No cop chiefs, no escorts

08/15/2016

For critics of Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña, specifically Team Rama, the decision by the National Police Commission (Napolcom) to strip him of his operational authority over the Cebu City police and the transfer of some of…

PNP takes away Osmeña’s police escorts

Nestle L. Semilla 08/11/2016

No more police escorts for Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña. This after the Philippine National Police (PNP) recalled the mayor’s three police escorts, including SPO1 Adonis Dumpit, the mayor’s most trusted and close-in security aide. Chief Superintendent…

TOMAS STRIPPED OF CONTROL OVER POLICE

Ador Vincent S. Mayol, Nestle L. Semilla 08/11/2016

The authority over the police was taken away from Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña in response to the mayor’s decision to withdraw support from the Cebu City Police Office (CCPO). The National Police Commission (Napolcom), in an…

Tom seeks P13M supplemental budget

Nestle L. Semilla 08/10/2016

CEBU City Mayor Tomas Osmeña submitted to the Cebu City Council his first Supplemental Budget for this year worth P13.2 million. Before he left for his annual checkup in Houston, Texas, Osmeña submitted the budget to the…

Tomas to Mike: Let’s take lie detector test

Doris C. Bongcac 08/09/2016

CEBU CITY–Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña has dared his arch rival, former mayor Michael Rama to undergo lie detector test with him. He also issued the same challenge to Supt. Romeo Santander, whom he said was rumored…

Tomas says he continues to be free of cancer

Doris C. Bongcac, Lesley Cara Delos Santos 08/09/2016

Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña announced that he continues to be free of cancer after his annual medical exam at the M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houson, Texas. A text message Osmeña sent to allies of Bando…

Cop chiefs tight-lipped on Rama’s entry in list

Ador Vincent S. Mayol, Jose Santino S. Bunachita, Nestle L. Semilla 08/08/2016

Police officials were tight-lipped about former Cebu City mayor Michael Rama’s inclusion in President Rodrigo Duterte’s watch list of drug lord protectors and coddlers. Chief Supt. Noli Taliño, Police Regional Office chief, said he didn’t provide the…

Davide: Land swap deal beneficial for province

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 08/08/2016

PURSUING a land swap deal, without additional monetary compensation from the Cebu City government, to resolve the 93-1 lot dispute will still be beneficial to the Cebu Provincial government, said Gov. Hilario Davide III. He said aside…

Borne out of sentimentality

08/08/2016

What to make of Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña’s decision to eliminate the Sinulog sa Kabataan, and by extension, reduce the number of contingents in order to move up and end the Sinulog grand parade celebration early…

Rama’s right to due process

Ricky Poca 08/08/2016

Last Saturday evening, many of us members of the Rama family experienced what we call a sleepless night as we got bothered by the revelation of our President Rodrigo Duterte that former mayor Michael Rama is a…

Tradition, kids’ welfare, cost among issues raised

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag, Nestle L. Semilla 08/05/2016

Children who joined the Sinulog sa Kabataan got lower grades compared to the other children who did not, said Cebu City Councilor Joy Augustus Young. Young defended the decision of Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña on the…

Labella is acting mayor for 10 days

Nestle L. Semilla 08/03/2016

CEBU City Vice Mayor Edgardo Labella will serve as acting mayor while Mayor Tomas Osmeña undergoes his regular checkup in Houston, Texas. Osmeña, who leaves the country at noon today for the US, confirmed to reporters yesterday…

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