A security guard whose half brother was gunned down in a police operation in Talisay City last Monday asked the Police Regional Office to investigate the five police officers involved in the case. Samuel Juarez said the…
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…
Clutching her crying six-month-old baby, 31-year-old Dayen Bacaro tried to stop Cebu City Hall’s demolition team from dismantling her small home at the Osmeña Shrine yesterday morning. “We had to borrow money to buy housing materials. We…
Some settlers in the Osmeña Shrine in Barangay Kalunasan, Cebu City lost their houses on Tuesday morning. The members of City Hall’s Prevention Restoration Order Beautification Enhancement (PROBE) team implemented the order issued by Mayor Tomas Osmeña…
THE Team Rama bloc in the Cebu City Council said they received a lot of complaints on last week’s distribution of cash aid for senior citizens and persons with disabilities (PWDs). “We have received a lot of…
Duterte to Cebu businessman Peter Lim: Go to NBI Casting aside his supposed shyness, Cebu businessman Peter Lim mustered the courage on Friday to appear before President Rodrigo Duterte in hopes of clearing his name of suspicions…
Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña said all members of Cebu City United Vendors Association (CCUVA) were blacklisted in his administration. In a press conference yesterday, Osmeña said he received reports through the hotline that some business establishments…
FORMER PROBE head and market administrator Raquel Arce has been assigned to guard the Doña Pepang Cemetery in Barangay Tejero. In a press conference yesterday, Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña announced that Arce will work as night…
THE head of Cebu City’s Prevention, Restoration, Orderly, Beautification, and Enhancement (PROBE) team tendered her resignation on Tuesday. Raquel Bohol-Arce said she wanted to allow Mayor-elect Tomas Osmeña to pick someone he trusts to lead the office…
Displaced residents in Cebu City who built makeshift houses at the Osmeña Shrine in Barangay Kalunasan are pleading to the Cebu City government to let them use the 4.2-hectare vacant lot. The residents alleged that they were…
The houses built in Osmeña shrine in Barangay Kalunasan, Cebu City are not covered by a memorandum imposing a moratorium on the demolition of houses of settlers and their eviction, acting Cebu City Mayor Margot Osmeña said…
AT least seven pro-poor and militant groups lauded Cebu City Acting Mayor Margot Osmeña for suspending the implementation of all pending demolition orders involving vendors and informal settlers occupying public places and city-owned properties. Tadeo Navea, of…