City Hall to pay P33M to INC to demolish wall

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 10/16/2016

Cebu City will pay P33 million to the Iglesia ni Cristo (INC) for the removal of their wall along F. Sotto Street, Mayor Tomas Osmeña said over the weekend. He told reporters that he included the amount…

Mayor Tom: City owns Osmeña Shrine

Nestle L. Semilla 10/14/2016

REACTING to the criticism from Councilor Pastor “Jun” Alcover, Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña clarified that the city government remains to be the sole owner of Osmeña Shrine in Barangay Kalunasan. Osmeña admitted that there was a…

Paz open to Tom’s proposal

Norman V. Mendoza 10/12/2016

‘But public should be consulted’ Lapu-Lapu City Mayor Paz Radaza is open to Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña’s suggestion to ban private vehicles during peak hours at the Mandaue Mactan bridge to decongest traffic. She said she…

Settlers ask for relocation

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 10/12/2016

Settlers of the Osmeña Shrine in Barangay Kalunasan asked Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña to provide them with a relocation site after their houses were demolished last Tuesday. “We are requesting Mayor Tom to put us somewhere…

Less cars, more buses

Editorial 10/12/2016

With the traffic congestion in Metro Cebu still far from resolution, Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña’s suggestion to use buses to transport commuters to and from the Mandaue–Mactan bridge could prove useful if the city governments of…

Cebu City owes P57M to trader

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 10/10/2016

Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña said the Supreme Court ordered the city government to pay P57 million to businessman Roque Ting who claimed that his private lot was affected by the South Reclamation Project several years back.…

Cebu City officials urge gov’t to make LGUs part of solution

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 10/09/2016

Cebu City officials are looking forward to Congress granting emergency power to President Rodrigo Duterte to solve the traffic problems in Metro Manila and other areas in the country like Metro Cebu. But Rafael Yap, Cebu City…

SM-Ayala group gets OK to develop SRP lot

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 10/09/2016

THE SM-Ayala consortium may soon start developing the 26-hectare lot in the South Road Properties (SRP) which they bought from the Cebu City government. This after the Cebu City Council passed a resolution expressing its consent to…

Osmeña eyes conversion of landfill into golf course

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 10/07/2016

Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña is eyeing a golf course to eventually rise on top of the Inayawan landfill. He said the city will continue dumping its wastes in the landfill, which he earlier said is still…

Solon to discuss Metro Cebu’s traffic problem

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 10/07/2016

THE House of Representatives transportation committee headed by Catanduanes Rep. Cesar V. Sarmiento will meet with businessmen, including transport industry stakeholders, today at the Waterfront Airport Hotel and Casino Inc. in Lapu-Lapu City for a public hearing.…

Tom: Only SC can make city pay P32M

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 10/04/2016

It will take a court order from the Supreme Court (SC) before the Cebu City government pays the P32 million it owes to the private landfill in Consolacion town, Mayor Tomas Osmeña said. He said a representative…

Some city scholars barred from entering condo

Margarette Managaytay 10/03/2016

Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña said yesterday the city’s scholars are required to submit an endorsement letter before they could enter the city’s dormitory. Some scholars from the mountain barangays sought the help of Vice Mayor Edgardo…

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