Osmeña names Dumpit as Ermita caretaker

Victor Anthony V. Silva 02/04/2017

Starting Monday, SPO1 Adonis Dumpit will act as caretaker of Barangay Ermita in Cebu City. The Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) earlier announced that Cebu City Councilor Dave Tumulak will fill in the position while…

PNP pullout from drug war worries Mayor Tom

Nestle L. Semilla 02/01/2017

Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña has expressed worries that it would be difficult for the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) to handle the government’s anti-illegal drugs campaign alone without the Philippine National Police (PNP) conducting its own…

Osmeña to sue Dino for ‘obstruction of justice’

Inna Mejia 02/01/2017

CEBU City Mayor Tomas Osmeña has threatened to file a case against Presidential Assistant for the Visayas Michael Dino for alleged obstruction of justice. In a press conference on Wednesday, Osmeña told reporters that Dino’s reported act…

Osmeña holds business permits of SM Seaside, BDO branch

Nestle L. Semilla 02/01/2017

The Cebu City government will not process the applications for the renewal of business permits filed by SM Prime Holdings Inc. (SMPHI), the operator of SM Seaside City Cebu, and the Magallanes branch of Banco de Oro…

Return to Inayawan

Editorial 02/01/2017

By extending the contract for private garbage hauler Jomara Konstruct Corp., Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña drove home the message that the city’s garbage would go anywhere except the Consolacion landfill whose operator has yet to collect…

The garbage swap

Inna Mejia 01/31/2017

Turn your garbage into gold, or in this case, turn it into a can of sardines. Agapita “Pita” Eking, a 54-year-old mother of six, received a pleasant surprise from the city’s garbage collectors yesterday when they handed…

Let DILG decide who to appoint as Ermita caretaker – Dino

Edison Delos Angeles 01/31/2017

Presidential Assistant for the Visayas Michael Dino said the new caretaker of barangay Ermita should be a “person whose integrity is beyond reproach.” Appointment should also left for the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) to…

Dumpit tops Tom’s pick for Ermita OIC captain

Inna Mejia, Jose Santino S. Bunachita 01/27/2017

IF THE Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) and President Rodrigo Duterte will allow it, then Mayor Tomas Osmeña’s top pick, SPO1 Adonis Dumpit, will become the acting barangay captain of Ermita. Dumpit is among the…

Village execs: We’re doing our share to collect trash

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 01/25/2017

Officials of Barangay Kamputhaw in Cebu City refuted the allegations raised by Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña about the uncollected garbage in their area. Kamputhaw Barangay Chairman Trifonio Lequigan Jr. said the photos of uncollected garbage along…

‘Land swap deal benefits province’

Inna Mejia, Nestle L. Semilla 01/25/2017

BOTH Cebu City Hall and Capitol officials refuted the claims of former governor Pablo Garcia that the land swap deal they recently entered into was “illegal” and “grossly disadvantageous” to the province. In separate statements, Francisco “Bimbo”…

Traffic aides, garbage collectors to get bonuses

Inna Mejia 01/23/2017

TRAFFIC enforcers under the City Traffic Operations Management (CITOM) and garbage collectors will each receive bonuses from the city for their hard work last Christmas and New Year and this month’s Sinulog celebration. “They deserve a lot…

Only Cebu City mayor can appoint MCWD directors

Izobelle T. Pulgo 01/19/2017

THE Supreme Court has finally put to rest the issue of who has the authority to appoint members of the Board of Directors (BOD) of the Metro Cebu Water District (MCWD) as it ruled that only the…

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