WHAT’S IN A NAME?

John Carlo Villaruel, Jose Santino S. Bunachita, Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 12/19/2016

A dumpsite by any other name would still smell as awful. Cebu City continues to dump garbage at the SRP lot It’s been three days since Cebu City started dumping its garbage, averaging 500 tons per day,…

Mike vents ire anew; accepts Tommy’s lie detector test dare

Edison Delos Angeles, Jose Santino S. Bunachita 12/18/2016

Former Cebu City mayor Michael Rama vented his ire anew on accusations by Mayor Tomas Osmeña that he received P10 million in drug money from Jeffrey “Jaguar” Diaz. “I want to make this clear. I am not…

Officials inspect Sinulog parade route

Inna Mejia, Nestle L. Semilla 12/18/2016

Officials of the Sinulog Foundation Inc. (SFI), the police and staff of the Cebu City mayor’s office held a walk-through inspection along the Sinulog Grand Parade route yesterday, barely a month before the event. SFI Executive Director…

‘Yabag ug arogante’ng mayor’

Lloyd Suarez 12/18/2016

Pagkayabag ug pagka-arogante gyud ni Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña nga mi-ban kang Jose Santino Bunachita, reporter dinhi sa CDN sa iyang press conference niadtong miaging simana. Mao ning klaseha sa opisyal nga hangtud karon wa pa…

Supporters rally behind their leaders

Jose Santino S. Bunachita, Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 12/15/2016

As allies of former mayor Michael Rama came to his defense amid accusations by Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña that he received P10 million in drug money from slain drug lord Jeffrey “Jaguar” Diaz, the incumbent mayor…

No more displacement of residents as access road to Cebu-Cordova toll bridge scrapped

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 12/12/2016

Residents near the mouth of Guadalupe River in Cebu City can now heave a sigh of relief as their houses won’t have to be cleared anymore as the planned additional access road near the mouth of the…

Personal validation

Editorial 12/12/2016

Exactly what reason is behind former Cebu City mayor Michael Rama’s challenge to Mayor Tomas Osmeña to take a drug test with him last Saturday remains the stuff of speculations of a local sort. After being identified…

Rama’s drug test challenge

Ricky Poca 12/12/2016

Last Friday’s drug test challenge hurled by former mayor Mike Rama to Mayor Tomas Osmeña came out of nowhere, and though the mayor accepted, he wanted it done on his terms. Included on those terms was that…

SHOWDOWN

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 12/09/2016

Bitter political rivals Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña and the city’s former mayor, Michael Rama, are at it again, in what can literally be a pissing contest of sorts, or a hair-pulling duel, depending on what will…

‘Skin and bones’ budget for city cut down to P6.1B

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 12/08/2016

The “skin and bones” budget of P7.2 billion proposed by Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña for next year was skinned and deboned further to P6.1 billion by the Team Rama bloc in the Cebu City Council. During…

Top karateka Vidal gears up for bigger tourneys next year

Glendale G. Rosal 12/07/2016

AFTER winning three medals in the 3rd Karate Mayor’s Cup Championships in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia last weekend, Cebu’s Rafael Vidal sets his sights on bigger tournaments this January and February. The 13-year-old Vidal of the University of…

A town in grief Hundreds join funeral rites for Espinosa Sr.

Joey Gabieta 12/04/2016

ALBUERA, Leyte- Around 1,500 supporters, family and relatives formed a kilometer-long funeral procession that brought the remains of mayor Rolando Espinosa Sr. to his final resting place at the Catholic Cemetery yesterday afternoon. A poignant aura pervaded…

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