COMELEC ORDERS A RECOUNT

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 12/04/2016

The Commission on Elections (Comelec) Second Division has issued an order which facilitates the recount of 20 percent of votes cast in Cebu City’s mayoralty race last May. The best solution to resolve the allegations of defeated…

Team Rama mulls shrinking budget

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 11/30/2016

CEBU City Hall’s budget for next year may be smaller than the P7.2 billion proposed by Mayor Tomas Osmeña depending on how the Team Rama bloc sizes it up. Councilor Joy Pesquera, who chairs the council’s committee…

Ex-city hall worker maintains Osmeña commits violation for appointing 2 acting mayors

Nestle L. Semilla 11/19/2016

FORMER Cebu City Hall employee Aniceto Abbey Canturias stood firm on his accusation that Mayor Tomas Osmeña committed violation when he jointly appointed two acting mayors while he was on leave. Canturias filed a case against Osmeña…

MAO BA? HOODWINKED

Editorial 11/17/2016

HOODWINKED Residents of Barangay Sillon, Bantayan town in Bantayan Island were looking for a woman who took money from them and assured them that they will get paid back. They said the woman, whose identity is being…

Consistency is Luigi’s biggest challenge

Nestor Ramirez 11/15/2016

When Mandaue City Mayor Luigi Quisumbing implemented last July the ban on the use of plastic bags in business establishments, many viewed the order with skepticism because of the public’s excessive reliance on plastic in their various…

Ombud dismisses raps against Tomas

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 11/15/2016

Ombudsman Conchita Carpio Morales dismissed the criminal case for indirect bribery against Mayor Tomas Osmeña in relation to the Dodge Charger cars he received due to lack of probable cause. Morales also dismissed the administrative case for…

Incentive allowance of cops in Station 6 suspended

Inna Mejia 11/15/2016

Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña announced Tuesday morning that the incentive allowance of all police personnel in Station 6 or San Nicolas police station will be suspended due to the large number of gambling cases there. “When there’s…

City to protect shark, ray species

Izobelle T. Pulgo 11/15/2016

At least 100 pro-shark advocates marched to Cebu City Hall on Tuesday morning to meet with Mayor Tomas Osmeña to get the city’s commitment to protect all shark species. The group led by Vince Cinches of Greenpeace…

Only a few came to Espinosa’s wake

Joey Gabieta 11/13/2016

IT doesn’t look like a wake of a municipal mayor. Only about 10 wreaths surround the white coffin displayed at the sprawling mansion’s porch that faced the gate of the 5,000-square-meter property in Sitio Tinago, Barangay Benolho,…

PALMA WANTS ANSWERS

Izobelle T. Pulgo 11/13/2016

Cebu Archbishop Jose Palma has joined the growing call for an impartial investigation into the death of Albuera, Leyte Mayor Rolando Espinosa Sr. which a number of senators have described to be a premeditated killing by a…

The Espinosa network

Malou Guanzon Apalisok 11/07/2016

Hours after it was reported that Albuera Mayor Rolando Espinosa was killed in a shootout inside his cell in the Baybay City sub-provincial jail, netizens raised a howl — how could a prisoner fight off 15 policemen…

Ellie Eigenmann meets her grandparents

Apple Ta-as 11/03/2016

FORMER President and now Manila City Mayor Joseph Estrada and former actress Laarni Enriquez have finally met Ellie, daughter of their son Jake Ejercito and former girlfriend Andi Eigenmann. In the photo posted online yesterday, Jake captioned,…

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