Osmeñas to vacation in Japan

Nestle L. Semilla 07/21/2016

CEBU City Mayor Tomas Osmeña and his wife Councilor Margot Osmeña will travel to Japan with their family this week to celebrate their birthdays. The mayor’s birthday is on July 26 while his wife’s birthday comes a…

Tomas, Mega Cebu and accountability

Stephen D. Capillas 07/21/2016

Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña’s decision to get the city out of the Mega Cebu project may be viewed as parochial by his critics, but to those who know him well enough, it wasn’t unexpected as he…

Margot opens up on life, career, advocacies

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 05/01/2016

  (First of 2 parts) When choosing what college course to take, Margarita “Margot” Osmeña only had three criteria– minimum math, no accounting and no thesis. So she chose to take up International Studies. Decades later, Councilor…

Margot Osmeña can end up as acting mayor

Doris C. Bongcac, Jhunnex Napallacan 04/10/2016

COUNCILOR Margot Osmeña could end up as the acting mayor of Cebu City should the Commission on Elections (Comelec) allow the implementation of the Malacañang order to suspend Mayor Michael Rama, Vice Mayor Edgar Labella and 12…

Cebu City allots P15.8M for polls

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 03/30/2016

THE Cebu City Council approved a P15.8-million allocation for the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to fund, among others, the training of election inspectors. In yesterday’s regular session, the council approved a resolution by Councilor Margot Osmeña charging…

Thousands attend Mass for feast of Virgin of Guadalupe

Ador Vincent S. Mayol, Nestle L. Semilla 12/13/2015

Thousands of people trooped to barangay Guadalupe in Cebu City yesterday to celebrate the feast of Cebu’s patroness. In a Mass he presided, Cebu Archbishop Jose Palma urged the faithful to turn to Mary and to never…

Carillo lobbies for approval of solo parents’ aid budget

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 12/05/2015

Cebu City Councilor Gerardo Carillo asked the  City Council to include a  P40 million budget next year for the solo parents program which he authored. He said it should be implemented next year, and not  by 2022…

CEBU CITY EYES ‘BIGGEST’ BONUS

Jose Santino S. Bunachita and Doris C. Bongcac 12/04/2015

Despite the budget war in the Cebu City Council,  legislators may still agree to give a Christmas bonus to city employees and officials at P30,000 each. If it’s approved, the cash incentive would be the biggest yearend…

Nearly half of dev’t fund unspent

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 12/02/2015

ALMOST half of the approved budget for Cebu City’s Local Development Fund (LDF) remained unspent. A total of  P271.7 million out of the approved P586.6 million budget for LDF this year was  not used. “This was already…

Council questions P240M peace and order budget

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 11/24/2015

CEBU City Hall’s executive department is seeking a P240-million budget for its Peace and Order Program (POP) for next year. But opposition councilors under the Bando Osmeña-Pundok Kauswagan (BO-PK) said the bulk of this year’s budget for…

BO-PK blocks budget for 5th time; Offer to post bond nixed

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 11/05/2015

FOR the fifth time, the Cebu City Council voted against acting on a P2.8-billion supplemental budget that includes outlays for garbage tipping fees and wiping out foreign loan payments for the South Road Properties. The Bando Osmena-Pundok…

Cebu City Council still won’t pass extra budget

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 10/22/2015

For the third time, the majority bloc of the Cebu City Council turned down a move to deliberate on the proposed P2.8-billion supplemental budget 1 (SB1). By next week, the Council is expected to decide whether to…

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