Major roads closed for June 12 parade

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag, Nestle L. Semilla 06/11/2015

Cebu City residents and visitors can expect heavy traffic in the downtown area tomorrow for the afternoon  parade for Independence Day. Traffic enforcers will begin clearing the roads by 2 p.m. and close Osmeña Boulevard, Escario Street…

National Duathlon in Cebu

Dale G. Rosal 06/04/2015

FOR THE FIRST time in more than a decade, Cebu City will serve as the hosts for the  National Duathlon Championships (NDC) as this year’s race will take place at the South Road Properties on Sept. 12…

ROAD RAGE

Grace II Pecaoco, Jhunnex Napallacan, Marian Z. Codilla 06/04/2015

Secret video goes viral: Radio blocktimer berates Citom enforcer after traffic  violation You are just a casual employee.” “I work in the media.” “There have been many Citom personnel I’ve asked Mayor Michael Rama to junk before.”…

Cebu City needs BSP, JICA approval for loan conversion

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 01/09/2015

The Cebu City government cannot convert its loan for the South Road Properties (SRP) from yen to peso just yet. An official of the Land Bank of the Philippines (LBP) told the Cebu City Council in yesterday’s…

Bigger budget for Rama

12/29/2014

The P13.4 billion budget approved by the Cebu City Council in a special session last week is  larger than the P5 billion-plus budget it approved for the Rama administration this year. It  fell short of the P18.9…

SM launches The Cube

10/29/2014

Another landmark towers over the SM Seaside City development at the South Road Properties. This 20 meter by 20 meter cube is one of the signs of SM’s ongoing retail development in one of its biggest malls…

PR man’s contract hits snag

Doris C. Bongcac 09/18/2014

The Cebu City Council yesterday renewed the six-month contracts for 18 consultants but paused on rehiring public relations practitioner Cerwin Eviota under the office of the mayor. “There may be a conflict of interest on his part,”…

Land Bank eyed to pay city’s SRP loan fee

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 08/28/2014

THE Cebu City Council wants the Land Bank of the Philippines (LBP) to assume the one percent guarantee fee for the city’s South Road Properties (SRP) loan. The resolution authored by Councilor Margot Osmeña stated that the…

Mayor has to choose

Doris C. Bongcac 08/23/2014

Two options are being presented to Cebu City City Mayor Michael Rama to improve finances of City Hall before his term ends in 2016. He can go ahead with selling 45 hectares in the South Road Properties…

It’s official: Rama can now sell SRP lots

Doris C. Bongcac 08/13/2014

A resolution that authorizes Cebu City Mayor Michael Rama to bid out South Road Properties (SRP) lots was approved by a majority of the Cebu City Council this afternoon. While two councilor proponents of the resolution withdrew…

Show of force in Council for SRP resolution

Doris C. Bongcac 08/13/2014

Cebu City Hall department heads, barangay captains crowded the Cebu City Council session hall as they awaited the approval of the council resolution authorizing Cebu City Mayor Rama to sell portions of the South Road Properties (SRP).…

City Hall has cash but Rama says city needs more money to fund big obligations

Doris C. Bongcac 07/03/2014

Cebu City is in the pink of health as far as  the city government’s finances are concerned,according to Mayor Michael Rama. In his  State of the City Address (SOCA) in his second term in office,  Rama declared…

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