Osmeña, however, challenged them to sue the Cebu…

The legacy of Cebu’s ‘Grand Old Man’

Izobelle T. Pulgo 09/09/2016

The “grand young man ever of Cebu.” This interesting twist to Don Sergio Osmeña’s title as the “Grand Old Man of Cebu” came from one of his better known grandchildren, Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña, in a…

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