SC grants TRO to stop cancellation of Cortes, Rama’s COCs

Futch Anthony Inso, Mary Rose Sagarino 10/22/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines – The reelection bids of dismissed Cebu City Mayor Michael Rama and Mandaue City Mayor Jonas Cortes are safe – for now. The Supreme Court (SC) on Tuesday, October 22, granted both Rama and…

Extend validity of drivers’ licenses, LTO urged

Julie Aurelio 08/27/2023

A party list lawmaker has urged the Land Transportation Office (LTO) to automatically extend the validity of drivers’ licenses for one year after a Quezon City court issued a temporary restraining order (TRO) to stop Banner PlastiCard…

TRO against Carbon Market JVA denied

Delta Derycka C. Letigio 01/05/2022

  CEBU CITY, Philippines — A Cebu City Court has dismissed a petition for a Temporary Restraining Order (TRO) against the Joint Venture Agreement (JVA) between the Cebu City government and Megawide Construction Corp, for the modernization…

Shipyards file TRO, injunction against Consolacion Mayor amid reclamation protest

Dyrecka Letigio 07/01/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Shipyards and shipping companies are set to face the court Thursday, July 1, 2021, over their prayer for a temporary restraining order (TRO) and writ of a preliminary injunction over the issuance of…

Court orders return of 3 terminated MCWD board members

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 03/16/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — A Cebu City court has released a temporary restraining order (TRO) against the termination of three Metropolitan Cebu Water District (MCWD) board members by Mayor Edgardo Labella. The order was granted by Regional…

Comelec proclaims Escario as new Bantayan Mayor

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 05/08/2017

Ian Christopher Escario has been formally proclaimed by the Commission on Elections (Comelec) as the new mayor of Bantayan town, Cebu in a simple ceremony at the Comelec office in Intramuros, Manila on Monday morning. In a…

BDO GRANTED TRO

Inna Mejia, Jose Santino S. Bunachita, Victor Anthony V. Silva 02/14/2017

Court stops Osmeña from closing Banco de Oro and issuing statements on the matter The Regional Trial Court issued a 72-hour Temporary Restraining Order (TRO) preventing Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña from closing the Magallanes Branch of…

Ermita caretaker visits as brgy officials face delay in stopping suspension order

Jose Santino S. Bunachita, Nestle L. Semilla 02/10/2017

  ON THE day that Ermita Barangay Captain Felicisimo Rupinta and the seven other barangay officials were contesting their suspension in the Court of Appeals and failing to stop it because of documentary discrepancies, Cebu City’s market…

Court allows controversial POC elections to push through

Calvin D. Cordova 11/24/2016

THE MUCH talked-about elections of the Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) will push through today. This after a Pasig City court denied the Temporary Restraining Order (TRO) that Ricky Vargas, president of the Association of Boxing Alliances of…

CA asked to junk decision on P21-M project

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 06/20/2016

THE Cebu Provincial government has turned to the Court of Appeals (CA) to reconsider the payment of P21 million to a contractor who built classrooms in the province during the time of former Gov. Gwendolyn Garcia. Provincial…

Osmeña Shrine settlers to court: No demolition

Nestle L. Semilla 06/10/2016

SETTLERS who built structures at the Osmeña Shrine in Barangay Kalunasan, Cebu City, have asked the court to stop the Cebu city government’s scheduled demolition of their shanties in the area. The 15 settlers filed last Thursday…

Court rules against TRO bid on P8.3B downpayment

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 10/14/2015

The Cebu City government may use the P8.3 billion that it received from three developers that won the bidding for 45.2 hectares in the South Road Properties (SRP). This came about after Judge Alexander Acosta of the…

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