‘Stop acting like brats’

Aileen Garcia-Yap 12/09/2016

AS political nemesis Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña and former mayor Michael Rama engaged anew in a word war, Cebuano netizens showed exasperation by calling them “bitches,” “crazy” and “brats” who both need to move on. Rama…

SHOWDOWN

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 12/09/2016

Bitter political rivals Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña and the city’s former mayor, Michael Rama, are at it again, in what can literally be a pissing contest of sorts, or a hair-pulling duel, depending on what will…

Mayor Tom urges Council: Approve land swap deal first

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 12/09/2016

BEFORE the city government could start negotiating with the beneficiaries of the 93-1 lots, it should first approve the land swap agreement with the province. Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña said this as he claims to be…

‘Skin and bones’ budget for city cut down to P6.1B

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 12/08/2016

The “skin and bones” budget of P7.2 billion proposed by Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña for next year was skinned and deboned further to P6.1 billion by the Team Rama bloc in the Cebu City Council. During…

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…

Budget politics

Editorial 11/25/2016

Technically, Cebu City Hall’s budget deliberations still have more than a month to go before the December 31 deadline, but every city councilor knows better than to wait that long before they roll out the “skin and…

Free medicines

Editorial 11/14/2016

On the surface, the plan to hire 600 job order workers to distribute medicines to Cebu City beneficiaries under the Osmeña administration’s Long Life Medical Assistance program looks to be redundant as argued by the Team Rama…

Visiting graves as Citizen Mike

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 11/02/2016

For 15 years, former Cebu City mayor, Michael Rama was always busy visiting all cemeteries in Cebu City during All Saints’ Day and All Souls’ Day to check on crowd security and other concerns. Rama would be…

Tom O. is new Sinulog Foundation chairman

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 10/21/2016

Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña has been designated as the new chairman of the Sinulog Foundation Inc. (SFI). Osmena made this announcement after a meeting with members of the board of trustees of the SFI at City…

Cebu inches towards full recovery three years after

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 10/14/2016

Stone after stone, brick by brick, the road to recovery from the 7.2-magnitude earthquake which jolted Central Philippines on October 15, 2013, was slow but sure. In its epicenter, Bohol, the energy released by the powerful earthquake,…

Rama faces raps for market project

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 10/03/2016

Former Cebu City mayor Michael Rama and the members of the Bids and Awards Committee (BAC) during his tenure are facing an administrative and criminal complaint filed yesterday by Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña at the Ombudsman.…

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