The majority senators did not show up to the plenary session for a second time on Tuesday, Sen. Migz Zubiri said.…
MANILA, Philippines – Senator Francis Pangilinan on Monday said his decision to join the Senate majority bloc was primarily driven by the urgent need to address the country’s food crisis and secure the chairpersonship of the Committee on…
CEBU CITY, Philippines — Minority Floor Leader Sisinio Andales said he was caught off guard by the formation on the presence of a majority bloc in the newly convened 17th Cebu City Council. He is questioning the…
Aware of distractions and forewarned of disruptions, the natural question is “What then?” I have frequently over the last two decades stated my conclusion that we are vulnerable, individually and collectively, to external forces and influences proportionate…
A fundamental difference between the democracy we had prior to martial law, and the democracy restored after the fall of the dictatorship, is that the rule of the majority was replaced with the rule of the…
CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu City Mayor Edgardo Labella encouraged his party mates, who are now the majority of the Cebu City Council, to perform well and to never take advantage of their position as majority in…
CEBU CITY, Philippines — “Stay tuned.” This is Cebu City Vice Mayor Michael Rama’s advice to the public as he hints about several changes in the 15th Sangguniang Panlungsod on its inaugural session on Tuesday, July 2.…
CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Cebu City’s new administration party, Partido Barug-PDP Laban, has new hopes that soon the party will be getting the majority of the Cebu City Council following the Commission on Election (Comelec) en…
Cebu City gov’t takes over management of night market; new policies implemented At least two-thirds of the estimated 100 to 200 vendors at the Cebu City night market, who are not Cebu City constituents, may only have…
NOW that he has secured the majority in the highly divisive city council, Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña announced his plans to reintroduce the P18-billion Kawit Island Property project which was junked last May. Osmeña made the…
Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña expressed concern on his plan to secure the majority of the seats in the council. Reports of a massive vote-buying among barangay captains in the city have circulated in time for the…
The fight for the majority in the Cebu City Council continues as Bando Osmeña – Pundok Kauswagan (BOPK) and opposition Barug Team Rama- PDP Laban scramble for seats that could tilt the numbers in their favor. Former…
