Council calls city-wide consultation

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 10/18/2017

Operators of shopping malls and grocery stores have been asked by the Cebu City Council to comment on a proposal to expand the implementation of the plastic ban ordinance from only two days to already four days…

Cebu City Council commends UC for ‘unprecented’ feat

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 10/10/2017

UNIVERSITY of Cebu’s (UC) latest feat did not go unnoticed. A day after the Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) released results of the 2017 Naval Architect and Marine Engineer Licensure Examination (NAMELE), the top honors of which were…

Lapu council questions President’s choice for councilor

Norman V. Mendoza 09/27/2017

THE Lapu-Lapu City Council filed a resolution asking the Liberal Party (LP) to verify the status of lawyer Jennifer Tan Dungog who was appointed City Councilor by President Rodrigo Duterte. Councilor Gregorio Paquibot Jr. filed the resolution,…

FIGHT FOR MAJORITY

Chris A. Ligan, Morexette B. Erram, USJ-R Intern Kristine Remolisan 09/26/2017

Andales wants Zafra to step down from Cebu City Council Is Tisa Barangay Captain Philip Zafra still authorized to sit as ex-officio member of the Cebu City Council? Cebu City Councilor Sisinio Andales on Tuesday questioned the…

Rama camp vows to retake council majority

USJ-R Intern Rosalie O. Abatayo 09/22/2017

WITH Presidential Assistant to the Visayas Michael Dino on their side, Cebu City councilors affiliated with Barug Team Rama hope to see a new majority in the council with their nomination of Renato “Junjun” Osmeña Jr. to…

Mayor’s nephew nominated to assume council seat

Chris Ligan, Jose Santino S. Bunachita 09/21/2017

  A NEPHEW of Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña was nominated by former vice president and United Nationalist Coalition (UNA) chairman Jejomar Binay as the replacement of former city councilor Nendell Hanz Abella. Renato Osmeña accepted the…

RAMA, COMEBACK KID?

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 09/15/2017

Former mayor floated to replace Abella in City Council Is the political comeback of former Cebu City mayor Michael Rama going to be earlier than expected? Some barangay officials in Cebu City reportedly wanted the former mayor…

Council wants names of politicos who hired him

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 09/05/2017

MERCADER ADMISSION THE Cebu City Council has joined calls for deeper investigation into the statements of self-confessed hitman Jinnefer Mercader that he was hired by politicians as a gunman in 2004. During their regular session yesterday afternoon,…

Losing partymates eyed to replace Abella in City Council

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 09/01/2017

BARUG TEAM RAMA CHOICE Barug Team Rama candidates in the south district of Cebu City, who lost in last year’s elections may be recommended by the party to replace Councilor Nendell Hanz Abella who is set to…

National Nutrition Council reminds people on healthy eating habits

Futch Anthony Inso, Visayas State University Intern Angenette Jugan 07/27/2017

  THE National Nutrition Council in Central Visayas (NNC-7) revealed in a forum on Tuesday that even though the region has enough food supply, it has been beset by problem of poor nutrition because people prefer to…

Council approves P700M budget

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 07/25/2017

THE Cebu City Council approved a P716.5-million Supplemental Budget (SB) proposed by Mayor Tomas Osmeña. The approval came amid questions raised by some members of the opposition, Barug Team Rama bloc. Councilor Raymond Garcia questioned the inclusion…

BO-PK dominates council committees

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 07/25/2017

THE Bando Osmeña–Pundok Kauswagan (BO-PK) has completed its takeover of the majority bloc of the Cebu City Council. Three weeks after the group attempted to take all standing and special committees in the city, they finally set…

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