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CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu City Mayor Michael Rama is planning to launch a heritage walk to some of Cebu City’s old and historic cemeteries, which he called “Gabii sa Kagikan.” In his message after the regular…
A visionary leader. This was how Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña remembered his father, former Sen. Sergio “Serging” Osmeña Jr. who would have turned 100 years old on Sunday. “We pay tribute to people like Serging Osmeña.…
A team from City Hall took down anti-Rama streamers mounted in barangay Capitol Site, Mahiga in barangay Mabolo and the Doña Pepang Cemetery in barangay Tejero. The removal is part of Acting Mayor Edgardo Labella’s Dec. 23…
The Division for the Welfare of the Urban Poor (DWUP) of Cebu City assured that the remains at the Doña Pepang Cemetery will not be moved out but will be transferred to a bone chamber. Yesterday, DWUP…
Shanties in the marketplace fronting the Doña Pepang Cemetery were torn down yesterday by a City Hall demolition crew a day earlier than its original schedule. “The island where the market place used to be was a…
Cebu City’s demolition team failed to demolish two structures in Doña Pepang cemetery in barangay Tejero yesterday after former Cebu City mayor Tomas Osmeña and his lawyer, Benjamin Militar, intervened. Osmeña, who is also a former Cebu…
Thout the demolition of houses at Doña Pepang cemetery was well underway, the Cebu City Council still passed a resolution asking Mayor Michael Rama to suspend it until a relocation site for the settlers is found. In…
Any demolition of homes in Cebu City should be cleared first with the city’s housing board before it is enforced, Cebu City Councilor Alvin Dizon said. The councilor drafted an ordinance requiring national government and City Hall…
Several settlers in the Doña Pepang Cemetery protested in front of City Hall yesterday saying their relocation site remains a question. “Why were our homes demolished when there is still no relocation site for us? When we…
Nine houses fronting the Doña Pepang Cemetery were demolished by Cebu City Hall to pave the way for its plan to convert it into a heritage park. Edgar Quiñones, spokesman of the Doña Pepang Osmeña Mausoleum Homeowners…
COLUMBARIES or vaults to contain ashes of the dead will replace sites occupied by settlers in the Doña Pepang Cemetery in Cebu City. “The clearing of the houses and the construction of the columbary will be the…
Former Cebu City mayor Tomas Osmeña expressed disgust over plans of Mayor Michael Rama to evict residents inside cemetery to pave way for a public park. During the court hearing, Osmeña told Judge Alexander Acosta of the…
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