Archival announces: I will run for Cebu City Mayor in 2025

Pia Piquero 08/01/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Cebu City North Councilor Nestor Archival Sr. officially accepted the challenge of former Mayor Tomas Osmeña for the former to run for mayor of the city in the 2025 midterm elections. Archival will…

Osmeña says local gov’t has no control over CPA

Niña Mae C. Oliverio 03/20/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Former Cebu City mayor Tomas “Tom” Osmeña has something to say with regard to the matter between the Cebu Port Authority and the Cebu City government at present. In an interview with reporters,…

Osmeña criticizes Rama’s plan to remove all Cebu City skywalks

Pia Piquero 03/16/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines — “The idea of destroying all the skywalks is a reflection of Rama’s incompetence.” This was the response of former Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña to City Mayor Michael Rama’s recent announcement of plans…

Osmeña hits Labella on ‘overpriced’ relief goods

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 05/07/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Former Cebu City mayor, Tomas Osmeña, has questioned the procurement documents of the city government showing the prices of relief goods being above the price freeze set by the Department of Trade and…

DBM declares Cebu City’s P2.5-B supplemental budget 2 operative

Irene R. Sino Cruz 11/12/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Despite strong opposition from seven councilors to disapprove the P2.5 billion supplemental budget 2, the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) declared that it is “operative in its entirety.” The supplemental budget, which…

Dumpit’s ex-wife: I paid funeral expenses, not Tomas Osmeña

Rosalie Abatayo 11/02/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — He onced lived under the moniker “super cop” for running after criminals in this part of the country. But there was nothing “super” or grand in Senior Police Officer 1 Adonis Dumpit’s grave…

Court summons Cebu City Council to answer Osmeña’s SRP lot sale complaint

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 09/17/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Cebu City Council has received a summon from the court to answer the petition for declaratory relief with prayer for preliminary injunction that was filed by former mayor Tomas Osmeña in relation to…

As PCSO head, Garma visits Barangay Carreta, the controversial site of ‘police brutality’ video

Benjie Talisic 07/25/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines―Three months ago, former Cebu City Police Officer Director Royina Garma was the image of an irked official who said that she will file a cyber libel case against the common-law wife of drug suspect,…

Cebu City Legal Office to Osmeña: ‘No, you can’t restore the Mayor’s Office’

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 07/23/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines―The City Legal Office said that they will not allow former mayor Tomas Osmeña to continue with the “restoration” of the Mayor’s Office. Lawyer Rey Gealon, the city legal officer, said that Osmeña’s request is…

Rama orders takeover of garbage collection in 3 BO-PK bailiwicks

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 02/29/2016

Cebu City Mayor Michael Rama said the sight of uncollected garbage compelled him to order a takeover of the garbage collection systems in  barangays Guadalupe, Labangon and Tejero. “I would like to be very clear. Starting today,…

‘Time heals all wounds’

Doris C. Bongcac, Edison Delos Angeles, Jose Santino S. Bunachita 06/24/2015

  Could talks between former rivals  lead to ‘M and M’ tandem? Former mayor Tomas Osmeña last June 22, tuesday confirmed  that he sat down with former rival Mary Ann delos Santos last Friday to discuss a…

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