Cortes to deliver his last SOCA today

Melissa Q. Cabahug 08/26/2015

Mandaue City Mayor Jonas Cortes will deliver his last State of the City Address (SOCA) at 3 p.m. today at the Mandaue City Sports Complex. He will review the achievements of his more than eight years as…

Mary Ann joins BO-PK

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 08/21/2015

Cebu City Councilor Mary Ann De los Santos officially confirmed that she has joined the Bando Osmena-Pundok Kauswagan (BOPK) camp at the Lahug barangay hall. Tarpaulins with the message “We are OK” flanked by the images of…

Mary Ann to announce switch to BO-PK today

Doris C. Bongcac, Jose Santino S. Bunachita 08/21/2015

Cebu City Councilor Mary Ann delos Santos will announce today that she has joined the  Bando Osmeña-Pundok Kauswagan (BO-PK) of former Cebu City mayor Tomas Osmeña. The formal announcement will be made at the Lahug barangay hall…

Mandaue City threatens to close abattoir anew

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 08/20/2015

Mandaue City is again going after Cebu City’s slaughterhouse which is located within Mandaue City. Mandaue City Treasurer Regal Oliva sent a final demand letter, asking Cebu City to secure a mayor’s business permit for the slaughterhouse.…

Those SRP deals

08/19/2015

It’s quite tragic that the South Road Properties (SRP) is being used as a political tool and issue by contending local parties, whose different visions of Cebu City’s centerpiece real estate project threaten to undermine whatever gains…

PJ Garcia moves voter’s registration to Dumanjug, 7th district

Victor Anthony V. Silva 08/14/2015

Former Cebu third district congressman Pablo John “PJ” Garcia is now a registered voter in Dumanjug town, south Cebu, which qualifies him to run for Cebu’s new 7th district once the district bill is signed into law.…

Rama: I got the checks

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 08/14/2015

Mayor Rama collects P6.7-B downpayment for SRP lots Cebu City Hall is now P6.7 billion richer, thanks to the downpayment made for  two lots in the South Road Properties (SRP), said  Cebu City Mayor Michael Rama. Where…

The Big 3 should rise above it

08/11/2015

Has Cebu City Mayor Michael Rama outsmarted the City Council? He seems quite happy with the results of his lightning trip to Manila, where he handcarried notices of award for the highest bidders for two lots of…

Now there are three

Ricky Poca 08/11/2015

Last Saturday, the political party One Cebu announced that Winston F. Garcia may be its   candidate for governor in 2016. Cebu now has three personalities who have declared their interest to run for the post:  incumbent governor…

Game of polls

08/06/2015

It was simply convenient for President Benigno Aquino III to sound off a call to Congress to pass the anti-dynasty bill so he could sign it into law before he leaves office. Maybe he’s confident that his…

Presidential anointing

Jobers R. Bersales 08/06/2015

Why do I have a nagging feeling that Mar Roxas will follow the fate that befell Jose de Venecia in the 1998 presidential elections? That election was won by popular movie star Joseph Estrada. De Venecia was…

Ortiz was a ‘model of public service’

08/06/2015

A Mass and memorial  service  were held yesterday in City Hall for the late Cebu City mayor Mario Diez Ortiz who served as chief executive in 1963. Four of his children—Danilo, Jerome, Edwin and Julie Marie—and  11…

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