Rama dumbfounded on Duterte claim, willing to undergo probe

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 08/07/2016

Former Cebu City mayor Michael Rama said he was dumbfounded when he learned that he was among the drug coddlers named by President Rodrigo Duterte in his early Sunday dawn speech. In his press conference at the…

Barangay officials gripe anew on ambulances, health workers

Izobelle T. Pulgo 08/04/2016

  Cebu City barangay officials mostly identified with Team Rama vented their sentiments on the recall of ambulances and the termination of services of 540 barangay health workers to City Hall lawyers during a mediation hearing held…

Rama told to submit response to calamity aid rap

Edison Delos Angeles 08/03/2016

The Ombudsman-Visayas is investigating a criminal complaint filed against former Cebu City mayor Michael Rama in relation to the release of the P20,000 calamity aid on December 2013. In an order dated June 27, 2016, Jane Aguilar…

Scaling down expectations

Editorial 06/30/2016

Former Cebu City mayor Michael Rama’s argument for the city to have its own hospital may be well and good but to reiterate the painfully obvious, he isn’t around in City Hall anymore to make it into…

Group slams CCMC stop work order

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 06/24/2016

CEBU City Acting Mayor Margarita Osmeña should have also considered the relevance of the Cebu City Medical Center (CCMC) to the large sector of the population in Cebu City as one of the parameters in deciding whether…

Rama promises legal aid to sued village chiefs

Izobelle T. Pulgo, Nestle L. Semilla 06/22/2016

SUSPENDED Cebu City Mayor Michael Rama decried as political harassment the criminal cases lodged against the seven Team Rama-allied barangay captains and vowed to extend them all the legal assistance that they would need. The seven were…

Overnight detention

Editorial 06/12/2016

Was the so-called “citizen’s arrest” of Labangon barangay councilman Rodolfo Tabasa really necessary? That it was done in the middle of the night at his home by two General Services Office personnel who were accompanied by city…

Don’t forget me, Rama asks supporters in last rally

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 05/19/2016

IN his last prayer rally at the Cebu Metropolitan Cathedral yesterday, outgoing Cebu City Mayor Michael Rama told supporters that his suspension by the Office of the President was “adding insult to injury.” “OSM or oppressed, suspended…

TIME TO MOVE ON

Ador Vincent S. Mayol, Jose Santino S. Bunachita, Victor Anthony V. Silva 05/12/2016

After a divisive political campaign and electoral exercise, an official of the Archdiocese of Cebu called on the people to unite and support the newly elected leaders. “Let us now move on as a nation,” enjoined Msgr.…

Rama to file election protest

Jose Santino S. Bunachita, Juli Ann M. Sibi 05/10/2016

Cebu City Mayor Michael Rama will file an election protest within the next 10 days, as he cried foul over the victory of his staunch rival Tomas Osmeña. “We have been robbed! It is statistically impossible for…

Rama calls for meeting with police chiefs tonight

Jhunnex Napallacan 04/27/2016

CEBU City Mayor Michael Rama called up Senior Supt. Benjamin Santos, Cebu City police chief, at his home in the Rama compound along with other police precinct chiefs a day after he voiced suspicions that they would…

Rama chides LP for ‘cash distribution’

Carmel Loise Matus 04/23/2016

“MONEY cannot buy conscience.” This was what Cebu City Mayor Michael Rama told Cebu City barangay captains who attended a gathering of Liberal Party (LP) candidates and allies in Cebu City and province last Friday where cash…

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