Bimbo Fernandez laments smear attacks on sample ballots

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 04/28/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu City vice mayoral candidate, former interior and local government Undersecretary Francisco ‘Bimbo” Fernandez laments posters smearing against his supporters’ sample ballots. Posters and tarpaulins of former Cebu City Mayor and Bimbo’s close…

Will it be Mike or Joey for Cebu City’s admin group?

Doris Bongcac and Delta Dyrecka Letigio 07/24/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Questions as to who will be the administration camp’s candidate for Cebu City mayor will already be answered in the next few days. An insider said that an “important” announcement will be made…

Tom O: Fight in SRP not yet over

Morexette Marie B. Erram 01/24/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Former Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña is not giving up the fight over the sale of several lots of the South Road Properties (SRP). Osmeña, in a phone interview with CDN Digital on…

Rama ready to face graft, corruption cases for SRP sale in 2015

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 12/07/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu City Vice Mayor Michael “Mike” Rama said he was ready to face the charges of graft and corruption that former mayor Tomas Osmeña planned to file against him for selling the 45-hectare…

Margot, Minnie visit Osmeña clan mausoleum

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 11/01/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Former Cebu City Councilor Margot Osmeña made a quick visit at the Osmeña mausoleum located at the Doña Pepang Cemetery in Barangay Carreta Cebu City this morning, November 1, 2019. Margot was accompanied…

Cebu City Legal awaits court’s decision on withdrawal of declaratory relief of SRP lot sale

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 08/12/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Cebu City Legal Office is waiting for the court order on the withdrawal of the petition for declaratory relief to void the 2015 sale of a 45-hectare South Road Properties (SRP) lot…

City Legal to COA: Probe Mayor’s Office’s ‘destruction’

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 07/22/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The City Legal Office has requested the Commission on Audit (COA) to investigate the “destruction” of the Mayor’s Office by former Mayor Tomas Osmeña on June 28, 2019 or two days before he…

Osmeña strips off his office of furnishings as he ends his term

Cris Evert B. Lato-Ruffolo, Rosalie O. Abatayo 06/28/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines —Outgoing Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña served with an office that resembles his leadership: Straightforward and no-nonsense. White porcelain tile flooring, two sets of leather couches, and wooden desks occupied by the mayor’s executive…

46 students complete Japanese Language Course in CCPL

Rosalie O. Abatayo 06/23/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Promising opportunities in Japan prompted 26-year-old Cherry Cagasan to learn Nihonggo or Japanese. A native of Duero, Bohol, Cagasan graduated with a degree in Industrial Engineering and currently works as a project engineer…

Fulfilling Tom’s promise: Cebu City to donate 15 vehicles to 8 barangays

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 06/16/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Fifteen Cebu City-owned vehicles will be donated to eight barangays in the city before June 30 when outgoing Mayor Tomas Osmeña’s term would end. Osmeña said that this was his way to keep…

Osmeña spends 900K more than Labella in recent polls

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 06/13/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu City Outgoing Mayor Tomas Osmeña spent more than P1.8 million during the election campaign from March to May 2019, which is at least P900,ooo more than his opponent, incoming Mayor Edgardo Labella…

Only one of four Osmeñas emerged victorious in May 2019 polls

Rosalie O. Abatayo 05/15/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Four members of the influential Osmeña clan in Cebu sought different positions in the May 13 midterm elections but only one emerged victorious. Renato “Junjun” Osmeña Jr., son of former Cebu City vice…

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