No hindrance to service

07/18/2016

It’s a double whammy for the Cebu City police after Mayor Tomas Osmeña decided not only to cancel the cash reward but to cut off their allowances as well in the wake of the Duterte administration’s order…

Tomas wants to open up Camp Lapu, build flyovers

Nestle L. Semilla 07/15/2016

Opening Camp Lapu-Lapu to the riding public and building 10 flyovers and underpasses are just some of the plans disclosed by Mayor Tomas Osmeña to decongest traffic in Cebu City. But the mayor declined to elaborate on…

Tom: Cebu City out of Mega Cebu

Nestle Semilla 07/15/2016

CEBU City Mayor Tomas Osmeña said the city will leave the Mega Cebu program since it is just “cheese for the imagination” and thus doesn’t exist. In yesterday’s press conference, Osmeña said Cebu City doesn’t have anything…

Vendors dismantle stalls at B. Rodriguez street

07/15/2016

THIRTY vendors were told to voluntarily demolish their stalls and vacate their vending area on the sidewalks of B. Rodriguez Avenue in Cebu City Friday morning. Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña said he has been receiving text…

Cebu City Hall cuts down allowances for judiciary

Izobelle T. Pulgo, Nestle L. Semilla 07/14/2016

The Cebu City government will cut down the monthly allowances it gives to judges and clerks of court working under the jurisdiction of Cebu City. Data culled from the City Budget Office  showed that there are 35…

City lawyers barred from private practice

Nestle L. Semilla 07/07/2016

CEBU City Legal Officer Joseph Bernaldez wanted to seek audience with Mayor Tomas Osmeña to clarify his recent order prohibiting city hall lawyers from pursuing private practice. In a memorandum dated July 1, Osmeña ordered all employees…

Tom cancels Ms Cebu tilt

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 07/03/2016

The annual Miss Cebu contest is the latest “casualty” in the cost-cutting campaign of Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña. “Ms Cebu will be canceled. Why? (It’s a) waste of money. It’s very elitist. It’s only for the…

Osmeña to shut down offices

Nestle L. Semilla 07/02/2016

CEBU City Mayor Tomas Osmeña will shut down offices in Cebu City Hall that he deems useless unless their heads can justify their existence. In last Friday’s press conference, Osmeña said some of the 90 offices in…

Cebu City’s new deputy mayors

Nestle L. Semilla 07/01/2016

EXPECT major changes at the Cebu City Hall now that Mayor Tomas Osmeña has taken over the helm, and these would include the six winning Bando Osmeña-Pundok Kauswagan (BO-PK) councilors acting as “deputy mayors.” On his first…

Hundreds affected as city cuts labor costs

07/01/2016

MORE than 200 street sweepers and around 540 barangay health workers will lose jobs. Mayor Tomas Osmeña said in a press conference yesterday that he is now focusing on hiring part-time sweepers to reduce labor costs. He…

Scaling down expectations

Editorial 06/30/2016

Former Cebu City mayor Michael Rama’s argument for the city to have its own hospital may be well and good but to reiterate the painfully obvious, he isn’t around in City Hall anymore to make it into…

REQUESTS APPROVED

Glendale G. Rosal 06/24/2016

Meeting with IronMan AsPac C’ships organizer and incoming Cebu City mayor successful Sunrise Events Inc. (SEI) General Manager Princess Galura breathed a sigh of relief after her meeting with Cebu City’s incoming Mayor Tomas Osmeña went well…

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