SHIFTING ALLIANCE

Doris C. Bongcac, Michelle Joy L. Padayhag, Nestle L. Semilla 03/25/2017

They did not know what hit them. Cebu City’s Team Rama lost one of their members to the administration camp yesterday morning while most of them were in Manila attending a lawyers’ convention. The recent development will…

CITY CHARTER ‘BRAINS’ HONORED

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 02/24/2017

Mike Rama: Injustice done to Don Vicente for changing history THE Cebu City government celebrated the 80th Charter Day by recognizing another political figure, lawyer Gervasio Lavilles, as the “brains” of the Cebu City Charter at the…

Cepca players to face top women chessers

Dale G. Rosal 02/17/2017

MEMBERS of the Cebu Executives and Professionals Chess Association (CEPCA) will face Cebu’s top female wood pushers tomorrow in an event billed as “Cepca vs. Top Cebu Lady Woodpushers” at the Knight Attack Chess Cafe in Robinson’s…

Zafra still with Team Rama but open to talking with Tomas

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 02/08/2017

LAST month’s meeting between Councilor Philip Zafra and Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña and his allies fueled talks that the councilor may bolt Team Rama to join Bando Osmeña-Pundok Kauswagan (BO-PK). Zafra, president of the Association of…

Zafra belies rumors of him leaving Team Rama for BOPK

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 02/08/2017

Another Cebu City councilor denied rumors that he is leaving Team Rama to join rival party Bando Osmeña-Pundok Kauswagan (BOPK). Cebu City Councilor Philip Zafra, who is the president of the Association of Barangay Councils (ABC) in…

Libel case vs Osmeña junked

Nestle L. Semilla 12/23/2016

THE Cebu City Prosecutor’s Office has recommended the dismissal of the libel and oral defamation cases filed by former Cebu City mayor Michael Rama against Mayor Tomas Osmeña. In a joint resolution dated Nov. 3, 2016, City…

Rama’s public challenges

Editorial 12/20/2016

If anything, former Cebu City mayor Michael Rama should just make good on his plans to clear his name by lobbying to the Supreme Court and by not having to engage Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña in…

New dumpsite

Editorial 12/19/2016

If anything, Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña brought it upon himself when he reopened the Inayawan landfill despite an order from the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) to shut down landfills that have outlived its…

‘THIS IS NOT A DUMPSITE’

Cris Evert Lato-Ruffolo, Jose Santino S. Bunachita, Michelle Joy L. Padayhag, Victor Anthony V. Silva 12/18/2016

It will only be temporary. One month at most. By then, however, at least 5,000 tons of garbage will be sitting in open dumpsites, the size of a small subdivision, at the South Road Properties (SRP). The…

93-1 land swap deal: Osmeña gives Council a week to decide

Inna Mejia 12/14/2016

Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña said he will give the City Council one more week to decide on the 93-1 land swap deal. This developed after the Council referred the issue to the ad hoc committee. “Well,…

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…

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