Cebu City’s P10.4 billion budget awaits council approval

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 12/17/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Less than a month until the new year, the Cebu City Council is yet to approve the 2020 budget proposed by Mayor Edgardo Labella. Councilor Raymond Garcia, majority floor leader, said the budget…

Rama: Osmeña is my opponent

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 12/13/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Former Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña’s filing a case of graft and corruption against Vice Mayor Michael “Mike” Rama has put to rest rumors that the old allies have been rekindling their political…

Rama ready to face graft, corruption cases for SRP sale in 2015

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 12/07/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu City Vice Mayor Michael “Mike” Rama said he was ready to face the charges of graft and corruption that former mayor Tomas Osmeña planned to file against him for selling the 45-hectare…

Remembering Serging: A selfless public servant

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 12/04/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines —The late Senator Sergio “Serging” Osmeña, Jr. was the best president the Philippines never had. This was the statement of Cebu City Mayor Edgardo Labella during the commemoration of Serging’s 103rd birth anniversary on…

Fluvial procession in Lapu-Lapu may be cancelled if bad weather persists

Norman V. Mendoza 11/11/2019

LAPU-LAPU City, Philippines — The fluvial procession tomorrow November 12 in Lapu-Lapu City may be cancelled if bad weather will persist. This has been the arranged plan of the Tourism Office of Lapu-Lapu City and the Lapu-Lapu…

Prosecutor junks cyber libel case filed by Osmeña, Inayawan captain against Garganera

Rosalie Abatayo 10/20/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Office of the City Prosecutor has cleared Cebu City Councilor Joel Garganera of the two counts of cyber libel case filed by former City Mayor Tomas Osmeña and Inayawan Barangay Captain lawyer…

MCWD chair speaks out: We are not at fault for water crisis

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 10/16/2019

  CEBU CITY, Philippines—The Chairman of the Metropolitan Cebu Water District (MCWD), Joel Marie Yu, broke his silence on Wednesday, October 16, 2019, a day after Cebu City Mayor Edgardo Labella terminated the water utility’s Board of…

Labella to fly to Taiwan for Asian smart cities confab, leaves city’s reins to Rama

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 09/05/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu City Mayor Edgardo Labella will be representing Cebu City in a conference of Asian smart cities in Kaohsiung, Taiwan from September 6 to 11, 2019, leaving the city under the hands of…

Labella: Osmeña can file any case he wants, but city will use SRP sales proceeds

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 08/30/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu City Mayor Edgardo Labella said former Mayor, Tomas Osmeña, can file a petition for declaratory relief to void the sales of the 45-hectare South Road Properties (SRP) lot in 2015. However, Labella…

Cebu City Legal awaits court’s decision on withdrawal of declaratory relief of SRP lot sale

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 08/12/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Cebu City Legal Office is waiting for the court order on the withdrawal of the petition for declaratory relief to void the 2015 sale of a 45-hectare South Road Properties (SRP) lot…

Labella: Ironman will bring income to Cebu City’s businesses

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 08/09/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebuanos are waiting for the one of the biggest triathlon race in the country, the Regent Aguila Ironman 70.3, traversing three of the major cities in the island: Cebu, Lapu-Lapu, Mandaue, and Talisay…

Cebu City assures Landbank: We will pay SRP loan

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 07/30/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Cebu City government promised the Land Bank of the Philippines (LBP) that the city would pay off the P1.7 billion standing balance left of its P4.65 billion loan from the Japan International…

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