LIVE UPDATES: Transition of power at Cebu Provincial Capitol

06/30/2025

Cebu, Philippines — Cebu Governor-elect Pam Baricuatro will be reporting for her first day at the Provincial Capitol today, Monday, June 30, 2025. The governorship will be Baricuatro’s first venture into politics after defeating incumbent Governor Gwendolyn…

Gwen, Pam trade barbs over Capitol’s Legislative Building use

By Morexette Marie B. Erram 06/26/2025

CEBU CITY, Philippines – The “war of words” between incoming Cebu Governor Pamela Baricuatro and outgoing Governor Gwendolyn Garcia continues, this time over the use of the Provincial Legislative Building. On Wednesday, June 25, Baricuatro took to…

Gwen recognized by PB as Pam holds thanksgiving party

Morexette Marie B. Erram 06/24/2025

CEBU CITY, Philippines — With less than a week before the official turnover of leadership at the Cebu Provincial government, two contrasting events unfolded on Monday, June 24, reflecting the shift in power between outgoing Governor Gwendolyn…

Gwen Garcia excited to end term on June 30

Pia Piquero 06/21/2025

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Outgoing Cebu Governor Gwendolyn Garcia says she is finally looking forward to something she hasn’t done in over two decades, and that is “thinking of herself.” In her speech at the R’ Cebu…

Gwen Garcia defends trust funds, slams critics for ‘colored biases’

Pia Piquero 06/20/2025

CEBU CITY, Philippines – You don’t run for public office just to be called “honorable” or to go viral on TikTok. This was the stinging message of outgoing Cebu Governor Gwendolyn Garcia as she fired back at…

Gwen Garcia locks in Suroy Suroy Sugbo funding before exit

Pia Piquero 06/18/2025

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Just weeks before stepping down, Cebu Governor Gwendolyn Garcia has ordered the creation of trust funds for several provincial government programs, including her flagship tourism campaign, Suroy Suroy Sugbo. Garcia signed Memorandum No.…

Baricuatro asks Comelec to dismiss Gwen’s protest, calls it ‘baseless’

Pia Piquero 06/17/2025

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Governor-elect Pamela “Pam” Baricuatro’s legal team has filed a formal response before the Commission on Elections (Comelec), seeking the outright dismissal of the election protest lodged by outgoing Cebu Governor Gwendolyn Garcia. In…

Gwen Garcia found guilty of indirect contempt for defying Ombudsman suspension

Pia Piquero 06/13/2025

CEBU CITY, Philippines – The Office of the Ombudsman has found outgoing Cebu Governor Gwendolyn Garcia guilty of indirect contempt for refusing to heed a preventive suspension order issued against her last April. It imposed a P30,000…

Cebu: ‘People power’ if transition stalls, Pam warns Gwen

Pia Piquero 06/12/2025

CEBU CITY, Philippines – A peaceful transition is expected. But if it doesn’t happen, expect the people to speak up, possibly in the streets. Governor-elect Pamela “Pam” Baricuatro said the formal turnover of power at the Capitol…

BREAKING: Gwen files electoral protest

Morexette Marie B. Erram 06/03/2025

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Outgoing Cebu Gov. Gwendolyn Garcia has not accepted her defeat during the May 12 polls. Garcia on Tuesday, June 3, announced that she has filed an election protest, questioning the results of the…

Pam Baricuatro hits Gwen for delaying transition proceedings

Pia Piquero 05/31/2025

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Governor-elect Pamela “Pam” Baricuatro on Friday accused outgoing Cebu Governor Gwendolyn Garcia of stalling the transition process at the Capitol. She said the lack of cooperation from the current Capitol leadership is fueling…

Durano hits Gwen’s ‘self-promoting’ Capitol tourism shows

Pia Piquero 05/23/2025

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu Province’s flagship tourism programs are set for a major overhaul. Former Tourism Secretary Ace Durano criticized the Capitol’s Pasigarbo sa Sugbo and Suroy-Suroy Sugbo events, branding them as “more about self-promotion than…

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