Guard seeks inquiry into brother’s murder

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 10/18/2016

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…

Mayor Tom: City owns Osmeña Shrine

Nestle L. Semilla 10/14/2016

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…

Demolition of shanties starts at Osmeña Shrine

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 10/11/2016

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…

City demolishes illegal structures on Osmeña Shrine

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 10/11/2016

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…

Team Rama bloc to probe cash aid distribution

Margarette Managaytay 08/22/2016

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…

LIM TOLD: BE PROBED

Ador Vincent S. Mayol, Nestle L. Semilla, Victor Anthony V. Silva 07/16/2016

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…

Osmeña to remove stalls after complaints

Nestle L. Semilla 07/11/2016

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…

Arce: From market head to cemetery guard

Nestle L. Semilla 07/01/2016

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…

Probe head quits post, but stays as market administrator

Romayne Danielle Rivera 06/21/2016

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 ask city gov’t to let them stay at Osmeña Shrine

Nestle L. Semilla 06/04/2016

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…

Houses in Osmeña Shrine not covered by moratorium

Nestle L. Semilla 06/01/2016

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…

Pro-poor groups laud moratorium on demolitions in Cebu City

Julit C. Jainar 05/24/2016

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…

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