Palarong Pambansa 2024: Suspended Mayor Rama vows to be present

Ferlyn Batiancila 06/28/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Suspended Cebu City Mayor Michael Rama announced he would be present during the Palarong Pambansa 2024 despite being preventively suspended. In a press conference on June 27, Rama announced his involvement. He stated…

Rama files motion to lift suspension order against him

Pia Piquero 05/31/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Suspended Cebu City Mayor Michael Rama and his legal team have filed a  motion before the Office of the Ombudsman to lift the suspension order against him and seven other city hall officials.…

CPA condemns Cebu City officials who ‘forcibly’ entered port

Pia Piquero 04/02/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines – The battle of authority between the Cebu Port Authority or CPA and the Cebu City government over the city’s port area is not yet over. In fact, it has even taken another turn.…

Rama hits deposed MCWD board’s move: ‘Desperate effort for power’ 

Kim Ablaña 03/23/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Cebu City mayor Michael Rama has criticized the deposed directors of Metropolitan Cebu Water District (MCWD) for their disobedience to the Local Water Utilities Administration’s (LWUA) decision to implement a six-month intervention with…

Rama: 2025 election candidates ‘must not be mentally dishonest’

Pia Piquero 03/16/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Cebu City Mayor Michael Rama revealed the qualifications that candidates planning to run with him in next year’s midterm election must possess. Rama said that these candidates must be “pro-God, pro-people, must not…

Rama refuses to comment on potential 2025 mayoral foes

Pia Piquero 02/10/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Cebu City Mayor Michael Rama said he has no plans to comment on personalities expressing interest in running for mayor in the 2025 midterm elections. “I do not want to comment. I rather…

Rama on CBRT’s 1B budget gap: ‘Should not be cause of panic’

Kim Ablaña 02/09/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Cebu City Mayor Michael Rama said that the reported budget gap of P1 billion, to complete the Cebu Rapid Bus Transit (CBRT) should not be “a cause for panic.” The city’s Chief Executive…

2024 Palarong Pambansa officially in Cebu City

Kim Ablaña, Pia Piquero 02/02/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Cebu City Mayor Michael Rama and Vice President Sara Duterte have sealed the deal for the city’s hosting of the 2024 64th Palarong Pambansa following the signing of the Memorandum of Agreement (MOA)…

Cebu City Council slashes Rama’s proposed P100B budget to P25B

Niña Mae C. Oliverio 01/25/2024

  CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu City Mayor Michael Rama’s proposed P100 billion budget for 2024 was reduced to P25 billion by the City Council, which overrode the mayor’s veto. Councilor Jocelyn Pesquera, vice chairperson of the council’s…

Sinulog 2024: Rama won’t allow Sinulog street parties

Niña Mae C. Oliverio 01/03/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Street parties are not allowed during Sinulog, Cebu City Mayor Michael Rama said on Wednesday, Jan. 3, 2024. Rama confirmed this through Sugboanon Channel’s (Cebu City’s media arm) ‘Ingna’ng Mayor’ on Wednesday. “Kanang…

CCPO accepts Rama’s challenge to improve city’s peace and order

Emmariel Ares 12/22/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Cebu City police have accepted the challenge of Mayor Michael Rama to maintain the city’s peace and order for the coming year. Recently, a significant number of incidents have disturbed the peace in…

MCWD: Legal counsel of previous board tells Rama “end this madness”

Rashe Zoe Sophia Piquero 11/10/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines – The legal counsel of the previous MCWD board of directors called out Cebu City Mayor Michael Rama to reinstate the former directors back into office. Lawyer Amando Virgil Ligutan, legal counsel of Augustus…

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