Will it be Mike or Joey for Cebu City’s admin group?

Doris Bongcac and Delta Dyrecka Letigio 07/24/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Questions as to who will be the administration camp’s candidate for Cebu City mayor will already be answered in the next few days. An insider said that an “important” announcement will be made…

Mabatid: Distribution of aid to Mabolo residents a failure

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 04/09/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu City North District Councilor Prisca Niña Mabatid is taking over the distribution of relief goods in Barangay Mabolo after she claimed that the distribution by the barangay was a failure. Mabatid took…

Police files charges against lawyer, Cebu City councilor for posting unverified COVID-19 info

Alven Marie Timtim 03/30/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The police has filed the charges against Lawyer Rommel Rosito and Cebu City Councilor Niña Mabatid for posting separate unverified information about coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) patients. Rosito is facing charges for violating…

Mabatid hopes to be cleared as cops ready case against her

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 03/25/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu City Councilor Prisca Niña Mabatid hopes that the case the police will file against her will eventually be cleared as her intention to post the unverified information that three people died of…

Rama pushes for stricter privilege speech guidelines at the City Council

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 11/29/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Cebu City Council is considering to create stricter guidelines in the conduct of privilege speeches to protect the Sanggunian from controversial and possibly illegal or unethical use of the privilege speech. Vice…

Labella vows to stay impartial amidst internal issues in city hall, party

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 11/29/2019

TALISAY CITY, Cebu, Philippines—Cebu City Mayor Edgardo Labella said he will remain impartial as issues on sexual harassment in the City Hall is being investigated and as his own party mates in Barug PDP-Laban are engaged in…

Councilor Mabatid slams claims she tried ‘to fix’ sex harassment case against her ally

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 11/26/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu City Councilor Prisca Nina Mabatid has accused two of her partymates of harassing her and falsely accusing her of trying to convince three alleged victims of sexual harassment against a City Hall…

Labella to fly to Taiwan for Asian smart cities confab, leaves city’s reins to Rama

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 09/05/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu City Mayor Edgardo Labella will be representing Cebu City in a conference of Asian smart cities in Kaohsiung, Taiwan from September 6 to 11, 2019, leaving the city under the hands of…

Teacher, facing a libel case, arrested in Mandaue school

Benjie B. Talisic 07/01/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — A 42-year-old public school teacher, who is facing a libel case, got the shock of his life when police arrested him in school in Mandaue City at past noon on July 1. Levi…

Osmeña’s running mate also strips bare her office before leaving City Hall

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 07/01/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Former Cebu City Councilor Mary Anne delos Santos, who ran for vice mayor of the city alongside former Mayor Tomas Osmeña in the May 2019 elections, followed the former mayor’s footsteps and stripped…

Mabolo and Tisa to get new chiefs by July 1, incumbent captains to take council seats

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 06/26/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Two barangays in Cebu City will be having new barangay chiefs comes July 1 after their incumbent chiefs won as councilors in the recent May 13 elections. Incumbent Mabolo Barangay Captain Prisca Niña…

Rama calls for a cease-fire of Alcover-Mabatid online war

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 06/07/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu City Vice Mayor-elect Michael Rama, who is also Partido Barug head, is asking incumbent Councilor Pastor Alcover Jr., and incoming Councilor Prisca Niña Mabatid to stop throwing tirades against each other on social…

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