No arrest order, only security for City Hall personnel: Santos

06/29/2016

THERE was no order issued by Cebu City Acting Mayor Margot Osmeña to arrest the barangay officials who refused to return their city-issued vehicles for inventory, Cebu City police chief Senior Supt. Benjamin Santos Jr. said yesterday.…

Roxas thanks Cebuanos for support

Carmel Loise Matus 06/28/2016

LIBERAL Party presidential bet Mar Roxas said he will attend the oath taking of Vice President-elect Leni Robredo. “Isa tayo sa mga kababayan na natutuwa sa pagkapanalo ni Leni (I am one of those that were happy…

Council takes out ‘unnecessary’ appropriations, approves P5.8 B budget

Nestle L. Semilla 06/28/2016

The Cebu City Council has approved P5.8 billion annual budget for 2016 in a special session held Tuesday afternoon. This is P200 million lesser than the second revised P6 billion budget proposed by the Acting Cebu City…

Inayawan landfill to open this week

Nestle L. Semilla 06/28/2016

Outgoing Cebu City Councilor Nida Cabrera confirmed that the Inayawan sanitary landfill will be reopened anytime this week. She said the Cebu City government complied with requirements set by the Environmental Management Bureau (EMB) to reopen the…

Seven remaining barangay captains give back vehicles

Nestle L. Semilla 06/27/2016

The tug-of-war between Acting Cebu City Mayor Margarita “Margot” Osmeña and village chiefs over city-issued vehicles that had been ordered recalled by Osmeña came to an end yesterday after all seven barangay captains who continued to resist…

Margot won’t withdraw charges against village chiefs

Nestle L. Semilla 06/27/2016

Acting Cebu City Mayor Margot Osmeña told reporters in a press conference on Monday that she won’t withdraw the case filed against the seven barangay chairpersons of Cebu City even if they already returned the city-issued vehicles.…

Labangon councilman told: Show trip tickets

Rabboni Centino Borbon 06/24/2016

LABANGON Barangay Councilman Rodolfo Tabasa is given two days to prove that he used his city-issued Toyota Hilux for emergency purposes only. “The GSO (General Services Office) found out that there were no trip tickets so he…

Group slams CCMC stop work order

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 06/24/2016

CEBU City Acting Mayor Margarita Osmeña should have also considered the relevance of the Cebu City Medical Center (CCMC) to the large sector of the population in Cebu City as one of the parameters in deciding whether…

Mambaling families pray for demolition reprieve

06/24/2016

Close to 1, 000 individuals from Sitio Tangke in Barangay Mambaling in Cebu Cityrisk losing their homes with the issuance of a writ of demolition against them. Affected families flocked to the Cebu City Hall on Friday…

One more chief folds under pressure

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 06/23/2016

AND then there were six. Sambag 1 Barangay Captain Lemar Alcover decided to return his Cebu City government-issued service vehicle to the General Services Office (GSO) yesterday, despite the assurance of suspended Mayor Michael Rama that he…

Osmeña to scrap 2016 budget; City Hall workers’ bonus now in limbo

Nestle L. Semilla 06/21/2016

THE mid-year bonus due to Cebu City government employees will remain in limbo until City Hall can find where to source the money, Acting Mayor Margarita “Margot” Osmeña said yesterday. The decision of the four-man city council…

Probe head quits post, but stays as market administrator

Romayne Danielle Rivera 06/21/2016

THE head of Cebu City’s Prevention, Restoration, Orderly, Beautification, and Enhancement (PROBE) team tendered her resignation on Tuesday. Raquel Bohol-Arce said she wanted to allow Mayor-elect Tomas Osmeña to pick someone he trusts to lead the office…

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