Council calls for stay in demolition at cemetery

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 07/23/2015

The Cebu City Council has asked for the suspension of the mayor’s plan to demolish  shanties of  40 families living near the Doña Pepang Cemetery. The removal should wait until the city provides a relocation site of…

Court ruling clears path for cemetery development

Ador Vincent S. Mayol, Jose Santino S. Bunachita 07/22/2015

The clearing of houses of around 40 families in front of the Doña Pepang Cemetery will push through, Cebu City Mayor Michael Rama said. The Regional Trial Court has struck down the petition of former mayor Tomas…

Court rejects Osmeña petition to stop cemetery closure

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 07/21/2015

The court turned down the petition of former Cebu City mayor Tomas Osmeña to stop the closure of the Doña Pepang Cemetery which City Hall plans to convert into a heritage park. In an order dated July…

Reconsider TRO bid on cemetery closure, Osmeña asks court

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 01/06/2015

Former Cebu City mayor and congressman Tomas Osmeña asked the court to reconsider an earlier ruling that rejected his petition for a temporary restraining order against the closure of  the Doña Pepang Cemetery. In a pleading filed…

Most families want remains to stay in Doña Pepang cemetery

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 12/01/2014

‘HONOR THE DEAD’ The relatives of 30 to 35 families whose loved ones were buried in the Doña Pepang Cemetery don’t want the remains to be transferred to another cemetery. “We want to retain the heritage and…

‘My father shouldn’t be treated like the others’

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 11/30/2014

Britta Borromeo-Navarro said she doesn’t want her father to be “one of the others.” Her father Raul Borromeo is among those interred into the Doña Pepang cemetery. They have their own family mausoleum and they want it…

Rama meets families living in cemetery today

Edison Delos Angeles 11/30/2014

Cebu City Mayor Michael Rama will present the city’s plan to develop the Doña Pepang cemetery in barangay Carreta, Cebu City into a public park to the owners of the mausoleums and the relatives of the dead…

Court rejects Osmeña bid to stop cemetery closure

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 11/29/2014

A Cebu City judge yesterday denied the plea of former Cebu City mayor and congressman Tomas Osmeña to stop the closure of the Doña Pepang Cemetery which City Hall plans to convert into a heritage park built…

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