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Editorial 12/05/2016

PICKING THE TAB In keeping with his administration’s pledge of austerity, a mayor told reporters that his family spent for the catering services to guests who attended a special event last week. This was confirmed by one…

TRAGEDY IN DULJO

Nestle L. Semilla 12/02/2016

What was supposed to be the first day of the happiest month of the year turned into a tragedy as close to 3,000 people were left homeless, scrambling to make sense of how they will get through…

City Hall workers didn’t violate law, CSC says

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 11/17/2016

Cebu City Hall employees didn’t violate any law when they held a rally to protest the City Council’s deferment of Supplemental Budget (SB) in October last year, the regional Civil Service Commission (CSC-7) said yesterday. CSC acting…

Visiting graves as Citizen Mike

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 11/02/2016

For 15 years, former Cebu City mayor, Michael Rama was always busy visiting all cemeteries in Cebu City during All Saints’ Day and All Souls’ Day to check on crowd security and other concerns. Rama would be…

Mandaue-wide cleanup as dengue deaths rise

Norman V. Mendoza 10/24/2016

MANDAUE City Hall called on its residents to join a city-wide cleanup drive in tandem with the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) next week. In yesterday’s press conference, Mandaue City Mayor Luigi Quisumbing said he…

More reasons against reuse of Consolacion private dumpsite

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 10/12/2016

DESPITE recommendation from the Court of Appeals (CA) for Cebu City Hall to try and renegotiate with the private landfill in Consolacion town, Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña said it cannot go back dumping its waste there.…

‘Walk with the Force’ for little Jann

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag, Norman V. Mendoza 10/09/2016

FOR the sake of the barely two years old Jann Evou Alivio, some lawyers decided to become inter-galactic warriors. Around thirty individuals together with the six Star Wars characters joined the charity walk dubbed “Walk with the…

Pranksters scam restos using Cebu City officials names

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 09/23/2016

You can’t have your cake and eat it too,” says a popular American idiom used for expressing the impossibility of having something both ways. However, these days, unidentified pranksters seem to be having something both ways: a…

Osmeña’s City Hall office blessed

Nestle L. Semilla 07/21/2016

The office of Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña on the eighth floor of City Hall executive building was blessed yesterday. The ceremony was conducted by Fr. Raul Cabugao and attended by the mayor’s wife, Councilor Margarita “Margot”…

COA questions City Hall over unpaid loan

Nestle L. Semilla 07/09/2016

The Commission on Audit (COA) has questioned the Cebu City government over its failure to settle a loan with the National Housing Authority (NHA). COA said the P2-million loan received by the city from the Local Housing…

City lawyers barred from private practice

Nestle L. Semilla 07/07/2016

CEBU City Legal Officer Joseph Bernaldez wanted to seek audience with Mayor Tomas Osmeña to clarify his recent order prohibiting city hall lawyers from pursuing private practice. In a memorandum dated July 1, Osmeña ordered all employees…

City Hall questioned on P14M honoraria

Nestle L. Semilla 07/04/2016

THE Commission on Audit (COA) questioned the Cebu City government’s allocation of P14 million honoraria for the members of 38 commissions and committees in Cebu City Hall. The honoraria allocation is one of 54 deficiencies that state…

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