Houses near Doña Pepang cemetery to be cleared

Ador Vincent S. Mayol, Jose Santino S. Bunachita 07/28/2015

Clearing of the houses near the Doña Pepang Cemetery will proceed this week, following the court’s denial of a petition to stop the demolition. For the third time, former Cebu City mayor Tomas Osmeña lost in his…

Doña Pepang cemetery residents ask for reblocking, not demolition

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 01/26/2015

About 35 families living near the Doña Pepang cemetery appealed to the Cebu City government to spare their homes from demolition. In a meeting at Cebu City Hall last Friday, the families and barangay officials of barangay…

‘No cause for petition vs development plans’

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 11/26/2014

What is there to prohibit when nothing had been done yet? This was asked by Cebu City Legal Officer Jerone Castillo in reaction to the petition for prohibition and injunction filed in court by former south district…

Osmeña asks court to stop City Hall from evicting the dead in old city cemetery

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 11/26/2014

‘KEEP OFF DOÑA PEPANG’ Respect the dead. Tomas Osmeña,  former mayor and congressman of Cebu City, said this as he sought the court’s intervention to stop his arch-rival, Mayor Michael Rama, from shutting down the Doña Pepang…

Tomas wants to set record straight; Rama insists documents don’t lie

Doris C. Bongcac, Jose Santino S. Bunachita 11/26/2014

Tomas Osmena said he haled Cebu City Mayor Michael Rama to court to correct the misimpression that it was he – during his time as the city’s mayor —  who  planned the conversion of the Doña Pepang…

Cemetery settlers to move out before this month

Doris C. Bongcac 11/23/2014

About 37 families living inside the Doña Pepang cemetery in barangay Carreta in Cebu City will be relocated to neighboring barangay Tejero before the end of this month, Cebu City Hall’s Department for the Welfare of Urban…

Cemetery in lot swap agreement

Doris C. Bongcac 11/02/2014

DOÑA Pepang cemetery, where the Osmeña Mausoleum is located, occupies a  9,282 square meter lot in barangay Carreta in Cebu City. The property used to be owned by the Cebu Archdiocese. On January 2011, the Cebu City…

Doña Pepang cemetery to be closed, made a park

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 11/02/2014

For nearly a century, members of the Ruiz family have been laid to rest in the Doña Pepang Cemetery in Carreta, Cebu City. By the end of the month, surviving clan members will have to transfer all…

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